A Closer Look

Fr. Dan Brandt: Chicago Police Dept. Chaplain, ‘Your partner has your back, but we’ve got your soul’; resources and outreach in the time of pandemic, public unrest & protests over police actions in Floyd case; police chaplain speaks to the toll Covid-19 is taking on CPD members psychologically and spiritually, and more important, about trying […]

Ryan Bomberger: Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong; some humans are still not seen as equal, what we have to do now to start changing that for good; life has purpose, find and build on that every day; use this opportunity and time for solidarity.  Fr. Michael Zimmer: Rural pastor, Air Force Chaplain, posts letter […]

Kendall Qualls: In a letter from his wife to their children: Don’t let people like rogue officers or evil people change your perception of people and this country. We all can do well by looking at another person’s experience.  Robert Charles: AMAC leader, former US Asst Secretary of State on urgently needed small business rescue […]

Dr. Gene Neri: The impact of chronic stress on whole health; we have to be part of our stress treatment and management, work with appropriate medical experts; what effect does an active prayer and spiritual life have on physical & mental health?; everyone is stressed, what should we do to find, spread peace? Gratitude: we’re […]

Ryan Bomberger: ‘Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong’; horrific and avoidable tragedies of violence against classes of people by people with power to harm or eliminate them; pro-life means all life has dignity & rights; address issues of poverty, family, fatherlessness, racism, free speech, other First Amendment rights. George Weigel: The long Cardinal Pell ordeal […]

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: Mental health during an ongoing, historic pandemic; impact of shutdowns, dramatic changes in personal and family lives; higher ‘deaths of despair’ suicide rate, depression, isolation, fear, panic, anxiety; effects of social distancing, isolation; ethics of pandemic triage; help & hope.  Pandemic has worsened mental illnesses prone toward despair and/or depression. Feeling cut […]

Fr. Robert Spitzer: Pentecost closer look at the Holy Spirit’s role and action in our lives; ‘The Holy Spirit is the third distinct act of self-consciousness’ he says, what does that mean?; ‘The Spirit completes the timeless loving relationship within the Trinity as a child completes the loving relationship in a family’  Caller, Mary from […]

Dallas Carter & Jason Jones: Flatten the deadly hunger curve; helping seniors during coronavirus outbreak in Hawaii, model program to feed and assist the most needy, vulnerable citizens; ‘nine missed meals away from anarchy’, countries sitting on a ‘food security time bomb’, what we can do.  Jason Jones: How the FX documentary ‘AKA Jane Roe’ […]

Fr. Rocky Hoffman: Relevant Radio’s Marian Pentecost Novena; ‘Mary at the Crossroads of History’; president demands governors allow churches to open.  John Harper: Prayer v. pandemic, Marian novena, churches reopening in some states (while not yet in others), how to use our quarantine time well; interesting news not being covered (or covered well) but people […]

Allan Parker: Lawyer for Norma McCorvey says ‘Don’t trust the FX documentary, producers befriended then betrayed Norma’; her efforts to reverse Roe v. Wade, asking Supreme Court to hear her case again, arguments filed in her ‘Rule 60 Motion’ have still not been ruled on by the Court to this day; the true story.  Dr. […]

Elisabeth Sullivan: Renewal of authentic Catholic education by reclaiming the Church’s intellectual tradition of liberal learning; immersing educators in the philosophy, content, tools of teaching & learning that transform communities, leading them to deeper encounter with the Truth, Jesus Christ.  William Schmitt: When Headlines Hurt: Do We Have a Prayer?; World Communications Day and Catholic […]

Guest Host, Ed Morrissey of Hot Air.com   Stefano Gennarini: USAID head tells UN Secretary General: stop peddling abortion as COVID-19 relief; abortion activism continues to be a major push among NGOs at the UN, pushing it as healthcare, ‘unmet need’ and ‘reproductive justice’  Ian Murphy: Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic; Conversion […]

George Weigel: How do you capture the essence of Pope St. John Paul II for everyone, when his life, thought and action covered such a wide span of time and array of important moments? JPII biographer and longtime personal friend offers two vignettes for that, and suggestions for learning from his witness.       […]

Fr. Rocky Hoffman: Special Requiem Mass this Saturday, how and why to attend; Mary at the Crossroads of History and the Marian Pentecost Novena; what people are asking for in the Family Rosary Across America; time for prayer (and its importance) in this time of less activity, more opportunity. Barbara Nicolosi: Fatima film background story, […]

Helen Alvare: The endless war on Little Sisters of the Poor; it’s never been easier or more affordable to obtain contraceptives; why it’s pro-woman to point out the risks of contraception; the never ending birth control wars; help people of faith communicate more effectively about women, sex, birth control and abortion. Brian Burch: Religious liberty […]