Christianity arose during the time of the Roman Empire – and God used that otherwise pagan empire that was steeped in a lot of natural law principles to bring about the expansion of the Christian faith as we know it today. We look at how with Paul DeHart.

Guest Info

Paul R. DeHart is Professor of Political Science of Texas State University in San Marcos. He is author of The Social Contract in the Ruins (University of Missouri Press, 2024) Uncovering the Constitution’s Moral Design (also with the University of Missouri Press, 2007; 2017) and editor (with Carson Holloway) of Reason, Revelation, and the Civic Order: Political Philosophy and the Claims of Faith (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014). He has published articles in journals such as Polity, Critical Review, Locke Studies, Perspectives on Political Science, the Catholic Social Science Review, and National Affairs.

On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed a prayer that still echoes across the Church today: “That they may all be one.” It’s the focus of a new movie, coming to theaters on May 19 and 20. Adriana Gonzalez tells us more.

That They May be One website

Guest Info

Adriana Gonzalez is the executive producer of That They May be One. Learn more at thattheymaybeonefilm.com

Cole Allen, the man who charged a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, wrote in a manifesto that he planned to target Trump administration officials “prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.” Doug Keck joins us to talk about it.

Further Reading

The Race Is on to Set the Narrative About the WHCD Shooting

Guest Info

Doug Keck is the emeritus president and COO of EWTN and the host of EWTN bookmark.

On Saturday we celebrated the Feast of St. Mark. He was a man of the Gospel, a man so devoted to apostolic preaching they called him the son of Peter. He was a missionary to the nations and he was a servant whose evangelical written witness still helps souls engage and encounter Jesus. Marcus has more.

Jesus’ first words to the disciples after his resurrection were “Peace be with you.” This was the fruit of Easter, resolving the two greatest threats to our peace — the internal discord of sin and the existential threat of death itself. Yet, war remains on the earth. Many people have held this up as proof against the coming of the true Messiah. If we look more deeply, however, the peace of Christ has deeply impacted the world, and peace has come to those of goodwill throughout history. Jared Staudt joins us.

Further Reading

Of war and peace in the Easter season

Guest Info

R. Jared Staudt PhD, serves as Director of Content for Exodus 90 and as an instructor for the lay division of St. John Vianney Seminary. He is author of Words Made Flesh: The Sacramental Mission of Catholic Education (CUA Press, 2024), How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization (TAN), Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence Press) and The Beer Option (Angelico Press), as well as editor of Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (Catholic Education Press). He and his wife Anne have six children and he is a Benedictine oblate.

UK pro-life groups are hailing a great victory as an assisted suicide bill has failed. Despite being billed as inevitable by much of the British media, the legislation stalled in the House of Lords last week. Joanna Bogle joins us with more.

Further Reading

UK Pro-Life Groups Hail ‘Great Victory’ as Assisted-Suicide Legislation Fails

Guest Info

Joanna Bogle is a journalist in the United Kingdom. Her book Newman’s London is published by Gracewing Books.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus assures us that He is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep. He gathers together every soul who wants Him into one household, through the power of the Holy Spirit and the gift of repentance. Marcus has more.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Berlin has instructed priests in his archdiocese to introduce a handout “Blessing gives strength to love” as the basis of pastoral care. Pope Leo was asked about the measure on his return from his trip to Africa. We look at the situation with Carl Olson.

Further Reading

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

German cardinal instructs priests to facilitate same-sex couple blessings

Leo: Sexuality not ‘only moral issue’

Guest Info

Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. His recent books on Lent and Advent—Praying the Our Father in Lent (2021) and Prepare the Way of the Lord (2021)—are published by Catholic Truth Society. The Most Asked Questions about Faith, Reason, Jesus, and the Bible, co-authored with Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., will be published by Ignatius Press in Fall 2026. He is also a contributor to “Our Sunday Visitor” newspaper, “The Catholic Answer” magazine, “The Imaginative Conservative”, “The Catholic Herald”, “National Catholic Register”, “Chronicles”, and other publications. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @carleolson.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus says he is the gate that leads sheep to pasture. A thief only comes to steal and destroy, while Jesus came to provide us with Abundant life. 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.

God’s omnipotence is one of the great mysteries of our faith, hard for human minds to understand. How do we explain this mystery? Even if God’s power is unlimited, doesn’t it seem like there is still something here that calls for explanation? Pat Flynn joins us.

Further Reading

Does the Demand for Explanation End with God?

Book: The Best Argument for God

Guest Info

Pat Flynn is a philosopher and the author of The Best Argument for God. He is the host of the Pat Flynn Show and Philosophy for the People. Find his Substack blog at The Journal of Absolute Truth.