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Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments — 507 episodes

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1

Three Ways Satan Attacks our Happiness

2

The Soul of a Disciple: Praying with Fulton Sheen

3

The World Needs more Ghost Stories

4

The Daily Challenge of Christian Life

5

Bearing the Cross of Alcoholism

6

Is God “Jealous?”

7

The Next 30 Years of Ave Maria Radio

8

What did Dolly Parton believe?

9

A Rosary for Restless Minds

10

Grieving with Augustine

11

The West is cutting off its nose to spite its face

12

"Get behind me, Satan!”

13

Why the new Animal Farm movie falls short

14

“Tell ‘em about the dream!”

15

The Perennial Wisdom of the Church Fathers

16

Päivi Räsänen’s ongoing free speech battle

17

No, Sharia and Canon Law are not the same

18

St. Monica: Hope for All Mothers

19

St. Monica’s Tears

20

Into the Fire: A Life of Adventure in the Spirit

21

Daniel Ortega: A Warning on the Limits of Political Power

22

“If a Man does not work…”

23

Erasing Lindsay Clancy’s Children

24

Mother Teresa’s “Other” Anthropology

25

How We Know That Jesus is the Messiah

26

“Hold fast to the traditions that you were taught.”

27

What Nobody Knows about the Theology of the Body

28

Pervert Worship, Annihilate Culture

29

Mercy in Action: Join in a Day of Service

30

McKenna West saga exposes the flaws of surrogacy

31

The Culture that Mocks Chastity

32

Baptism and the Social Life of the Church

33

On this Rock I will build my Church

34

Flourish Fundraiser for Arbor Woman Health

35

"Here is a true child of Israel”

36

Is Reading Gone for Good?

37

“Who do people say that I am?”

38

Will the Temple Be Rebuilt?

39

I disrespected our Blessed Mother. Now she is my Queen.

40

The Stockholm Syndrome of Sin

41

Toy Story 5: Our insatiable thirst for Screens

42

San Antonio priest laicized for schism

43

Should criminal cases require a full jury?

44

Philippine student live-streams school shooting

45

“I will give you a new heart”

46

The Shepherd who Didn’t Run: Stanley Rother film comes to theaters

47

Massachusetts legalizes abortion up to birth

48

Mary’s Meals: Hope for the Hopeless

49

Whose Conscience Counts in Virginia?

50

Organ Donations and the Brain Death Debate

51

What Bumble says about virtue in dating

52

“He who perseveres to the end will be saved”

53

Face to Face with “Death to America”

54

The Mob of Public Opinion

55

A Hidden Mental Health Crisis in the Church?

56

The United Saints of America

57

A Camel through a Needle?

58

Roberto Clemente: Everyday Sainthood

59

Archaeologists think they have found one of the most important churches in history

60

Nigerian court bars Islamic police from arresting Christian convert

61

A “Striking” warning from the Gold Rush

62

The Assumption: How Doctrine Develops

63

How the Assumption Changed Civilization

64

Military chaplain candidates denied financial aid

65

The Saddest Verse in Scripture?

66

Fulton Sheen speaks on the Demonic

67

Paul speaks to the Gentiles

68

The Sacramental Mission of Catholic Education

69

Maximilian Kolbe’s example of holiness

70

Blessed Michael McGivney still cares for his flock

71

Pope Leo: There is no replacement for Sunday Mass

72

Dr. Ray: When kids “cut off” their parents

73

“Become the couple other couples want to become.”

74

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

75

Texas’s plan to include religious texts in public education

76

Florida Lawsuit reignites school choice debate

77

What is a Word?

78

If a brother sins against you

79

Let's Restore a Biblical View of Justice

80

Robin Williams: The Tears of a Clown

81

Don’t “over-pathologize” your kids

82

The Sober Wisdom of the American Founding

83

Protest Planned Parenthood on Thursday

84

The Greatest in Heaven’s Kingdom

85

Fr. Wade Menezes: Answering the Call of Catholic Manhood

86

Confronting the Opioid Crisis

87

St. Dominic shows how ideas have consequences

88

Are Data Centers worth the cost?

89

The Gift of the Diaconate

90

The Politics of Faith during the Cold War

91

Jesus walks on Water

92

Self-Denial in Caesarea Philippi

93

Confronting the Loneliness Epidemic

94

Cash for Baptisms?

95

Aquinas’ Wisdom on the Transfiguration

96

“Half a league, half a league, half a league onward!”

97

God's Throne reigns over all

98

A New Sermon from Augustine?

99

The Simple Encounter that brought Alec Guinness to the Faith

100

The Latest Attack on Christian Ministries

101

Michigan Election Recap

102

Victory Through Suffering

103

The Real Migrant Crisis in Ceuta

104

Oh woman, great is your faith!

