Advertising for the Warner Bros. Pictures Barbie film appears in Times Square in New York. (Photo: rblfmr)

WYD Pilgrims Takeaways, and Barbie Makes You Think (Aug. 12)

World Youth Day surpassed expectations last week with 1.5 million pilgrims joining Pope Francis for the closing Mass Aug. 6 in Lisbon. Blogger and WYD pilgrim Kevin McCartney and Father Sean Conroy join us now to talk about their experience. Then we turn to another summer blockbuster — ‘Barbie,’ which made history as the first film solely directed by a woman to surpass $1 billion in global box office sales. Register writer Meghan Schultz offers her take on the film.

EWTN Catholic Radio · REGISTER RADIO 081223 - World Youth Day Pilgrims Takeaways/ Barbie Makes You Think
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