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Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments — 336 episodes

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The Witness of the Martyrs of Compiègne

2

What the Founders believed about the Common Good

3

French Bishop: Catholic Lawmakers Who Back Euthanasia Bill Cannot Receive Communion

4

How Homeschooling went Mainstream

5

Beware the Cotton Candy Gospel

6

The Rewriting of Junipero Serra

7

Fr. Raymond De Souza weighs in on Pope Leo

8

Empowering High School Chaplains

9

Lawsuit: Colorado discriminates against religious families

10

How Twitter Broke Public Discourse

11

Confronting the Anti-Humanity of AI

12

Tim Staples made me Catholic

13

A Tale of Two Constitutions

14

Surrogacy Hurts Women

15

Two Personality Traits of Long-Term Couples

16

The Foundations of Revolution

17

Washtenaw County allocates emergency funding to Planned Parenthood

18

"You will go down to the nether world."

19

What it means to be in Intimacy with Jesus

20

Should a Catholic be “Swole?”

21

The Problems with Surrogacy

22

American Catholics: A People in Exile?

23

Remembering a British Politician who Championed the Unborn

24

“Not Peace, but a Sword”

25

Spiritual Fatherhood and the Cost of Discipleship

26

“A Sower went out to Sow”

27

Be Transformed by the Renewing of your Mind

28

Bringing Jesus to the Streets

29

The Significance of the Scopes Monkey Trial

30

Placing Scripture at the Heart of our Lives

31

Pope Leo XIV Continues Reform of Diocese of Rome

32

What is God’s Plan for your Life?

33

How does the Gospel transform us?

34

Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion

35

Washington’s Warning to America

36

The Quiet Potential of the Daily ‘Examen’

37

Why Government Can’t Engineer a Baby Boom

38

The Educational Vision of St. John Henry Newman

39

The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand

40

The Church Fathers Explain Why Union With Rome Is Essential

41

Twelve-Year-Old Euthanized in the Netherlands

42

Dept. of Education Cracks Down on Schools for Hiding Student’s Gender Dysphoria from Parents

43

Engaging the World as Christ Did

44

Catholic Charities sues Michigan over loss of women’s services designation

45

World Cup spat shows the futility of identity politics

46

Thomas More’s Advice on Dying Well

47

The Problem with Pre-Nups

48

America at 250: The Last, Best Hope

49

The Benefits of not Cohabitating

50

Fulani militia now ranked as Nigeria’s deadliest terror group

51

A Father Pleads for his Daughter’s Life

52

The Greatest Political Experiment in History

53

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”

54

A Semiquincentennial Warning – And a Promise

55

American History for Kids

56

The Covenantal View of the Founding Fathers

57

What the Founding Fathers said about the Revolution

58

Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops

59

Religious Liberty and the American Founding

60

Huck Finn’s America Turns 250

61

What John Adams wrote on July 3, 1776

62

Winston Churchill, American Patriot

63

SSPX Officially Consecrates Bishops

64

Supreme Court Delivers Victories for Parental Rights, Women’s Sports and Free Speech

65

The Catholic Man’s Call to Heroism

66

Continuing Fulton Sheen’s Legacy

67

Why Jesus cast the demons into pigs

68

Hamilton and Jefferson’s Schools of Thought

69

The Christian Vision of a Free Government

70

Newman’s Vision of the University

71

What made this nation possible?

72

Retiring Fijian Priest reflects on healing and mission

73

What would CS Lewis say about Politics?

74

Robert Nisbet: Conservative and Communitarian

75

The Problems with Post-Liberalism

76

What it means to be an ambassador of Christ

77

Peter, Paul, and the Two Wings of Truth

78

Understanding Abraham Kuyper's Public Theology

79

“Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

80

Is Free Trade Free?

81

Fusionism – What it Is and What it Isn’t

82

Why can't a layperson preach the homily?

