ROBERT ROYAL, editor in chief of TheCatholicThing.org joins us for a preview of next week's Vatican Summit on Sex Abuse, Cardinal Gerhard Müller Manifesto of Faith, plus his analysis of the latest Catholic news. ND WILSON, film director and bestselling children's author interviews Raymond Arroyo in a special preview of Raymond's latest installment of the Will Wilder series, Will Wilder: The Amulet of Power. GARY SINISE, Academy Award nominated actor, philanthropist and author of the new memoir, Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service talks about his life, career, faith and work on behalf of America's military veterans, their families and first responders.

MATT SCHLAPP, chairman of the American Conservative Union with analysis of the president's second State of the Union Address, and the latest news from Washington, DC. DAMIAN THOMPSON, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Herald discusses Pope Francis' recent visit to the Middle East, his declaration on religious pluralism and the latest Catholic news. MEGHAN COX GURDON, children's book critic for The Wall Street Journal and author of The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction talks about the the power of books to enhance a child's development and bond families together.

MOST REV. EDWARD SCHARFENBERGER, Bishop of Albany, NY discusses the issue of canonical penalties for Catholic politicians that has arisen in the wake of a new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo expanding access to abortion in the State of New York. JOSEPH CARDINAL ZEN, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong updates us on the persecuted Church in communist China following the Vatican-China agreement signed last year and discusses his new book, For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: On the Situation of the Church in China. CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI, American author of the bestselling Inheritance series discusses great storytelling, the importance of reading for children and his latest book The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia.

JIM WILSON, Covington Catholic High School parent and chaperone tells us what really happened at this year’s March for Life. MERCEDES SCHLAPP, White House Director of Strategic Communications and Special Assistant to the President shares her perspective on the government shutdown the President’s State of the Union Address and developments in US/Venezuelan relations. FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York gives us his perspective the anti-Catholic aspects of the Covington controversy, the Vatican continuing to deny it knew about sex abuse accusations against an Argentine bishop and World Youth Day 2019. KAYE BALLARD (1925-2019). Remembering the life and work of comedienne and actress Kaye Ballard.

GEORGE WEIGEL, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, columnist and theologian discusses the latest Catholic news and the expectations for the Vatican's summit on sex abuse in February. CHRIS LEWIS, son of Hollywood legend Jerry Lewis and President of the American Wheelchair Mission on his father's legacy being preserved at the Library of Congress and his own work bringing the gift of mobility to the disabled in need all over the world. ABBY JOHNSON, pro-life activist is joined by actress ASHLEY BRATCHER to talk about the new film UNPLANNED that tells the story of ABBY JOHNSON's time as director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas and how she left the abortion industry.

ROBERT ROYAL, editor in chief of The Catholic Thing and ED CONDON, DC bureau chief of The Catholic News Agency join us with analysis of the upcoming Vatican trial of Theodore McCarrick, the abuse crisis summit at the Vatican in February and the latest Catholic news. REP. SEAN DUFFY, US Congressman from Wisconsin on the US border crisis/controversy, the partial government shutdown and the latest Congressional news. GEORGE SCHWARTZ, CEO of Schwartz Investment Counsel and manager of Ave Maria Mutual Funds on the state of the financial markets, investing and his new book, In God We Trust: Morally Responsible Investing.

ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of TheCatholicThing.org and FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York join Raymond for a special World Over Year in Review...and Raymond reveals his picks for best and worst persons of 2018. PLUS, Christmas memories with some great moments with JOHNNY MATHIS & ANDY WILLIAMS from World Over Christmases past.

World Over Christmas Special for 2018! Featuring Christmas favorites by the Dominican Sisters of Mary, the NOLA Players, plus classics from the legendary Johnny Mathis, Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Jose Feliciano, and Aaron Neville.

CARDINAL RAYMOND BURKE, former prefect of the Vatican’s Apostolic Signatura joins us to talk about the global clergy sex abuse crisis, the upcoming Vatican summit on abuse in February and much more. REP. CHRIS SMITH, US Congressman from New Jersey talks about the bill he authored (signed into law by the President this week) that gives aid and support to the persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria. DAVID LIMBAUGH, attorney, syndicated columnist and author talks about his new book, Jesus is Risen: Paul and the Early Church.

How can we and our families nurture and sustain the true meaning of Christmas ? FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS discusses his new book ‘Celebrating a Merry Catholic Christmas: A Guide to the Customs and Feast Days of Advent and Christmas.’ A parish in the Diocese of Buffalo, NY reported that a supernatural event involving a consecrated host might have occurred. Diocesan leadership declined to investigate. What happened? Bill Donohue on the media and the abuse crisis, the Pope’s thoughts on vocations. Advent has begun and a new version of Raymond Arroyo’s PBS documentary and the CD Christmastime in New Orleans is airing coast to coast this season. Co-producer Monica Fitzgibbons joins Raymond to discuss the new television special and CD.