In the interview segment of Vatican Insider on this first weekend of June 2024, I reprise an earlier conversation with Fr. David Hulshof, director of Apostolic Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. This weekend is Part II. Part I aired last weekendThere are a number of apostolates that are mandatory for all seminarians during …

This week’s guest is Bennet Krebs a football player at Drake university. Bennet talks with host Ron Meyer about playing D1 football and turning to his faith as a guiding light.By Blessed2Play

This weekend many Catholics will participate in Eucharist processions. During the Eucharistic Revival, there have been hundreds of public displays of worship of the Blessed Sacrament captured by our radio guest Catholic photographer Jeff Bruno. And EWTN News’ Catherine Hadro and Mark Irons talk about their experiences of the National Eucharistic Pi…

When does the Communion fast start? What does sleeping in Christ mean? Are thoughts morally sinful? How often should we go to Confession? and more on today's Open Line with Colin Donovan.By Open Line, Friday

Fr. Brian gives us a lesson on the Visitation. What is the sole basis for becoming friends with God? How do we know that Jesus truly loves us? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Brian Mullady.By Open Line, Thursday

Fr. Mitch and biologist, Dr. Ann Gauger, discuss intelligent design, scientific disciplines revealing the purpose and theology behind creation and its reflection of God?s glory.By EWTN LIVE

My non-Catholic parents don't want me to become a priest, any advice? Did death enter the world through Adam and Eve? How does Purgatory work? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Mitch Pacwa.By Open Line, Wednesday

Fr. Wade gives us a teaching on the Most Holy Trinity, and discusses faith, family, fellowship, and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Wade Menezes.By Open Line, Tuesday

Can you tell me what happens to the purificator cloth after the mass since they contain body of Christ. Do they burn them in fire? What is the difference between Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.By Open Line, Monday

Doug Keck hosts a conversation with the author and founder of Love Good, Jimmy Mitchell, about living the faith, and embracing the beauty born from a life of devotion to the Lord.By EWTN BOOKMARK

This week’s guest is Paula Umana, former professional tennis player who talks about her career as a #1 ranked player in her country and finding God in hardships.By Blessed2Play

In the interview segment of Vatican Insider on this final weekend of May 2024, I reprise an earlier conversation with Fr. David Hulshof, director of Apostolic Formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.By Vatican Insider

Pilgrims are trekking on four different routes for a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that covers more than 6,000 miles. The Marian Route traverses the Midwest. And Jonathan Liedl, who hails from Minnesota, gives us highlights of Midwestern Catholicism. Then we get a broader glimpse of Catholicism in America as told through Fran Maier’s new book Tru…

Do you have to be a Catholic to pray the Divine Mercy prayer? Is it proper to ask for Mary's intercession on behalf of another person? Why do we "dare" to say the Our Father? and more on today's Open Line with Colin Donovan.By Open Line, Friday

Robert Royal on news of the week including Pope Francis on 60 Minutes. Jim Wahlberg and his new documentary about the Eucharist. Chris Lewis on his new book about his dad, Jerry Lewis.By WORLD OVER

Fr. Brian gives us a lesson on the Holy Trinity. Why should we baptize non-Catholics? Who is the creator, God the Father or Jesus? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Brian Mullady.By Open Line, Thursday

Fr. Mitch and Fr. Deacon Anthony Dragani Ph.D. discuss the vocation to the diaconate and dive into the intricacies of living out that vocation within the Byzantine Catholic Church.By EWTN LIVE

Do the souls in Purgatory prefer having a Mass said or a plenary indulgence? What does the heart mean in scripture? What does it mean to heal the eyes of the heart? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Mitch Pacwa.By Open Line, Wednesday

Fr. Ken Geraci explains how to engage in spiritual warfare by recognizing Divine Mercy as an extension of the liturgy of the Eucharist and the power and grace that flow from it.By EWTN BOOKMARK

Fr. Wade gives us a teaching on the Message of Our Lady of Fatima, and discusses faith, family, fellowship, and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Wade Menezes.By Open Line, Tuesday

Jack Williams, who serves as General Manager of EWTN Radio, shares his complicated path to the Catholic Church, from an on-fire "born again" conversion as a young man, through family struggles and eventually to the Catholic Church, through the persistent prayers of loved ones who never gave up on him.Some of you may also be familiar with the work o…

If our bodies are to be buried intact when we die, should an amputee be buried with his amputated limb? Does not following the GIRM make the Mass illicit? What are Holy Days of obligation? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.By Open Line, Monday

Bear Woznick has written 12 rules for manliness. He joins Doug to explain why there is no more daunting task than to counter the prevalent wave of the neutralization of modern man.By EWTN BOOKMARK

This Week, Vatican Insider visits Our Lady Of The Rosary Of Pompeii. May is the month of Mary and the month of the rosary and thus, a special time for such a wonderful story.By Vatican Insider

This week’s guest is Brian Polian longtime football assistant and head football coach at the division on level with Notre Dame, Stanford, Nevada amongst others. He is currently the Athletic Director at John Carroll University in Cleveland.By Blessed2Play

