Glowing obituaries are pouring in after the death of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, It is hard to overstate her influence upon Western women. Gloria Steinem wasn’t just one among many feminists; she was the “it” girl who normalized feminism and made it broadly attractive. We talk more about her legacy with Carrie Gress.

Further Reading

The Real Legacy Of Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem and Selling Feminism

Book: Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused with Christianity

Book: The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

Book: The Marian Option

Carrie’s website

Theology of Home

Guest Info

Carrie Gress, Ph.D., is the founder and editor at the online women’s magazine TheologyofHome.com and the author of ten books, including the Theology of Home series, The Anti-Mary Exposed, and The End of Woman.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus lays out the steps for how we should respond when someone does us wrong. We unpack the readings with Rob Corzine.

Guest Info

Rob Corzine is the vice-president of programs for the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

As Church of England cathedrals face deep financial strain, venues once central to Britain’s Christian history are hosting tribute acts, ‘raves in the nave’ and becoming nightclubs — prompting charges of desecration. Marcus looks at the story.

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three young children, had become a rallying point for thousands of women who believed she was the true victim. As Walker Percy understood decades ago, when institutions fail to form us and when culture no longer provides purpose, people begin to crave the intensity of rupture. As her hearing was declared a mistrial today, we look at the environment that led to her support with Anne Hendershott.

Further Reading

Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy

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

Guest Info

Anne Hendershott is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH

In London, on the corner near the Marble Arch, there’s a noteworthy medallion on a traffic island commemorating Tyburn Tree. When English Catholics think of Tyburn, they think of the martyrs who died there – dragged through the streets after torture in the Tower of London, hanged, racked, and disemboweled, denied mercy unless they were prepared to deny loyalty to the Catholic Church and Peter’s successor in Rome. We talk about their legacy with Joanna Bogle.

Further Reading

The English Martyrs and Tyburn’s Hidden Waters

Guest Info

Joanna Bogle is the author of some 20 books, including several historical biographies and A Book of Feasts and Seasons with information on traditions and customs marking the Church year. Her most recent book is John Paul II: Man of Prayer with colleague Clare Anderson, exploring the spiritual life of St. John Paul the Great. She broadcasts regularly with EWTN and initiated popular “Catholic History Walks” around London.

In today’s Office of the Readings, Pope St. Leo the Great reflects on the Beatitudes. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” The word poor, from the Greek word patokos, describes someone who has been reduced to depending upon another for his sustenance. What Jesus is effectively trying to say here is blessed are those who have chosen to trust and depend on God. Marcus has more.

More than 350 years ago, Jesus unveiled to St Margaret Mary Alacoque the secrets and desires of His Sacred Heart. This summer, the USCCB consecrated the USA to the Sacred Heart. Dr Robert Stackpole reflects on this devotion.

Further Reading

Our Light in the Darkness: The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Guest Info

Dr Robert Stackpole obtained a Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is the author of many books and the director emeritus of the JPII Institute of Divine Mercy

Indiaʼs Maharashtra state enacted a sweeping anti-conversion law on Aug. 28, prompting Catholic leaders to call for prayer and a legal challenge. Matthew Bunson has more on this and other Church news.

Further Reading

Catholic Church Weighs Legal Challenge to New Anti-Conversion Law in India

China Pressured a US Catholic Group to Censor Its Keynote Speaker. They Complied.

Enzo Bianchi, Founder of Bose Community, Dies at 83

Church in Nepal Helps Flood Victims Find Hope, Apostolic Administrator Says

An Unusual Wave of Generosity Precedes Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to France

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

Pope Leo has offered the most serious look to date at AI and a lot of issues relating to technology. Importantly, he emphasize that human beings need to be at the center of these debates and we must always be mindful of how new technologies will affect everyday people’s lives. Tom Doran has more.

Just before we went on the air today, a tornado warning was issued for our county. On this Feast of Gregory the Great, Marcus reflects on our duty to share the Gospel and some lessons he learned from today’s storm.