World Over

EDWARD PENTIN, Rome correspondent for The National Catholic Register, ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing and FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York join us on this special WORLD OVER with thorough analysis of the explosive charges made by a former Papal Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, that the sexual abuse

of boys and young men by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick may have been covered up by high ranking Church officials, including Pope Francis himself.

MOST REV. ROBERT MORLINO, bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin discusses the Church’s ongoing abuse crisis and his response to the scandal in a recent letter to the priests and people of his Diocese. DR. BILL DONOHUE, president of The Catholic League, discusses and the abuse scandal and the media’s response. FR. TAD PACHOLCZYK, director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center on the latest news in the world of bioethics and the morality of capital punishment after the change in the catechism recently made by Pope Francis.

EXCLUSIVE - CARDINAL RAYMOND LEO BURKE, former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura joins us to talk about the latest sex abuse scandals engulfing the Church here in the United States and what the response should be by the US Bishops and the Holy See…both pastorally and canonically. LIZ YORE, attorney and child advocate, and BRAD MINER, senior editor of The Catholic Thing, discuss the clergy sex abuse crisis from the viewpoint of the laity.

PÉTER SZIJJÁRTÓ, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade joined us recently to talk about Hungary's participation in the US State Department's first ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in July, preserving a nation's culture and how best to to offer international assistance and aid to persecuted communities in the Middle East. WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, Academy Award winning director of The French Connection (1971) and The Exorcist (1973) talks about his recent film, The Devil and Father Amorth in which Friedkin was granted the rare permission to document a real exorcism conducted by former Vatican chief exorcist, the late Father Gabrielle Amorth. FR. ANDRE MAHANNA, Maronite Catholic priest and special envoy to the US for the Apostolic Union of Clergy discusses how Christians and religious minorities are coping in the wake of recent violence in Syria, and the ongoing persecution of Christians in other parts of Middle East.

FR. GERALD MURRAY, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York and ROBERT ROYAL, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing.org, discuss the Archbishop (formerly Cardinal) Theodore McCarrick sex abuse scandal, the Pope’s change to the Church’s teaching on capital punishment and much more. DR. BILL DONOHUE, president of The Catholic League joins us to talk about a new task force on religious freedom at the US Department of State, and the media’s response to the McCarrick scandal.

REP. SEAN DUFFY (R-WI), US Congressman from Wisconsin talks about trade, farm relief, US-Russia relations and sanctions and much more. SEAN SPICER, former White House press secretary and communications director talks about his time in the Trump White House, his faith and his new book, ‘The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President’. MARJORIE MURPHY CAMPBELL, mother, attorney, canon lawyer and author of this week’s Open Letter to the USCCB Regarding the Cardinal McCarrick Scandal.

REP. STEVE SCALISE (R-LA), US Congressman from Louisiana and House Majority Whip discusses the president’s press conference with Vladimir Putin, immigration and tax reform, gun control and his recovery from last year’s shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, VA. SAM BROWNBACK, former governor of Kansas and current Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom on the US State Department’s efforts to promote religious freedom abroad. DR JENI STEPANEK, mother of poet and peace advocate Mattie Stepanek talks about her son’s message of peace and his cause for sainthood. (2nd of a two part interview).

CARRIE SEVERINO, general counsel for the Judicial Crisis Network joins us with analysis of President Trump’s nomination to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. JOHN GLASER, director of foreign policy studies at The Cato Institute discusses the recent NATO Summit in Brussels and President Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. JENI STEPANEK, Ph.D., mother of poet and peace activist Mattie Stepanek on her son’s legacy as a peacemaker and this year’s Peace Day Celebration in Rockville, Maryland.

INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEK SPECIAL - LTG HAL MOORE, Korean War veteran and commander of the FIRST MAJOR US engagement of the War in Vietnam talks about his military career and his Catholic faith that was instrumental in his life and military career. GARY SINISE, Academy Award nominated actor-director-musician and philanthropist joins us to talk about his foundation's work on behalf of our nation’s veterans and their families. SEN. JEREMIAH DENTON, Vietnam prisoner of war, retired Navy Rear Admiral and former US Senator from Alabama talks about the 8 years he spent in the Hanoi Hilton and the faith that sustained him there.

GAYLE TROTTER, attorney and spokeswoman for the Judicial Crisis Network on the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, his possible replacements and the inevitable fight over who will eventually be confirmed to the US Supreme Court. REP. CHRIS SMITH, US Congressman from New Jersey and co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus joins us with the latest on US immigration policy, trade, recent Supreme Court decisions upholding the travel ban and religious freedom and the announcement of the retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. MICHAEL COLBERT, producer of the PBS Independence Day special 'A Capitol Fourth' and TERRY WEEKS, member of the legendary Motown group The Temptations on this year's show and the true meaning of Independence Day.