Have you ever felt that everyone’s marriage is perfect – except yours? Costanza Miriano joins us with advice for couples to not just survive their marriage, but thrive in it.

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Book: Blessed Is the Day We “Got It Wrong”

The University of Notre Dame has reversed changes to its list of staff values and has reinstated “Catholic mission” at the top of the list. We talk about the meaning of Catholic identity with Doug Keck.

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Notre Dame returns ‘Catholic Mission’ to its core values after ‘confusion’

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Ruth Pakaluk was a dynamic woman: a Harvard graduate, atheist turned Catholic and mother of seven. She was recognized for her joyful faith, even in the midst of illness, and died of cancer in 1998 at the age of 41. Now the Vatican has granted a Nihil Obstat, allowing her canonization cause to advance to the Diocesan phase. Her husband Michael shares her story.

Further Reading

Book: The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God

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Charles Darwin published his Origin of Species on this day in 1859. Marcus discusses the origins of Darwin’s thought and the relationship between Church and science.

We talked briefly last week about a new Nicholas Cage film that illustrates the early years of Jesus’ life. It’s inspired by the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is not part of the New Testament Canon. Why doesn’t the Church accept Gnostic Gospels like the one Thomas wrote? Billy Kangas joins us.

Over the weekend, Marcus had a chance encounter with a young man who was clearly going through some hard times. Marcus offered to pray for him and said “Jesus loves you,” something the young man hadn’t heard before. We must never forget the impact that such a simple phrase can have. Marcus shares more.

The New Testament is saturated with language about Christ’s Kingship and how it fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament. It also looks at Jesus as king in many different ways. We discuss it with Dr. Adam van Wart.

This Sunday we conclude the Church year with the Solemnity of Christ the King. Ironically, the Gospel reading celebrates the Kingship of Christ by telling the story of His death. We unpack the readings.

In colonial America, Catholics were presumed dangerous until proven loyal. Yet Catholics went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and helped to finalize the First Amendment to the Constitution. What explains this remarkable transformation? Michael Breidenbach joins us.

On social media yesterday, President Trump posted that a group of Democratic lawyers had committed a traitorous act in their message to the military, and should be put to death. While he later walked back on that sentiment, his actions are the latest example of why we must not put our hope in secular leaders – something that should be clear to anyone who has followed American politics over the last few presidential administrations. Marcus has more.