On this day in 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history. But many people don’t know that the most iconic part of the speech was not in his original speech. As King paused in his delivery, Gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson shouted to him to “Tell them about the dream!” The rest, as they say, is history. Marcus has more.

Mike Aquilina’s new book The Church Fathers for Our Time reveals what mattered most to the early Christians—morally, politically, theologically, and spiritually. But it also provides strikingly pertinent insight into the issues of the present day. He joins us with a look.

Further Reading

The Church Fathers for Our Time

Guest Info

Mike Aquilina is author of more than seventy books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion. He is co-founder, with Scott Hahn, of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, based in Steubenville, Ohio. Mike serves as contributing editor of Angelus News and general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History series published by Ave Maria Press. He has hosted eleven television series on EWTN and is past editor of New Covenant magazine and The Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper. He is also a songwriter whose works have been recorded by Dion, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Amy Grant, Carlene Carter, Peter Frampton, and many others

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Päivi Räsänen, a Finnish Christian politician who had been barred from entering the United Kingdom to give a talk on free speech at a Northern Ireland church conference last week, was eventually granted a visa to enter the country — but it arrived too late. Matthew Bunson has more on this and other Church news.

Further Reading

UK Grants Finnish MP a Visa Too Late for Her Event

Cardinal Bo Urges Lawmakers to Reject the ‘Automated Slaughter’ of Autonomous Weapons

Hundreds of faith leaders urge Trump administration to extend TPS for El Salvador

Israeli Court Acquits Nun’s Attacker, Orders Up to 6 Years in Psychiatric Care

Guest Info

Matthew Bunson is Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News and a Senior Fellow at St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter at MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 4 pm and Sundays at 11 am on Ave Maria Radio

In a recent interview on Fox News, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, said “Nobody is trying to push sharia law on anyone else…Just like I hope nobody is trying to push canon law on anybody else.” Setting aside El-Sayed’s political positions, the statement shows a blatant misunderstanding of what Canon law means. Marcus has more.

Further Reading

Muslim Senate candidate faces backlash for comparing sharia law to canon law

Before St. Augustine became one of the most influential theologians of the Catholic Faith, he spent a period of time running from God. During this period, his mother prayed continuously for his conversion – and God answered her prayers! We celebrate her feast today and talk with Patti Maguire Armstrong about how she is a hope for any parent who is praying for their child.

Further Reading

What Would Monica Do?

Guest Info

Patti Maguire Armstrong hosts the TV talk show Ladies of Another View. Her books include What Would Monica Do and Holy Hacks. Patti also writes for the National Catholic Register and other publications. In 2019, she received first place for blogging from the National Catholic Press Association. Patti and her husband, Mark, raised their ten children in North Dakota.

Today is the Feast of St Monica. And on this day last year, his nephew was born with serious complications and passed away. Marcus and the baby’s parents prayed fervently for a miracle, but the miracle they desired did not come to pass. But Christians have every reason to hope. We have a Lord who conquered the grave. Marcus has more.

When Fr. Patrick Gonyeau was 27, he felt like his life had hit a dead end. He was struggling with addiction, felt like life had no meaning, and began plotting his suicide. He shares how he encountered the love of God and found a new life in the Spirit.

Further Reading

Into the Fire: Intimacy, Mission, and Miracles: The Life of Adventure in the Holy Spirit

Guest Info

Fr. Patrick Gonyeau is the author of Into the Fire: Intimacy, Mission, and Miracles: The Life of Adventure in the Holy Spirit. He is a missionary of the Precious Blood living and serving in the US province.

Daniel Ortega has told Nicaragua to forget about elections. Nobody who has watched his regime work should be surprised. What should alarm Americans more is what Ortega and his wife, co-president Rosario Murillo, have already done to the one institution in Nicaragua they cannot fully control: the Catholic Church. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has more.

Further Reading

Ortega’s War on the Church Reveals the Limits of Political Power

Guest Info

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

The First Reading today comes from the end of Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians and includes the passage about if anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat. It’s become a heavily politicized passage – how can we balance this with our need to care for the poor? We talk with Dr. Charlie Self.

Guest Info

Dr. Charlie Self is an author, adviser, pastor and professor with more than 40 years of experience connecting Faith and the Common Good. He is the author of several works including Flourishing Churches and Communities (published by Acton) and his new co-authored work, Life in 5-D: A New Vision of Wholeness. He is the visiting professor of church history at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Visit him at drcharlieself.com

The internet, and especially TikTok, has been at the root of one social contagion after another. The Lindsay Clancy case, however, has resulted in the most depraved version yet. Across TikTok, thousands of women around the world are posting videos in which they claim that they, too, could have killed their own children. Hundreds of women have rallied in support outside the courthouse. In the end, the Clancy tragedy shows how quickly an online community can turn a vicious crime into a shared emotional narrative. Dr. Anne Hendershott has more.

Further Reading

Erasing Lindsay Clancy’s Children by Sacralizing the Mother Who Killed Them

The Politics of Envy

Guest Info

Anne Hendershott is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. She is the author of The Politics of Envy.