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John-Henry interviews some of the most well-known clergy and laity in the Church while offering commentary on the most important news developments in Rome and around the world. Find full episodes and exclusive content at lifesitenews.com !

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  1. The Miracles Which Happened to Fr. James Altman

    John-Henry Westen welcomes Fr. Altman for a personal conversation about miracles, divine providence, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's intercession. Moving beyond the controversies for which Fr. Altman is widely known, the interview explores his devotion to Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the...

  2. The Man Who Claims Evidence of Papal Infiltration

    Researcher and author Gary Giuffre joins John-Henry Westen to present the controversial "Siri Thesis", the claim that Cardinal Giuseppe Siri was legitimately elected pope during the 1958 conclave but was forced aside through threats and political interference, allowing Angelo Roncalli to emerge…

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  3. 'He is a Liar': Archbishop Who CANCELED Fr. Ripperger Called Out

    John-Henry Westen interviews Msgr. Ricardo Coronado-Arrascue about Archbishop James Golka's decision to ask renowned exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger to suspend public speaking engagements and interviews for one year. The Archdiocese of Denver describes the arrangement as voluntary. Msgr. Coronado...

  4. Meet the Priest Who Left the Diocese to Join the SSPX Despite the Excommunication

    Fr. David Mary Engo spent nearly 30 years in the priesthood before affiliating with the Society of St. Pius X. The moment that changed his direction was the Vatican's rejection of the appropriateness of calling Our Lady "Co-Redemptrix." Deeply troubled by what he considers the spread of modernism...

  5. Featured on Tucker Carlson - the Man Who Claims Evidence of Papal Infiltration

    Researcher and author Gary Giuffre joins John-Henry Westen to present the controversial "Siri Thesis", the claim that Cardinal Giuseppe Siri was legitimately elected pope during the 1958 conclave but was forced aside through threats and political interference, allowing Angelo Roncalli to emerge…

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  6. This Catholic mother of 8 had 2 priests and 1 nun- here’s how she did it

    SSPX priest Fr. Lawrence Novak joins John-Henry Westen to share the life and recent death of his 93-year-old mother, a woman whose determination to preserve the traditional Catholic faith shaped a family of eight children that produced two priests and a religious sister. Fr. Novak was at his...

  7. Open Letter to J.K. Rowling: Why She Must Become Catholic

    J.K. Rowling has publicly admitted she has a "God-shaped vacuum" inside her, and has struggled with religious faith since her teenage years. John-Henry Westen responds with an open letter, praising Rowling for standing by her convictions on sex differences and opposing assisted suicide. Her...

  8. Priest: Leo Won’t Do Pachamama in Peru. He’ll Let Others Do It.

    Ahead of Pope Leo XIV's planned visit to Peru, Peruvian canon lawyer Msgr. Ricardo Coronado-Arrascue joins John-Henry Westen to discuss the controversy surrounding Pachamama and indigenous religious practices. Coronado describes Pachamama as rooted in pre-Christian Andean religion and argues that…

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  9. Here is What the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart will Look Like

    John-Henry Westen examines Our Lady of Fatima’s promise that “in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph” and explores what that triumph could look like in the world and in the Church. Drawing on the Fatima message and Sister Lucia’s memoirs, John-Henry explains the connection between the...

  10. Fr. Isaac Relyea: “Pope Leo XIV Is a Heretic” – Silence of the Shepherds Invites Damnation

    Traditional Franciscan priest Fr. Mary-Isaac Relyea joins John-Henry Westen to address what he describes as a crisis of silence within the Catholic hierarchy. Drawing on St. John Eudes and St. Gregory the Great, Relyea argues that priests and bishops have a grave obligation to defend Catholic...

  11. The Miracle That Paved the Way for Fulton Sheen’s Beatification

    Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's beatification is approaching, and the story behind it is miraculous. John-Henry Westen speaks with Al Smith, a Canadian plumber who had never heard of Sheen and became one of his most dedicated promoters. Smith discovered Sheen through his writings, brought his talks…

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  12. Billions of Years or 6,000? The Great Debate on Creation vs Genesis

    A first-of-its-kind debate on the John-Henry Westen Show: does accepting a universe billions of years old contradict a faithful Christian interpretation of Scripture? Ed Mazza and astronomer Dr. Hugh Ross defend the proposition that it does not. Mazza argues the Church distinguishes the essential...

