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THE PAPAL POSSE...FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York and ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of TheCatholicThing join us from Washington, DC for a complete recap of the Amazon Synod. MOST REV. ATHANASIUS SCHNEIDER, Auxiliary Bishop from Kazakhstan joins us to discuss his new book-length interview with Diane Montagna, Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age.

ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of TheCatholicThing joins us from Rome with analysis of the latest developments from week three of the Amazon Synod. CARDINAL GERHARD MÜLLER, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith joins us to talk about the what's happening at the Synod and his new book, Roman Encounters: The Unity of the Faith and the Holy See's Responsibility for the Universal Church, from EWTN Publishing. GEORGE WEIGEL, theologian, papal biographer and author talks about his new book, The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform.

EDWARD PENTIN, Rome correspondent for The National Catholic Register reports on the latest news about controversial financial investigations at the Vatican. ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of TheCatholicThing joins us from Rome with analysis of the latest developments from Amazon Synod. DR. WALID PHARES, national security and foreign policy expert discusses the turmoil in Syria after the US announced a troop withdrawal earlier in October. LUKE GOODRICH, professor of law at the University of Utah and senior counsel at Becket discusses the proposal by some Democrats to strip churches of tax exempt status for failing to support same sex marriage and the threat presented to religious liberty by such proposals.

THE PAPAL POSSE...FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York and ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of TheCatholicThing join us from Rome to discuss the Amazon Synod that began this week, the upcoming Canonization of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman, and much more. SHARON ROBINSON, daughter of Major League Baseball great and civil rights activist Jackie Robinson, talks about growing up with her famous father at the dawn of the civil rights movement and her new book, Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963.

MOST REV. JOSEPH STRICKLAND, Bishop of Tyler, TX and MOST REV. MICHAEL SHERIDAN, Bishop of Colorado Springs, CO join us to discuss the controversy surrounding the upcoming Synod on the Amazon and the role of the Diocesan Bishop in defending the Gospel and protecting the Deposit of Faith. JEANNIE GAFFIGAN, wife, mother and along with her husband Jim Gaffigan, half of one of the most successful comedy teams in history joins us to discuss family, faith, overcoming a health crisis and her new memoir, When Life Gives You Pears. BILL MCGURN, former presidential speechwriter and now regular columnist at The Wall Street Journal joins us with analysis of the increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong and the House Democrats push for impeachment of the president.

REP. JIM SENSENBRENNER, US Congressman from Wisconsin and member of the House Judiciary Committee on the impeachment inquiry launched by House Democrats this week against the President. SAM BROWNBACK, US Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom at the State Department on the President’s historic UN address highlighting the problem of religious persecution. NILE GARDINER, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation gives us an update on the state of BREXIT in the UK. DEAL HUDSON, editor of TheChristianLife.com discusses his new book, How to Keep from Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically for Survive Cultural Indoctrination.

EDWARD PENTIN, Rome correspondent for The National Catholic Register reports on the latest Church news including the German bishops' apparent defiance of Rome on the subject of synodal process, Cardinal Pell's final appeal to overturn sex abuse convictions. MARY ANN GLENDON, professor of Law at Harvard University and recently appointed Chair of the US Commission on Unalienable Rights joins us to talk about the focus and the scope of the new commission and the role of "natural law" in protecting global human rights. DAMIAN THOMPSON, associate editor of The Spectator in the UK on Pope Francis comments on life imprisonment for criminals and the growing talk of schism in the lead-up to the October Synod on the Amazon.

FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York and ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing.org analyze the Pope’s recent comments on his critics in America and around the world and take a look at the controversy surrounding the upcoming Synod on the Amazon Region set to begin in Rome next month. NADINE MAENZA, vice chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom discusses the Administration’s tough new rules limiting the number of refugees being admitted to the United States this year. RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY, FOX News contributor, Catholic mom of 9, and author of the new picture book for kids, Paloma Wants to Be Lady Freedom.

PHILIP LAWLER, author and editor or Catholic World News with analysis of the big stories of the week including Theodore McCarrick’s renewed denials of accusations of sex abuse and the latest in the ongoing abuse crisis in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, NY. REP. SEAN DUFFY, US Congressman from Wisconsin discusses his decision to resign from Congress to focus on his family and caring for his soon-to-be-born special needs baby daughter…and the latest news from Washington, DC. NINA SHEA, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, talks about the desecration of churches in Europe and the situation in Hong Kong.

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, United States Secretary of State discusses the 2nd annual Ministerial on Advancing Religious Freedom and what the US is doing to promote religious liberty all over the world. DAVID ALTON, member of the UK House of Lords and long time advocate for religious liberty discusses the global hot spots where Christians and religious minorities are being persecuted for their beliefs. FR. PAUL SULLINS, senior research associate at The Ruth Institute, former Episcopal priest and currently a married Catholic priest discusses the history of a married priesthood, the pros and cons of married priests and the upcoming Synod on the Amazon that will discuss the possibility of allowing priests in that region to be married. CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI, author of the bestselling Inheritance series on great storytelling, the importance of reading to your children, and his latest book The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia.