A Catholic Take

September 14th, 2026 - On November 3, Virginians will vote on a Constitutional Amendment creating a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom," including abortion. Mike Koeniger walks us through what the amendment's strict-scrutiny standard does to Virginia's existing parental-consent and third-trimester laws, why the Virginia Catholic Conference calls it extreme, and what t...

September 11th, 2026 - The pontifical Mass for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage - Bishop Athanasius Schneider was to be the celebrant - was refused in a letter from the Secretariat of State. It moves to St. Mary Major, and Dr. Anthony Stine returns to offer his thoughts. Then, Joe is joined by a New York firefighter to remember the lives lost on 9/11, those still being buri...

September 10th, 2026 - Gideon Lazar grew up in a Jewish family. Our Lady of Fatima is the reason he is Catholic today, and he joins us to share the story. Plus: one year after Charlie Kirk was killed, Nick Cavazos on what hardened in America — and where the hope actually is.

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September 9th, 2026 - Cardinal Burke spent two hours teaching the Old Testament to Shawn Ryan's audience - former Navy SEAL, five million subscribers, mostly young men with no church at all. Nearly a million views on day one. The same week, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said Catholics could morally consent to an "imperfect" assisted suicide law. We welcome ...

September 8th, 2026 - We walk through the origins of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then, we welcome Luis Roman and Luis Piccinali to preview Murder in the 33rd Degree, an upcoming documentary trilogy that covers Vatican corruption in 1977-78 and the Year of the Three Popes based on personal testimony from Fr. Charles Murr.

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