  13. Catholic Children in the Holy Land Suffer Persecution

    Jason Jones traveled to southern Lebanon with his 18-year-old son on a humanitarian mission to assist vulnerable Christian communities caught between Israel and Hezbollah. They slept in villages while nearby bombing repeatedly shook their building. They traveled through dangerous territory and...

  14. Catholic Actress Loses Everything After Accident – Returns to Hollywood as Warrior for Christ

    Chéri Ballinger was a model and actress with everything ahead of her. Then, on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, after praying several Rosaries, she fell seven feet from a trampoline onto concrete. The traumatic brain injury left her unable to walk or talk. Doctors were astonished she survived...

  15. The Mystery of Iniquity: The Secret Religion Donald Trump Is Accused of Belonging To

    David Dionisi, Catholic missionary, author, and former intelligence officer, joins John-Henry Westen to discuss his decades of humanitarian work and the extraordinary experiences that shaped his worldview. He recounts establishing the Liberia Mission during the civil war, returning during the…

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  16. The Book of Revelation Is UNFOLDING Before Our Eyes, Expert Warns

    Ted Flynn, Marian apparitions expert and author of Secrets of the Book of Revelation Revealed, joins John-Henry Westen to argue that the Book of Revelation is unfolding before our eyes. Drawing on decades of research into Marian prophecy, Scripture, mystics, and the end times, Flynn connects...

  17. Laying technical ground work for the anti-christ

    Software engineer Jeremy Williamson warns that digital ID, surveillance technology, and centralized control over everyday technology are laying the groundwork for a system that could exclude dissenters from economic and social life. Age verification, he argues, is a "Trojan horse" for universal...

  18. Jesse Romero: How are Catholics supposed to survive in the great apostasy in the Church?

    Catholic evangelist, former L.A. County police officer, and world police boxing champion Jesse Romero joins John-Henry Westen to answer the question on every faithful Catholic's mind: how do we survive the great apostasy in the Church? Romero urges Catholics to become "joyful warriors"—to stop...

  19. Traditional Carmelite Nun: ‘Catholic Bishops vs Queer Minded Bishops’

    Sister Loretta-Maria, a traditional Carmelite nun working to establish a new monastery in High Springs, Florida, joins John-Henry Westen to discuss the crisis facing the Church and the response of faithful Catholics who refuse to abandon tradition. She explains how the traditional Carmelite...

  20. Why the Church Stopped Teaching Wives Must Obey: Tim Gordon’s Nuclear Take

    Catholic author and podcaster Timothy Gordon joins John-Henry Westen for a wide-ranging conversation on feminism, traditional Catholic marriage, and the crisis of authority in the Church. Gordon draws from the Roman Catechism to argue that modern Catholics have become uncomfortable with…

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  21. This Air Force Colonel, PhD Chemist & Pro-Life Champion Is Here to Kick You Into High Gear

    Dr. Pat Castle is an Air Force colonel, a PhD chemist, and the founder of LIFE Runners. He is also a man on a mission: to wake up the Church and kick pro-life Christians into high gear. Castle joins John-Henry Westen to discuss true femininity, God-given identity, and the importance of obedience…

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  22. Leo XIV Classmate: Had SSPX Ordained 30-50 Bishops Rome Would Dialogue

    f the SSPX had consecrated 30 to 50 bishops, Rome would have been forced to negotiate. That is the assessment of Professor William Thomas, a Vatican theologian and classmate of Pope Leo XIV, who argues that the Society's recent consecrations, while historic, did not go far enough to compel the...

  23. Trad Wars with Fr. Nix: SSPX vs FSSP vs Sede vs Interregmunist

    The traditional Catholic world is divided. The SSPX. The FSSP. The sedevacantists. The interregnum proponents. Each group agrees on the essentials of the faith, but disagrees on a small but significant number of questions concerning papal authority and the Second Vatican Council. Father David Nix...

  24. Pope Leo's Communist Ties Revealed: What Catholics Need to Know

    Pope Leo XIV has been connected to communist affiliated organizations. Michael Hitchborn of the Lepanto Institute joins John-Henry Westen to examine the evidence and ask the question that faithful Catholics are demanding: how does this square with the Pope's duty to defend the faith? Hitchborn...