83

What AI can’t know, be, or do

84

SSPX issues declaration of faith

85

Winning the War on Government Debt

86

Does Capitalism Destroy Culture?

87

Obedience Shows our Faith

88

Christianity Compels the Transformation of Culture

89

Heal, Not Harm: The Importance of Free and Virtuous Medicine

90

Thinking Theologically about Work

91

Empowering Workers: A Better Way Forward

92

Fatherhood First: The Man Who Left the World Cup

93

The Ethics and Economics of Sports Gambling

94

Immigration: Facts, Economics, and Morality

95

Marriage as a Ministry

96

The Foundations of Principled Entrepreneurship

97

Education and the Free Society

98

God Preserves His People

99

Philosophy Meets AI: The Real Limits of Machines

100

"The King's Loyal Servant - but God's First"

101

Echoes of an Angel: Remembering my Wife, Lost to Cancer

102

“Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments"

103

100th anniversary of the Shrine of the Little Flower

104

Defending the Free Market

105

The Gift of Fatherhood

106

Truth First Ministry

107

“Even all the hairs of your head are counted.”

108

The Great American Dad Divide

109

The Worst Father in the Bible

110

Treasures in Heaven

111

We are all called to a Royal Priesthood

112

A Link between Smartphones and Declining Birth Rates?

113

Pope warns SSPX bishop ordinations risk deepening schism

114

What Pope Leo Means for Fulton Sheen

115

“Our Father, who art in heaven”

116

The Anointing of the Sick: Healing in Christ

117

Yes, Pope Leo's Encyclical is Christological

118

Rights without Remedies?

119

The Inspiring Life and Legacy of John Paul I

120

‘Base Editing’ Embryos’ Takes a Further Unethical Step

121

“Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord”

122

“God's love becomes the measure of Christian life.”

123

Our Lady’s Love for Little Ones

124

Newman Conference Celebrates Leaders in Catholic Education

125

The Most Critical Factor in Children Keeping the Faith

126

The “Synodal Church” Cannot Abandon Natural Law

127

The Euthanasia Battle Resumes in England

128

Vatican II’s Misunderstood Message on Unity

129

Philosophy: The Queen of the Sciences

130

Americans Are of Two Minds About the ‘Moral Acceptability’ of Suicide

131

The Legacy of Magna Carta

132

Chesterton’s Everlasting Wisdom

133

What do we know about the Iran deal?

134

Lessons From Naboth's Murder

135

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few."

136

Technology and the Fragmentation of Society

137

Give your Life to God, One Day at a Time

138

Do Smartphones Deepen the Divide?

139

America’s consecration to the Sacred Heart

140

How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity

141

In Defense of Magnifica Humanitas

142

The Shocking Logic of the Incarnation

143

Why Millennial Women Like Me Are Rethinking the Pill

144

June 10, 2026 - Hour 2

145

The Sacred and Immaculate Hearts

146

The Theology of Presence

147

The Man who Fiddled as Rome Burned

148

What is Life Worth? Advice from the Ancients

149

"How long will you straddle the issue?"

150

What does God have to do with Morality?

151

"The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry"

152

The Lifelong Effects of Childhood Discipline

153

Critical Theory Destroys – Let’s Respond with Love

154

An Invitation to Augustine’s “City of God”

155

The Death and Rebirth of Dialogue

156

Genesis through the eyes of the Church

157

"Blessed are they"

158

Why everyone should read Dante

159

Forgotten Heroes of Catholicism – The Other French Resistance

160

Orwell's Prophetic Nineteen Eighty-Four

161

Understanding the Psalms

162

The Living Bread that Comes Down from Heaven

163

How to get along with (almost) everybody

164

Blessed are those who “yearn?”

165

Baptism, Rebirth, Death, and Grief

166

The Rule of the Sacred Heart

167

Archdiocese of Washington removes Msgr. Rossetti from Exorcist role

168

What do the Chinese know about Tiananmen?

