(L-R) Matt Schoenecker, Valentino Creus, and Matt Anthony tragically died during a hiking trip in California on June 18, 2025.
(L-R) Matt Schoenecker, Valentino Creus, and Matt Anthony tragically died during a hiking trip in California on June 18, 2025. (photo: Courtesy photo / Opus Dei )

Opus Dei Tragedy/SCOTUS Restricts Online Pornography

Shannon Mullen, editor-in-chief of the National Catholic Register, welcomes Register staff writer Matt McDonald to discuss the recent Opus Dei tragedy in California and Register staff writer Jonah McKeown discusses the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling restricting access to online pornography.

Cardinal Blase Cupich.

The Durbin Controversy Ends

The ongoing controversy over the decision by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to grant a lifetime achievement award to Senator Dick Durbin, a longtime supporter of abortion, came to an abrupt end this week when Durbin withdrew only hours after Pope Leo XIV spoke about the issue.What did the pope say and where do we go from here? We are joined by Jonathan Liedl, Register Senior Editor. And then, SCOTUS began its new term and is poised to hear some very important cases. We talk to Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, legal analyst for EWTN News, Register Contributor, and director of the Conscience Project.