105

The Gift of the Priesthood

106

The National Debt as a Moral Crisis

107

How can parents reclaim their authority?

108

Solzhenitsyn’s Soul in the West

109

Celebrate the Assumption at Assumption Grotto

110

“Trust Him to keep forming us in His image”

111

*Don't* Relax - It's an iPhone

112

From Abortionist to Pro-Life Champion

113

Inviting Catholics to “Come Home”

114

St. John Vianney, the Universal Patron of Priests

115

Our “Devilish” Politics

116

Michigan court asks if chimpanzees are “persons”

117

Focus on Jesus, even in the storms

118

CS Lewis's Truth of Sin and Sanctity

119

Jesus Feeds the 5000

120

The Mercy of Embryonic Burials

121

Grace and Healing in the Modern Medical Center

122

He set an AI trap - and his students fell for it

123

The Odyssey: Does Nolan Get the Point?

124

Are Excommunications inconsistent?

125

Fauci Faces the Music

126

Washtenaw County Funds Planned Parenthood?

127

Shaped by the Potter

128

Death removes every illusion

129

Steve Ray: The Gift of Grandparents

130

US Case Law Draws Distinctions on Public-School Teachers’ Free Speech

131

Fulton Sheen’s Faithful Witness

132

Walking Together in Faith, Hope, and Freedom

133

Give Martha a Break!

134

Ralph Martin: Are we ready for the judgment?

135

Grief Reobserved: Sage Marriage Advice from Peter Kreeft

136

A Beginner’s Guide to the Summa

137

Understanding Liberty in the words of its founders

138

The Revolution Devours its Children

139

An Inside at Look Fulton Sheen’s Path to Sainthood

140

Higher Education and the Formation of Character

141

Are we less polarized than we thought?

142

Catholic Charities brings hope to Detroit

143

Catholics and the FBI

144

The Treasure Buried in a Field

145

We ignored Humane Vitae, and we’re paying the price

146

What does it mean to be human?

147

What do our seminarians need?

148

Does the Pope Speak with Political Authority?

149

The American Martyrs

150

Living our Faith at Work

151

Why did Jesus speak in Parables?

152

Fr. John Riccardo: People’s Most Urgent Need

153

Reclaiming a Eucharistic Culture

154

A Saint's Guide to Discernment

155

Music Brings us to Jesus

156

Was Mary Magdalene a "harlot?"

157

Bringing Jesus to the Jews

158

Meet England’s new Catholic Prime Minister

159

How Guilt can Set us Free

160

Why Calvin and Hobbes Still Matters

161

The First Step to Increasing Vocations

162

Who were Jesus’ “brothers?”

163

Sacrifice and the Natural Law

164

Can Catholic Colleges be Saved?

165

The Tates’ Warped Masculinity

166

America’s Shining City

167

Hilaire Belloc, Culture Warrior

168

We are not isolated believers

169

What we learned from President Trump’s Speech

170

What is the Kingdom of Heaven?

171

The Massacre of the Romanovs

172

Advancing our Knowledge with Aristotle

173

The Witness of the Martyrs of Compiègne

174

What the Founders believed about the Common Good

175

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

176

How Homeschooling went Mainstream

177

Beware the Cotton Candy Gospel

178

The Rewriting of Junipero Serra

179

Fr. Raymond De Souza weighs in on Pope Leo

180

Empowering High School Chaplains

181

Lawsuit: Colorado discriminates against religious families

182

How Twitter Broke Public Discourse

183

Confronting the Anti-Humanity of AI

184

Tim Staples made me Catholic

185

A Tale of Two Constitutions

186

Surrogacy Hurts Women

187

Two Personality Traits of Long-Term Couples

188

The Foundations of Revolution

189

Washtenaw County allocates emergency funding to Planned Parenthood

190

"You will go down to the nether world."

191

What it means to be in Intimacy with Jesus

192

Should a Catholic be “Swole?”

193

The Problems with Surrogacy

194

American Catholics: A People in Exile?

195

Remembering a British Politician who Championed the Unborn

196

“Not Peace, but a Sword”

197

Spiritual Fatherhood and the Cost of Discipleship

198

“A Sower went out to Sow”

199

Be Transformed by the Renewing of your Mind

200

Bringing Jesus to the Streets

201

The Significance of the Scopes Monkey Trial

202

Placing Scripture at the Heart of our Lives

203

Pope Leo XIV Continues Reform of Diocese of Rome

204

What is God’s Plan for your Life?

205

How does the Gospel transform us?

