Ave Maria In The Afternoon

Fr Paul Mariani tells the story of the rise of the Church in China.

Dr. Scott Hahn unpacks the Gospel of Matthew.

Andre Villeneuve helps us make sense of the Book of Sirach.

We discuss how Pentecost empowered the apostles with Rob Corzine and Adam van Wart.

We talk with George Weigel about the Catholic fix for higher education and firefighter Benjamin O’Brien shares his faith journey.

We celebrate the Month of the Sacred Heart with Steve Ray.

Dr Greg Popcak has advice for helping your kids express their emotions and Kitty Cleveland shares her father’s story of going from prison to paradise.

Doug Keck looks at what Pope Leo said this weekend about Marriage and the Family, and Shannon Salter shares what happened when her family decided to offer the Sacrament of Confession at her father’s wake.

Is the God of the Old Testament “meaner” than Jesus? Luke Lancaster joins us, and we unpack the Sunday Readings for the Feast of the Ascension with Rob Corzine.

Matthew Bunson reports on a strange proposal in the Diocese of Charlotte and we talk about the problems of the sexual revolution with Nathanael Blake.

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has the latest on a religious freedom case in Oklahoma and Christopher Kaczor remembers the late philosopher Alasdair Macintyre.

What can parents do when the conventional discipline strategies don’t work? Dr. Greg Popcak joins us, and we discuss living and dying in the Nicene Creed with Jared Ortiz.

Memorial Day special: Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle shares prayers for military wives, Jack Watts tells the story of American hero Jimmy Davis, and Patrick O’Donnell discusses the Civil War origins of Memorial Day.

Rob Corzine dives into the Sunday Readings and Bill Cook looks at Pope Leo’s Augustinian inspirations.

Joseph Pearce tells stories of the unknown Catholic resistance against the Nazis and we discuss the Enlightenment with Dr. Joseph Stuart.