Jimmy Akin discusses the new apparitions guidelines issued by the Vatican and Frank Rocca discusses the Catholic Church in China.By Register Radio

Colin discusses the new Vatican guidelines on apparitions. Is it safe to call St. Peter the Bishop of Pentecost? What is the difference between transubstantiation and consubstantiation? and more on today's Open Line with Colin Donovan.By Open Line, Friday

Bishop Thomas Paprocki on President Biden's Catholicism. Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal discuss the news of the week. Alex Jones, of Hallow, on the growing popularity of prayer apps.By WORLD OVER

Fr. Brian gives us a lesson on Pentecost. Why do we use the Catechism? What does metanoia mean? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Brian Mullady.By Open Line, Thursday

Professor Kenneth Craycraft discusses how public witness in the U.S has largely been formed by the liberal story of America rather than the biblical story of Catholic Christianity.By EWTN LIVE

Fr. Mitch discusses his recent trip to Poland. What does it mean to recite the Rosary? How can I prove historically that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Mitch Pacwa.By Open Line, Wednesday

Dr. Kenneth Craycraft helps make sense of the current political landscape, and shows how to discern the proper relationship between our Catholic faith and American political life.By EWTN BOOKMARK

Fr. Wade gives us a teaching on the Names, Titles and Symbols of the Holy Spirit, and discusses faith, family, fellowship, and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Wade Menezes.By Open Line, Tuesday

John Bacon was raised Southern Baptist, and went to Beeson Divinity School. That seminary formation introduced him to the Church Fathers, and rather than going all the way to Catholicism, he discerned a call to priesthood as an Anglican. Several circumstances, including the onset of COVID-19, caused him to reconsider the meaning of his vocation, an…

What happens to the soul when somebody goes to communion with mortal sin? Did God the Father die when Jesus died? What was the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.By Open Line, Monday

Genesis is the most important book in the Bible. It tells us where we came from, what our purpose on Earth is, and where we’re going. Stephen K. Ray tells us why he wrote about it.By EWTN BOOKMARK

This week’s guest is University of Alabama swimmer Lucas Kaliszak. Lucas talks to host Ron Meyer about his career as a collegiate swimmer and how faith plays an important role in his everyday life.By Blessed2Play

Welcome to Vatican Insider on what was a busy week in the Vatican with the swearing in of new Swiss Guards on May 6 and, on Thursday, May 9, the reading of the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee Year 2025 during a ceremony in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica.After the new highlights stay right here for a Q&A and then Part II of my conversation with…

As we celebrate Mothers’ Day, it's time to build a new women’s movement. That’s the case made by Catholic wife, mother and legal scholar Erika Bachiochi. Then we turn to the ongoing crisis of Armenian Christians who continue to suffer persecution. We talk to special guest Former U.S. Ambassador of International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback.…

Is it immoral to support businesses that support abortion? What does the Catholic Church think about henotheism? Do I have to believe everything the Church teaches? and more on today's Open Line with Colin Donovan.By Open Line, Friday

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet discusses his new memoir. CEO Neil Ahlsten talks about Abide, the Christian prayer app, and the popularity of these faith-based applications.By WORLD OVER

Fr. Brian gives us a lesson on the Ascension. Is the Eucharist just a memorial? How could God condemn Adam of Eve of sinning because of eating from the tree of good and evil? Why can't women be priests? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Brian Mullady.By Open Line, Thursday

Fr. Mitch welcomes tour guide George Stephan to talk about how the holy sites in Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee and Jerusalem have such a profound effect on the pilgrims that visit.By EWTN LIVE

Will the apostolic pardon keep you out of purgatory? Can any names be added to or removed from the Book of Life? Is it true that the sign of the cross was actually a prayer that goes back to the disciples? and more on today's Open Line with guest host Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers.By Open Line, Wednesday

Doug talks with Fr. Christopher Mahar about addressing our own suffering and that of others, with empathy, conviction and hope. And how even through suffering, we can find love.By EWTN BOOKMARK

Fr. Wade gives us a teaching on The Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven, and discusses faith, family, fellowship, and more on today's Open Line with Fr. Wade Menezes.By Open Line, Tuesday

Dan Venezia grew up Catholic, but didn't pay much attention to matters of faith; he was busier chasing a dream to play pro baseball. He ended up in the minor leagues with the Twins organization, and made some solid Christian friends along the way, but it was when that dream fell apart -- and especially when his world was turned upside down by COVID…

Was Moses the only person to see God's face? Why do have to recite the Rosary out loud? What does it mean to be poor in spirit? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.By Open Line, Monday

Author Francis X. Maier talks about his recent survey of American Catholic bishops, clergy and lay people that assesses the current state of the Church in the U.S. and its future.By EWTN BOOKMARK

This week in the interview segment of Vatican Insider, I welcome Jacob Stein, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, who is working on his licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Angelicum in Rome. He has a fascinating story and passion and apostolate which he shares with us. That passion is called CRUX STATIONALIS and I am guessing many of you have seen his …