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CNA Newsroom
An award-winning podcast that brings you the best Catholic stories, every two weeks. A service of Catholic News Agency and EWTN News.
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Ep. 127: The Beauty of Holy Week
For Holy Week 2022, we explore a few of the Church’s earliest Easter pilgrimage traditions in Rome, and investigate the hymns you may not hear at East...
Ep. 126: Reporting from war-torn Ukraine, this Catholic journalist keeps the faith
An anonymous Ukrainian journalist has been speaking with the help of a Catholic radio station in Norway, as Russia continues its assault on her countr...
Ep. 125: From Colorado to Africa— Saint Joseph makes an unexpected connection
In honor of the Feast of St. Joseph, we’ll tell you the story of how St. Joseph helped to facilitate an unexpected connection between a teacher in Den...
Ep. 124: How “The Bible in a Year” changed the world
“The Bible in a Year” podcast with Father Mike Schmitz touched hundreds of thousands of lives beginning in 2021. We speak with the creators of the hit...
Ep. 123: The Real St. Valentine
Why do we associate St. Valentine with cards, chocolate, and romance? Who was this guy anyway? We speak to a historical expert about the real St. Vale...
Ep. 122: Spaced out: A Catholic scientist makes an unusual discovery
A Catholic scientist talks about his groundbreaking work with a massive space telescope, as well as his thoughts on the relationship between faith and...
Ep. 121: Abortions trickle at St. Louis clinic, after convent opens across the street
Our Lady of Guadalupe convent in St. Louis has an unlikely neighbor: an abortion clinic. Since the convent opened in 2017, the number of surgical abor...
Ep. 120: Who ya gonna call…for prayers? Call the hotline
An innovative prayer hotline at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton has seen a lot of success since its launch at the beginning of the coro...
Ep. 119: The Lego Church Guy
John Kraemer is a disability advocate from Michigan who has, for the past 20 years, built giant Catholic churches out of Legos.
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Ep. 118: This bishop braves the Australian Outback daily to care for his Catholics
Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green leads the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes in the Australian Outback. He tells us about the extraordinary challenges and bless...
Ep. 117: The powerful witness of Native American Catholics
Pablo Tac was a young Luiseño Indian man who wished to become a missionary priest. A petition to open his sainthood cause is gaining traction. In hono...
Ep. 116: Diary of an Exorcist
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti has been an exorcist in the Archdiocese of Washington for more than a dozen years. He shares his experiences and how Cathol...
Ep. 115: Mapping the Catholic Church, Healing the Earth
Molly Burhans is a scientist and cartographer who is using high-tech maps and data to make the Catholic Church more sustainable and more effective in...
Ep. 114: What’s it like to be Catholic at Harvard?
Harvard University’s more than 40 chaplains elected an atheist, humanist “chief chaplain” last month. We talk with one of Harvard’s Catholic chaplains...
Ep. 113: How Pope Francis changed Iraq
We revisit Iraq, six months on from Pope Francis’ historic visit, and talk to Iraqis on the ground to hear about the impact of the pope’s visit and th...
Ep. 112: An Afghan Christian’s plea: “You are my last hope”
A young Christian, desperate to flee Afghanistan, exchanges frantic messages with a CNA employee, pleading for help as the Taliban closes in on him. <...
Ep. 111: Twenty years on from 9/11, how an NYC firefighter became a Catholic priest
Today, Fr. Tom Colucci is a priest in the Archdiocese of New York. But back in 2001, he was a lieutenant with the NYC Fire Department. He shares his m...
Ep. 110: A devout Mormon’s conversion to the Catholic Church
Maren Latham shares the story of her conversion from the Mormon religion to the Catholic Church.
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Ep. 109: The Story of EWTN - From Garage Startup to Global Catholic TV Network
In honor of EWTN’s 40th anniversary, we share some of the miraculous occurrences that aided the Catholic network’s early success.
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Ep. 108: The Future is Latino
The Latino population within the U.S. Church is booming, but is the Church ready to welcome them? We take the question to a Latino leader within the C...
Ep. 107: Extraordinary Times for the Extraordinary Form
Catholics talk about their love for the Traditional Latin Mass, and react to Pope Francis’ recent motu proprio regulating it.
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Ep. 106: Infertility and the power of community
Three Catholics talk about their infertility, and the online community that has helped them find fruitfulness.
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Ep. 105: Meet the Parents: Moms and dads of priests and religious speak out
We talk with the parents of priests and religious about the experience of having a child dedicate themselves to God.
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Ep. 104: Home Sweet Home: Housing and human rights
Experts talk about the need for legal protections for renters, as the national eviction moratorium ends. A priest discusses the Catholic idea of a rig...
Ep. 103: Pride and the Pirate Nun
Catholics respond to the phenomenon of “Pride Month” and reflect on living out the Church’s teaching amid same-sex attraction. Two Catholics who have...
Ep. 102: The Great Communion Debate
We speak with several bishops before and after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Spring Meeting, with a particular focus on the topic of “Eucha...
Ep. 101: Blessed are the Peacemakers: How can Christians respond to gun violence?
How can people of faith respond to gun violence? We speak to a recent victim of an armed robbery, Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland; hear another bisho...
Ep. 100: Celebrating CNA Newsroom
In celebration of our 100th episode, we take a look back at just a few of our favorite moments from the first 100 episodes of CNA Newsroom. Here’s to...
Ep. 99: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
What connection does sleep have to the Catholic faith? We examine an interesting new devotion to the Sleeping St. Joseph, find out why God sometimes c...
BONUS: A sleep story: “The Blue Cross” by G.K. Chesterton
For your listening pleasure, Jonah reads the short story “The Blue Cross” by famed Catholic author G.K. Chesterton. Feel free to put on this episode t...
Ep. 98: Body and Blood
What actually takes place at the moment of consecration during Mass? Then, we examine a recent Eucharistic miracle in Poland.
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Ep. 97: Saintly Superheroes
Four decades ago, Marvel produced several religious-themed comic books, including a comic about the life of Pope St. John Paul II.
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Ep. 96: Running the Race, Keeping the Faith
What does it mean to be both physically and spiritually fit? We talk to super-athlete Sister Stephanie Baliga; Olympian Dominique Dawes; and Bishop Th...
Ep. 95: Ever ancient, ever new
This Holy Week, we explore a few of the Church’s earliest Easter pilgrimage traditions in Rome. Producer Jonah McKeown investigates the hymns you won’...
Ep. 94: God Save Ireland
Travel with us to 17th-18th century Ireland to learn about how Catholicism was nearly stamped out in Ireland...and how Catholics emerged stronger than...
Ep. 93: Lent Around the World
We travel to Lebanon, Timor-Leste, Madagascar, El Salvador and China to hear about the foods and traditions that Christians use to mark the season of...
Ep. 92: Make it personal
In honor of Black History Month, we take a look at a new personal parish in Pittsburgh in the Black Catholic tradition.
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Ep. 91: Mardi Gras (and all that jazz)
We head down to Louisiana to talk with some Catholics about the Mardi Gras traditions they know and love.
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Ep. 90: For God and Country
How ought Christians engage in politics? On the eve of a new presidential administration, we attempt to scratch the surface of this expansive topic. <...