206

Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion

207

Washington’s Warning to America

208

The Quiet Potential of the Daily ‘Examen’

209

Why Government Can’t Engineer a Baby Boom

210

The Educational Vision of St. John Henry Newman

211

The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand

212

The Church Fathers Explain Why Union With Rome Is Essential

213

Twelve-Year-Old Euthanized in the Netherlands

214

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

215

Engaging the World as Christ Did

216

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

217

World Cup spat shows the futility of identity politics

218

Thomas More’s Advice on Dying Well

219

The Problem with Pre-Nups

220

America at 250: The Last, Best Hope

221

The Benefits of not Cohabitating

222

Fulani militia now ranked as Nigeria’s deadliest terror group

223

A Father Pleads for his Daughter’s Life

224

The Greatest Political Experiment in History

225

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

226

A Semiquincentennial Warning – And a Promise

227

American History for Kids

228

The Covenantal View of the Founding Fathers

229

What the Founding Fathers said about the Revolution

230

Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops

231

Religious Liberty and the American Founding

232

Huck Finn’s America Turns 250

233

What John Adams wrote on July 3, 1776

234

Winston Churchill, American Patriot

235

SSPX Officially Consecrates Bishops

236

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

237

The Catholic Man’s Call to Heroism

238

Continuing Fulton Sheen’s Legacy

239

Why Jesus cast the demons into pigs

240

Hamilton and Jefferson’s Schools of Thought

241

The Christian Vision of a Free Government

242

Newman’s Vision of the University

243

What made this nation possible?

244

Retiring Fijian Priest reflects on healing and mission

245

What would CS Lewis say about Politics?

246

Robert Nisbet: Conservative and Communitarian

247

The Problems with Post-Liberalism

248

What it means to be an ambassador of Christ

249

Peter, Paul, and the Two Wings of Truth

250

Understanding Abraham Kuyper's Public Theology

251

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

252

Is Free Trade Free?

253

Fusionism – What it Is and What it Isn’t

254

Why can't a layperson preach the homily?

255

What AI can’t know, be, or do

256

SSPX issues declaration of faith

257

Winning the War on Government Debt

258

Does Capitalism Destroy Culture?

259

Obedience Shows our Faith

260

Christianity Compels the Transformation of Culture

261

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

262

Thinking Theologically about Work

263

Empowering Workers: A Better Way Forward

264

Fatherhood First: The Man Who Left the World Cup

265

The Ethics and Economics of Sports Gambling

266

Immigration: Facts, Economics, and Morality

267

Marriage as a Ministry

268

The Foundations of Principled Entrepreneurship

269

Education and the Free Society

270

God Preserves His People

271

Philosophy Meets AI: The Real Limits of Machines

272

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

273

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

274

“Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments"

275

100th anniversary of the Shrine of the Little Flower

276

Defending the Free Market

277

The Gift of Fatherhood

278

Truth First Ministry

279

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

280

The Great American Dad Divide

281

The Worst Father in the Bible

282

Treasures in Heaven

283

We are all called to a Royal Priesthood

284

A Link between Smartphones and Declining Birth Rates?

285

Pope warns SSPX bishop ordinations risk deepening schism

286

What Pope Leo Means for Fulton Sheen

287

“Our Father, who art in heaven”

288

The Anointing of the Sick: Healing in Christ

289

Yes, Pope Leo's Encyclical is Christological

290

Rights without Remedies?

291

The Inspiring Life and Legacy of John Paul I

292

‘Base Editing’ Embryos’ Takes a Further Unethical Step

293

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

294

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

295

Our Lady’s Love for Little Ones

296

Newman Conference Celebrates Leaders in Catholic Education

297

The Most Critical Factor in Children Keeping the Faith

298

The “Synodal Church” Cannot Abandon Natural Law

299

The Euthanasia Battle Resumes in England

300

Vatican II’s Misunderstood Message on Unity

301

Philosophy: The Queen of the Sciences

302

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

303

The Legacy of Magna Carta

304

Chesterton’s Everlasting Wisdom

305

What do we know about the Iran deal?

306

Lessons From Naboth's Murder

307

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

308

Technology and the Fragmentation of Society

309

Give your Life to God, One Day at a Time

310

Do Smartphones Deepen the Divide?

311

America’s consecration to the Sacred Heart

312

How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity

313

In Defense of Magnifica Humanitas

314

The Shocking Logic of the Incarnation

315

Why Millennial Women Like Me Are Rethinking the Pill

316

June 10, 2026 - Hour 2

317

The Sacred and Immaculate Hearts

318

The Theology of Presence

319

The Man who Fiddled as Rome Burned

320

What is Life Worth? Advice from the Ancients

321

"How long will you straddle the issue?"

322

What does God have to do with Morality?

323

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

324

The Lifelong Effects of Childhood Discipline

325

Critical Theory Destroys – Let’s Respond with Love

326

An Invitation to Augustine’s “City of God”

327

The Death and Rebirth of Dialogue

328

Genesis through the eyes of the Church

329

"Blessed are they"

330

Why everyone should read Dante

331

Forgotten Heroes of Catholicism – The Other French Resistance

332

Orwell's Prophetic Nineteen Eighty-Four

333

Understanding the Psalms

334

The Living Bread that Comes Down from Heaven

335

How to get along with (almost) everybody

336

Blessed are those who “yearn?”

