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Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin on X), senior correspondent for the National Catholic Register reports on the recent, closed door meeting between Vatican Cardinals and Italian Freemasons, and Cardinal Christoph Schonborn warns the Church in Germany about possible schism as a result of their "synodal way". Fr. Thomas Petri, president of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC (@PetriOP on X) & Sr. Deirdre Byrne, Superior of the Little Workers of the Sacred Heart share their thoughts and observations on the sacrilegous funeral service for a trans-rights activist held recently at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Fr. Thomas Berg (@frtberg on X), moral theologian and visiting scholar at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame joins us with analysis of the testimony this week of one of the victims of disgraced Jesuit priest and artist Marko Rupnik. Most Rev. Liam Cary, Bishop of the Diocese of Baker, OR shares his pastoral letter on the Vatican's recent directive on blessings (Fiducia Supplicans).

Robert Royal & Fr. Gerald Murray discuss the latest Church news coming from the Vatican including women's ordination being promoted at the Vatican and the growing dissent from the controversial Vatican directive on blessings (Fiducia Supplicans). Alejandro Monteverde director of the new movie Cabrini (2024), discusses his powerful new film about the life of St. Frances Cabrini, about to be released in theatres on March 8th. Author and art historian Dr. Elizabeth Lev shares her thoughts on the Marko Rupnik scandal and what should be done with the former Jesuit priest's artwork in churches all over the world in the wake of his abuse scandal.

Jim Caviezel, actor and star of the blockbuster hit film, Sound of Freedom talks about the movie which is based on the true story of a former federal agent who embarks on a treacherous mission to save children from human trafficking in South America. A tribute to the late, great, Oscar winning movie director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) who passed away in August 2023. Msgr. Jason Gray, executive director of The Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation on the current state of the cause for canonization of the late Archbishop Sheen.

Joseph Cardinal Zen, shares his thoughts on the controversy over the Vatican's directive on the blessing of same sex couples and couples in "irregular situations" (Fiducia Supplicans), the fallout from the Synod on Synodality, and his new book, Cardinal Zen's Lenten Reflections. Mitch Albom, columnist and New York Times bestselling author on his new novel, The Little Liar. Charles Cole, director of the London Oratory Schola talks about the meaning and significance of polyphony and chant in liturgical music, and their new CD, Sacred Treasures of Venice.

Edward Pentin, Senior Correspondent at The National Catholic Register with a report on Pope Francis' address and message to the journalists accredited to the Vatican. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former head of the Vatican's doctrinal office (CDF) comments on the increasing controversy and backlash surrounding "Fiducia Supplicans", the Vatican directive on blessings of same sex couples and couples in "irregular situations". Nina Shea, director of The Center for Religious Freedom at The Hudson Institute on the state of the religious persecution of Christians around the world. Jessica Hooten-Wilson, author and The Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University talks about her new project compiling and editing a heretofore unpublished novel by the late Flannery O'Connor...Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind the Scenes Look At A Work in Progress.

Robert Royal & Fr. Gerald Murray on the latest news from the Vatican including the growing international resistance by bishops' conferences to the Vatican’s directive on blessings of same sex couples, and the controversy surrounding a salacious book written years ago by the current head of the Vatican's doctrinal office, Victor Cardinal Fernandez. Dr. Walid Phares, Newsmax contributor and foreign policy expert on the Israel-Hamas conflict and its ongoing effect on stability in the region and around the world. Fr. Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute and author of Pell Cor Mundum, on the life & legacy of the late George Cardinal Pell (remembering him on the anniversary of his death in 2023).