  25. Leo XIV’s Meeting with Female 'Archbishop' Earns LAWSUIT | Anthony Stine

    Pope Leo XIV met publicly with Anglican leader Sarah Mullally, accepting her blessing and addressing her according to episcopal protocol. Anthony Stine argues the gesture was not merely ecumenical. It has potentially serious legal and ecclesial consequences. Stine contends that by treating…

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  26. What Church History REVEALS About Leo’s Pontificate: Burke, Mariam & Schneider's Analysis

    Mother Miriam, Bishop Schneider, and Cardinal Burke all maintain that Pope Leo XIV is the legitimate pope, despite criticizing aspects of his teaching. But church historian Ed Mazza argues that the more fundamental question is whether the current pope is truly a valid pope at all. Drawing on…

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  27. Here She Is: Catholic Teacher FIRED for Opposing Abortion

    Sarah Lee Morse was a substitute teacher in Scotland. Students asked her repeatedly about abortion. She answered honestly: "As a faithful Catholic, I don't agree with it. I don't support it." She acknowledged others disagreed. She redirected students to their work. She was dismissed the same day....

  28. Laicized Right Before the Conclave: The Priest Who Accused Leo XIV of Covering Up Abuse

    A monsignor with decades of service in canon law, including work in Peru and the Diocese of Colorado Springs, was laicized just days before the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He claims it was not justice. It was retaliation. The monsignor alleges that false accusations, manipulated evidence,...

  29. Sister Dede. Byrne On The Crisis In The Church and The World

    Sister Dede Byrne has witnessed death from both sides, as a physician and as a religious sister. She has sat with the dying, prayed with the suffering, and watched souls pass from this world to the next. Her message is urgent: the final days of life are spiritually invaluable and should never be...

  30. Diagnosis to Vocation | Your Child's Learning Disability Is Not a Barrier to Holiness

    Learning disabilities do not limit a person's capacity for holiness. Margaret Walsh, founder of Secret Garden Educational Pathways, argues that children with special needs are not less suited for the Traditional Latin Mass; they are uniquely suited for it. Beauty, music, incense, ritual, and...

  31. Fulton Sheen SSPX Letter? Leo XIV’s new LGBT Bishop + Why Abortion Is Treated Lighter Than SSPX

    Pope Leo XIV just appointed a German bishop who supported same-sex blessings, gender ideology, and LGBT initiatives. The same Vatican that celebrated that appointment has now imposed canonical sanctions on the Society of Saint Pius X, sanctions that require a more demanding process for lifting…

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  32. Takeaways from My week with the SSPX in Switzerland

    The Vatican declared excommunications. The bishops were consecrated anyway. And more than 16,000 faithful knelt in a thunderstorm and prayed the Rosary. John-Henry Westen reflects on his week in Écône, Switzerland, covering the SSPX consecrations. He witnessed the beauty of the traditional…

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  33. The Final Confrontation: Fatima, Garabandal & The Prophecy Unfolding Before Our Eyes

    In 1976, the future Pope John Paul II spoke of a "final confrontation" between the Church and the anti-Church. Nearly fifty years later, John-Henry Westen argues that confrontation is here, and the signs are unmistakable. This is not speculation. It is the logic of Fatima. The requests for the...

  34. The State of Emergency In The Catholic Church

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  35. "Most People Are Choosing Hell" – Fr. Fasching on the Church's Silence on the Last Things

    Many Catholics have lost their sense of eternity. And the silence on death, judgment, heaven, and hell has left souls unprepared for what awaits them. Fr. Fasching delivers a stark warning to a Church that has abandoned its most essential mission: preaching the reality of eternal consequences.…

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  36. Did Benedict Really Resign? The Canonical Case That Won't Go Away

    Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013. But did he actually resign? The question has haunted the Church for over a decade—and John-Henry Westen argues it is time to ask it again. The key lies in the language Benedict used. He renounced the ministerium—the active exercise of governance. But he...

  37. The Buried Last Encyclical of Pius XII That Could Have STOPPED the Errors of Vatican II

    Pope Pius XII was dying. He knew the Church was facing a crisis that would not come from outside, but from within. In his final months, he commissioned a sweeping encyclical, Cultum Regni, "Worship of the King of Kings"—intended to condemn the theological errors already spreading through Catholic...

  38. Fr. Perricone: Why Young Catholics are TRADITIONAL

    Fr. Gerald Murray Perricone and John-Henry explore the crisis of belief surrounding the Eucharist and the surprising resurgence of Catholic tradition among young people. The conversation also examines the enduring appeal of the Traditional Latin Mass, not simply as a matter of preference, but as…

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  39. Reverence Became Taboo’ — Fr. Perricone Reveals How Everything Changed After Vatican II

    He was ordained a half-century ago. He remembers when reverence was expected, when the tabernacle was central, when Catholics knew what they believed and why. Then came the changes, and everything flipped. Father Richard Perricone joins John-Henry Westen to chronicle the transformation that has...

  40. From Fatima to Leo: The Prophecy Unfolding Before Our Eyes

    The greatest threat facing Christians is not war. It is not political upheaval. It is not even the collapse of Western civilization. The greatest threat, John-Henry Westen warns, is the Great Apostasy, the loss of faith spreading from within the Church herself. Drawing on the warnings of Pope St....

  41. Soldier Arrested for No Mask – Then They Transitioned His Daughter Against His Will

    Jeff Eveleigh served his country. Then his country came for his family. A Canadian military veteran, Jeff was arrested during the freedom protests—for refusing a mask. But that was only the beginning. While he fought government overreach in the streets, his own daughter was caught in a system he...

  42. Fr. Altman: "We ARE in the End Times" – The Great Apostasy & The Dawning of the Antichrist

    Scripture warns of a Great Apostasy. Our Lady of Fatima promised that her Immaculate Heart would triumph, but not before a period of suffering, confusion, and persecution. Father James Altman joins John-Henry Westen to argue that the signs are all around us: a Church in crisis, a hierarchy lost…

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  43. EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Arrestee and Father of 11 Describes His Conversion to Catholicism

    Paul Vaughn joins John-Henry Westen to reflect on his journey from Protestant leadership into the Catholic Church, explaining how years of theological searching, studying Church history, and enduring suffering shaped his conversion. Vaughn discusses his FBI arrest tied to pro-life activism, the...

  44. One Year Into Pope Leo XIV: Are Traditional Catholics Losing Hope?

    Anthony Stine joins John-Henry Westen to assess Pope Leo XIV’s first year and whether hopes for major change in the Catholic Church are fading. The discussion examines Vatican actions involving same-sex blessing debates, synodal initiatives, Church appointments, and tensions over the Traditional...

  45. Can Europe Return to God? Fatima and the Rise of the Faithful Remnant

    Diogo explores whether a nation can remain culturally Catholic while becoming increasingly shaped by secular values. Using Portugal as a case study, he contrasts declining religious practice with signs of renewal found in families, converts, pilgrims, and growing devotion to Fatima and…

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  46. Was Benedict XVI Still Pope? Vatican Petition Sparks Debate | Patrick Coffin

    John-Henry Westen and Patrick Coffin discuss a petition accepted by the Vatican Criminal Court challenging the validity of Pope Benedict XVI’s 2013 resignation. The debate centers on whether Benedict renounced only the ministerium (active ministry) rather than the munus (papal office) required...

  47. Tabernacle Off to the Side? Archbishop Sheen Would Have NONE of It

    They called him the greatest communicator of the Gospel in American history. But Fulton Sheen was also a fierce enforcer of Catholic tradition, and the stories are only now coming out. He demanded the tabernacle remain central in every church. Not off to the side. Not in a chapel. Front and…

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  48. SSPX Consecrations Could Trigger Vatican SHOWDOWN

    Tensions rise as the Society of Saint Pius X prepares for new episcopal consecrations, with reports of possible disciplinary action from the Vatican. The debate centers on whether consecrating auxiliary bishops without territorial authority constitutes schism or remains within canonical bounds....

  49. Pope Leo XIV’s Seminary Classmate Goes Nuclear: The Synodal Church is “Diabolical"

    Professor William Thomas doesn't hold back as he lays out the stark choice facing Catholics: following a "diabolical" Synodal church that is built on the errors of Modernism, or staying faithful to the authentic Magisterium of the Catholic Church. A former classmate of Pope Leo XIV, Thomas brings…

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John-Henry interviews some of the most well-known clergy and laity in the Church while offering commentary on the most important news developments in Rome and around the world.

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How many episodes does The John-Henry Westen Show have?

The John-Henry Westen Show has 805 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 30, 2026.

What is The John-Henry Westen Show about?

John-Henry interviews some of the most well-known clergy and laity in the Church while offering commentary on the most important news developments in Rome and around the world. Find full episodes and exclusive content at lifesitenews.com !

How often does The John-Henry Westen Show release new episodes?

The John-Henry Westen Show publishes a few times a week, based on its 805 episodes since March 2019.

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The John-Henry Westen Show is created and hosted by John-Henry Westen | LifeSiteNews.
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