Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently commended John Podesta, Joe Biden's new climate envoy. In this episode of The Download, hosts Rodney Pelletier, Kyle Kopy and David Nussman discuss this development, as well as a story out of Spain involving a controversial poster advertising Holy Week rituals. They also talk about the meaning of Lent, since Ash Wednesday is just around the corner.

In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss how the charge against Michael Cassidy was recently upgraded to a felony. They also discuss the feast of St. Blaise, as well as controversial comments from a prominent archbishop about priestly celibacy.

In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss abortion and so-called transgenderism. They also talk about Septuagesima and Candlemas.

In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Kyle Kopy and David Nussman discuss recent news stories involving allegations of sexual abuse. They also talk about recent Vatican documents intended to deter corruption, as well as the death of Catholic reporter George Neumayr and the upcoming feast of St. Francis de Sales.

In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and David Nussman discuss a series of news stories touching on family matters and threats to family life. One of those stories is the tragic death of a Catholic married couple, leaving behind six children under the age of 10.

Video feeds of the New Year's celebration at Times Square showed a pair of gay men kissing at the stroke of midnight. Also on New Year's Eve, prominent actor Shia LaBeouf received the sacrament of confirmation. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss a few news items of interest for the first Saturday in 2024.

Video feeds of the New Year's celebration at Times Square showed a pair of gay men kissing at the stroke of midnight. Also on New Year's Eve, prominent actor Shia LaBeouf received the sacrament of confirmation. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss a few news items of interest for the first Saturday in 2024.

January 1 is the Feast of Mary, Mother of God. It is a holy day of obligation — though some bishops' conferences might rescind the obligation when it falls on a Monday. It's also the day when Catholics remember Our Lord's circumcision. Baby Jesus would have been circumcised about a week after His birth. Meanwhile, the Holy Name of Jesus is celebrated at Mass either on Jan. 2 or Jan. 3 — depending on whether it's the Traditional Latin Mass or the Novus Ordo. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss Our Lord's circumcision, Mariology, martyrdom and various other topics.

Scripture tells us that in King Herod's attempt to kill Jesus, he had all babies in and around Bethlehem murdered. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss these victims of infanticide, known as the Holy Innocents. They should be invoked as patron saints of the pro-life movement.

Today, Dec. 27, is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. In this episode of The Download, hosts Bradley Eli, Rodney Pelletier and Kyle Kopy discuss the life and writings of this apostle and evangelist.