169

Don’t Underestimate Adoration

170

Sacred Buildings can Illustrate the Gospel

171

800 Languages, One Truth

172

Re-Americanizing America

173

Young People Are Taking their Grief Online

174

Clinging To Gender Ideology Mandates Is A Losing Strategy

175

Reflecting on the Major Themes of Pope Leo's First Year

176

How Catholic colleges aim to navigate the demographic cliff

177

Let’s Lift our Eyes to the Enthroned Lord

178

Graduates Rebel against AI: What is the Future of Education?

179

What is Morally Responsible Investing?

180

What Parents have been trained to get wrong

181

James Talarico’s Vision of God

182

Canada’s March to Euthanasia

183

Smart Answers from AI Should Spark Smart Questions in our Consciences

184

The Psalmist Confronts our Pride

185

Engaging the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

186

How Abortion Drug Sellers Are Violating Federal Rules Designed to Protect Women

187

Justin Martyr's Saintly Example

188

Living as if People Matter

189

Why we’re still drawn to Rome

190

California universities dropped Standardized Testing - Now they say their students aren't prepared

191

Hey NYT: There is more to the Church than “Pelvic Theology”

192

What the Trinity Reveals

193

A Warning from Constantinople

194

Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children's Literature

195

Fundraiser Dinner for Lebanon

196

Whose Approval Governs our Soul?

197

The Church learns something new from Newman

198

Society of St. Pius X names priests to be consecrated bishops

199

When the Internet Grieved a Gorilla

200

Life Lessons from Dante’s Inferno

201

No Longer Beggars

202

“If God did not exist, then the entirety of my life meant nothing.”

203

Why the Pope should talk about AI

204

Religious Expression in Public Life is on the Rise

205

The Digital Papacy and the Crisis of Online Catholic Discourse

206

When Mary warned of Persecution in Nigeria

207

We have been Ransomed by Christ

208

What makes Mary the Mother of the Church?

209

Microsoft AI expert weighs in on new encyclical

210

How to start praying with your spouse

211

Pope Leo Invokes Justice to Combat ‘Anti-Human Vision’ in AI

212

“Never has humanity had such power over itself.”

213

Does our success seduce our souls?

214

The Civil War origins of Memorial Day

215

An American Hero: One Man's Legacy of Fatherhood and Faith

216

No Greater Love

217

A Vaccine for the Pandemic of Lunacy

218

Himmler’s Hate and Höss’ Hope

219

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit”

220

The Spirit Elevates the Apostles

221

When the Spirit Comes in Power

222

Is Pentecost the Birthday of the Church?

223

Synod Report: The Abuse of Language leads to the Abuse of Power

224

US Bishops plan Sacred Heart consecration

225

Triggered by Trigger Warnings? NYU Students Prove Haidt’s Point

226

Doomscrolling with the Devil

227

New Jersey moves towards euthanasia

228

Living as one who has encountered Christ.

229

Five Fun Words for Mary

230

The Revival of the HHS Conscience Division is a win for religious freedom

231

UK Renews Push for Assisted Suicide

232

My Fair Lady: How Christ redeems the whole person.

233

How I Encountered the Living Christ

234

Don’t Waste your Suffering: Embracing the Cross when Fear takes Hold

235

Malcolm X and Our Sentimental Read of History

236

"To bear witness to the Gospel of God's grace."

237

Fulton Sheen's Battle Plan for Spiritual Warfare

238

The First Step to Personal Prayer

239

Did the Revolution violate Romans 13?

240

Pope Leo’s First Encyclical will Address AI

241

The Catholic Answer to the “Jewish Question”

242

The First Gen Z Saint?

243

Natural Law and Evangelization

244

Our republic needs virtue - and virtue needs Jesus' truth

245

Freedom without Virtue is Doomed

246

Courage Director responds to Synod Report

247

Do Not Take Your Baptism for Granted

248

Exploring Mary's Pivotal Role from Age to Age

249

“Why are you standing, looking up at the sky?”

250

When Man Loses Sight of God

251

Our Cultural Abandonment of Character

252

What is a person? What is the Self?

253

The Ascension elevates our faith

254

The Liturgical Symbolism of the Ascension

255

Legislation to Protect the right to Bury the Unborn

256

AI and Rerum Novarum

257

Reflections on the Rosary

258

Sexual Healing Conference comes to Detroit

259

Matthias makes the case for Apostolic Succession

260

The Historical Significance of Fatima

261

New film chronicles the untold story of how the Holy Spirit is renewing the Church

262

When Reason Reigns over Politics

263

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

264

Terrorists torch historic church in Mozambique

265

Vatican threatens SSPX with Excommunication

266

The gravest threat facing both religion and science is the denial of objective truth.

267

Pentecost Then & Now in the Bible

268

The Beauty of Shakespeare

269

Archbishop’s Gala: Forming Shepherds for the Good News

270

Paul Preaches to the Jail

271

Where does Culture Building Begin?

272

Sisters of Life: Serving the Heart of New York City

273

The Papal Foundation: Partnering in Mission

274

Eight Characteristics of a Culture of Lay Formation

275

Building a Culture of Life on Campus

276

Is He Lord over every facet of our existence?

277

Has the American Vision Failed?

278

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

279

Jesus Reigns over All

280

Christ’s Lordship Cannot be Compartmentalized

281

I wanted to play football. God had other plans.

282

Pope Leo meets with Marco Rubio

283

Jesus transforms the Culture

284

Catholics at the Shore Brings the Eucharist to the Forefront

285

Yes, Men Need to talk about Abortion

286

“Remain in my Love”

287

What a Near-Death Experience taught me about the Eucharist

288

A Notorious American Lobby Just Lost Big In Court

289

The Busy Parent’s Guide to the Catholic Faith

290

The Dangers of Surrogacy gone Wild

291

Baptizing ourselves with “Progress”

292

Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church

293

National Debt matches 100% of GDP

294

The Desecration of Marriage

295

Grace and Healing in the Modern Medical Center

296

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad, Revival?

297

How Napoleon Robbed France of its Identity

298

The Science of Forgiveness

299

Will the Church Revival Last?

300

Pope Leo, the German Bishops, and the Quest for "Unity"

301

“Minimal comfort feeding” for Dementia Patients?

302

What does True Worship entail?

303

Catholic Converts in light of History

304

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.”

305

I carried a Cross across America

306

Is the Catholic Revival leaving anyone behind?

307

Finding our Sonship in Jesus

308

Evangelizing through Myth

309

DOJ issues new report on eradicating anti-Christian bias in federal government

310

Navigating our Cultural Rapids

311

Giving Everything to God

312

Jesus Answers the Problem of Sin

313

Can Civics Education be Saved?

314

The Death of the Culture of Death?

315

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Pregnancy Center to Protect Donor Info

316

St. Catherine’s Mystical Thought

317

Pope Leo, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Limits of Dialogue

318

The Word of God Grows through Worshipping Disciples

319

Where does our Identity lie? Marcus talks with Deacon Harold

320

Religion, the Basis of Culture

321

Surprise, Surprise: Married People are Happier

322

Are we hearing the voice of the Shepherd?

323

The Virtues as “Super Habits”

324

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

325

The Humility of the Saints

326

How to Prioritize Family Time

327

A Hebrew Catholic Perspective on Acts

328

Does God Make us Righteous?

329

Meet the Sister Confronting the Mental Health Crisis

330

Aristotle Clarifies the Christian Faith

331

Stop trying to change the Church’s teachings

332

Making Sense of our Childless Age

333

Fr Jim Rolph Reflects on Discipleship and Suffering

334

From maintenance to mission: A bishop’s vision for the Church

335

Facebook Employees Compare Themselves to Drug Pushers

336

Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban