World Over

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus, PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, political commentator and bestselling author joins us to give us his take on the Trump Administration and the ongoing controversies it is facing in the wake of the firing of FBI director James Comey, and his latest book, Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles that Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever. DR. MEG MEEKER, pediatrician, author and mother on parenting, teens and children’s health and the importance of faith fathers in the lives of their kids talks about her latest book, Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need. JIM NICHOLSON, former US Ambassador to the Holy See under George W. Bush will give us a preview of Pope Francis' meeting with US President Donald Trump set to take place at the Vatican on May 24th.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus, DR. SEBASTIAN GORKA, Deputy Assistant to the President and national security/terrorism expert analyzes the dismissal of FBI director James Comey, arming the Kurds to fight ISIS in Syria, and the President's upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel & the Vatican. FR. GERARD SAGUTO and FR. ZACHARY AKERS of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter on the beauty and importance of Gregorian chant in the liturgy of the Church and their major-label debut recording, REQUIEM. FR. THOMAS PETRI, O.P. vice-president and academic dean at the Dominican House of Studies here in Washington, DC on the 100th anniversary of the visions at Fatima and the significance of the Fatima message today.

Full episode with Raymond Arroyo.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus, REP. SEAN DUFFY (R-WI), member of the House Financial Services Committee on the state of tax reform, the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and all that latest legislative news from Washington. FR. DREW CHRISTIANSEN, SJ, Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Global Human Development in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service on Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Egypt. KATHRYN LOPEZ & RAMESH PONNURU, of National Review remember the life and legacy of the late Kate O'Beirne who passed away this week at 67 following her battle with cancer.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus; FR. GERALD MURRAY and ROBERT ROYAL...the Papal Posse...on the latest Vatican news including talk of women deacons in the Church, questions about Jesus’ teaching on divorce & remarriage and the new members joining the Vatican’s communications team this week.

GEORGE SCHWARTZ, president of Schwartz Investment Counsel and CEO of Ave Maria Mutual Funds talks about YOUR money and the state of the financial market under the new Trump economy. FATHER PAUL SCALIA, Vicar for Clergy of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia on his new book, 'That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion'.

Headline news of the week, PLUS: SEN. MIKE LEE (R- UT), junior US Senator from Utah and member of the Judiciary Committee talks about the Gorusch nomination to the US Supreme Court, as well as the current state of the health care overhaul. GEORGE MCGRAW, Catholic philanthropist, entrepreneur and Executive Director of DigDeep on a very special effort to bring clean water to the people of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States. FRANKLIN SANTAGATE, Vice President of Global Strategic Alliances for PureFlix Entertainment, the number one faith and family online streaming video service talks about their new, original film, The Case for Christ.

A VERY SPECIAL WORLD OVER WITH RAYMOND ARROYO...In honor of the first anniversary of Mother Angelica's passing, we present an ENCORE presentation of our WORLD OVER special remembering the life and legacy of Mother Angelica.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus: LARRY KUDLOW, senior contributor do CNBC on the GOP proposal to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act and how it might affect Americans' health care coverage. ROD DREHER, columnist and author of The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. BRAD MINER & GEORGE MARLIN, authors of the new book Sons of St. Patrick: A History of the Archbishops of New York from Dagger John to Timmytown.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus: BOBBY JINDAL, former governor of Louisiana on the current state of education in the United States, school choice and charter schools and what the appointment of Betsy DeVos might mean to the Department of Education under the Trump Administration. EDWARD PENTIN of the NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER on the current state of the Amoris Laetitia controversy, the Pope's ongoing investigation of the Order of Malta, intercommunion with Protestants and all the latest Vatican news. JERRY SPINELLI, Newberry Award winning children's novelist on faith, storytelling and his latest work, The Warden's Daughter.

HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus: LEONARD LEO, attorney and Supreme Court adviser to President Donald Trump examines the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the high court, his qualifications and background and what we can expect to see when Gorsuch's confirmation hearings begin in the US Senate. DR. SEBASTIAN GORKA, Deputy Assistant to the President and national security/terrorism expert analyzes the administration's controversial executive order on immigration and refugees. Is it a ban on Muslims, or is its purpose to identify extremist ideology and maintain national security? NINA SHEA, director of the Center for Religious Freedom with analysis of President Trump's executive order on refugees and what the US under the new administration must do to protect religious minorities facing genocide abroad.