Register Radio / January 13, 2012

On today’s Register Radio, Tim Drake speaks with National Catholic Register senior editor Joan Frawley Desmond about her recent interview with Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley. Cardinal O’Malley spoke about all of the work that’s been done since the clergy sexual abuse crisis and the hope that he has for the Church. In the second half, Register columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez discusses the repercussions of the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary and an article she wrote about the rise of Catholic Republican Rick Santorum. Click here to find a station in your area Sound off about Register Radio! Call (205)-278-8456 or email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts or questions about any particular topic we’ve discussed on the show, in our paper or on NCRegister.com. Your feedback just might be presented and discussed on the air!

On today’s Register Radio, Tim Drake speaks with National Catholic Register senior editor Joan Frawley Desmond about her recent interview with Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley. Cardinal O’Malley spoke about all of the work that’s been done since the clergy sexual abuse crisis and the hope that he has for the Church. In the second half, Register columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez discusses the repercussions of the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary and an article she wrote about the rise of Catholic Republican Rick Santorum.

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Sound off about Register Radio! Call (205)-278-8456 or email us at [email protected] to let us know your thoughts or questions about any particular topic we’ve discussed on the show, in our paper or on NCRegister.com. Your feedback just might be presented and discussed on the air!

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis