Sign up to save your podcastsEmail addressPasswordRegisterOrContinue with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in here.
A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and... more
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.
May 26, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 25, 2018Today’s show is an Encore presentation, aired previously....more55minPlay
May 25, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 24, 2018On today’s show: To be Catholic and American should not mean having to choosing one over the other. Guest, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (Link: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/) joins the show: Catholics have a responsibility to participate in the public dialogue…and must find the most appealing and effective language to engage […]...more55minPlay
May 23, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 23, 2018Today’s topics: Politics, Pro-Life Issues, Millennial Missionaries Sheila chats with Monsignor Stuart Swetland about Ireland’s pro-life history. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/20/ireland-referendum-abortion-divided-between-rival-camps-tech-firms-regulate-ads “…the final result is expected to hinge on the one in five voters still undecided.” Who is more vulnerable than life in the womb? Many of the faithful outside Ireland are praying and fasting to preserve Ireland’s […]...more56minPlay
May 22, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 22, 2018On today’s show: Discussing the May 24th Washington, DC Forum on Foster Care with guests: Kathryn Lopez https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/adoption-foster-care-must-be-pro-life-priority/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-21&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives and Elizabeth Kirk https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/aclus-bigoted-purge-of-faith-based-adoption-agencies May is National Foster Care Awareness month; Kathleen Domingo, Director of the Office of Life, Justice and Peace at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles joins the show to discuss Fostering Means, a program […]...more55minPlay
May 21, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 21, 2018On today’s show: Society and Mental Health; Social Media and Depression. Loneliness is an epidemic; ministering to those with mental health is key to pastoral ministry. Sheila discusses “Hope and Healing: A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of California” with Guests Dr. Aaron Kheriaty and Dr. Francie Broghammer. Caller: I’m a public school teacher, I’ve […]...more57minPlay
May 18, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 17, 2018On today’s show: Guest: Jim Campbell, Alliance Defending Freedom Link: https://adflegal.org/ comments on cake artist, Jack Phillips who currently awaits the Supreme Court decision in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Guest: Stephanie Barclay, Becket Law Link: https://www.becketlaw.org/media/breaking-philly-foster-families-ask-court-stop-city-shutting-critical-foster-care-services/ comments on courts in Philadelphia barring Catholic Services from assisting foster care. The need for partnership and a renewed […]...more57minPlay
May 17, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 16, 2018On today’s show: How can we identify God’s presence in your life? A study from “Nature” magazine shows the complexity of human sense of sight and how we perceive our surroundings. Are we born with a spiritual sense to help us perceive God as well? The popularity of fasting has branched out into secular culture, […]...more57minPlay
May 16, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 15, 2018On today’s show: Guest: Ryan T. Anderson of the Daily Signal explores perils of the new “gender theory”. Today’s ideological activism; new transgender policies raise five distinct areas of concern – privacy, safety, equality, liberty, and ideology. The Trump administration is wise to reject the radical Obama policies in favor of letting local officials work […]...more57minPlay
May 15, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 14, 2018On today’s show: ‘Facing Life Challenges & Threats With Truth & Faith’ Guest: Jeanne Mancini of Real Clear Politics (dot com) discusses the untold story – millennials are more pro-life than media would have us believe. Link: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/02/this_is_the_pro-life_generation_136947.html The new/young pro-life generation is joyful, hopeful and determined to make abortion unthinkable. Guests: Bear Woznick Link: […]...more53minPlay
May 11, 2018A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, May 11, 2018On today’s show: Guest: Kevin Matthews, radio personality. Kevin tells the tale of a visitation by the Holy Spirit, being guided through job and health difficulties. Kevin shares his love for the Blessed Virgin, and how guided him through darkness in his life. The “Day of the Dumpster”, and a blessed statue of Mary. When […]...more56minPlay
FAQs about A Closer Look:How many episodes does A Closer Look have?The podcast currently has 832 episodes available.