337

Baptism, Rebirth, Death, and Grief

338

The Rule of the Sacred Heart

339

Archdiocese of Washington removes Msgr. Rossetti from Exorcist role

340

What do the Chinese know about Tiananmen?

341

Don’t Underestimate Adoration

342

Sacred Buildings can Illustrate the Gospel

343

800 Languages, One Truth

344

Re-Americanizing America

345

Young People Are Taking their Grief Online

346

Clinging To Gender Ideology Mandates Is A Losing Strategy

347

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

348

How Catholic colleges aim to navigate the demographic cliff

349

Let’s Lift our Eyes to the Enthroned Lord

350

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

351

What is Morally Responsible Investing?

352

What Parents have been trained to get wrong

353

James Talarico’s Vision of God

354

Canada’s March to Euthanasia

355

Smart Answers from AI Should Spark Smart Questions in our Consciences

356

The Psalmist Confronts our Pride

357

Engaging the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

358

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

359

Justin Martyr's Saintly Example

360

Living as if People Matter

361

Why we’re still drawn to Rome

362

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

363

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

364

What the Trinity Reveals

365

A Warning from Constantinople

366

Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children's Literature

367

Fundraiser Dinner for Lebanon

368

Whose Approval Governs our Soul?

369

The Church learns something new from Newman

370

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

371

When the Internet Grieved a Gorilla

372

Life Lessons from Dante’s Inferno

373

No Longer Beggars

374

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

375

Why the Pope should talk about AI

376

Religious Expression in Public Life is on the Rise

377

The Digital Papacy and the Crisis of Online Catholic Discourse

378

When Mary warned of Persecution in Nigeria

379

We have been Ransomed by Christ

380

What makes Mary the Mother of the Church?

381

Microsoft AI expert weighs in on new encyclical

382

How to start praying with your spouse

383

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

384

“Never has humanity had such power over itself.”

385

Does our success seduce our souls?

386

The Civil War origins of Memorial Day

387

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

388

No Greater Love

389

A Vaccine for the Pandemic of Lunacy

390

Himmler’s Hate and Höss’ Hope

391

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit”

392

The Spirit Elevates the Apostles

393

When the Spirit Comes in Power

394

Is Pentecost the Birthday of the Church?

395

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

396

US Bishops plan Sacred Heart consecration

397

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

398

Doomscrolling with the Devil

399

New Jersey moves towards euthanasia

400

Living as one who has encountered Christ.

401

Five Fun Words for Mary

402

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

403

UK Renews Push for Assisted Suicide

404

My Fair Lady: How Christ redeems the whole person.

405

How I Encountered the Living Christ

406

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

407

Malcolm X and Our Sentimental Read of History

408

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

409

Fulton Sheen's Battle Plan for Spiritual Warfare

410

The First Step to Personal Prayer

411

Did the Revolution violate Romans 13?

412

Pope Leo’s First Encyclical will Address AI

413

The Catholic Answer to the “Jewish Question”

414

The First Gen Z Saint?

415

Natural Law and Evangelization

416

Our republic needs virtue - and virtue needs Jesus' truth

417

Freedom without Virtue is Doomed

418

Courage Director responds to Synod Report

419

Do Not Take Your Baptism for Granted

420

Exploring Mary's Pivotal Role from Age to Age

421

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

422

When Man Loses Sight of God

423

Our Cultural Abandonment of Character

424

What is a person? What is the Self?

425

The Ascension elevates our faith

426

The Liturgical Symbolism of the Ascension

427

Legislation to Protect the right to Bury the Unborn

428

AI and Rerum Novarum

429

Reflections on the Rosary

430

Sexual Healing Conference comes to Detroit

431

Matthias makes the case for Apostolic Succession

432

The Historical Significance of Fatima

433

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

434

When Reason Reigns over Politics

435

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

436

Terrorists torch historic church in Mozambique

437

Vatican threatens SSPX with Excommunication

438

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

439

Pentecost Then & Now in the Bible

440

The Beauty of Shakespeare

441

Archbishop’s Gala: Forming Shepherds for the Good News

442

Paul Preaches to the Jail

443

Where does Culture Building Begin?

444

Sisters of Life: Serving the Heart of New York City

445

The Papal Foundation: Partnering in Mission

446

Eight Characteristics of a Culture of Lay Formation

447

Building a Culture of Life on Campus

448

Is He Lord over every facet of our existence?

449

Has the American Vision Failed?

450

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

451

Jesus Reigns over All

452

Christ’s Lordship Cannot be Compartmentalized

453

I wanted to play football. God had other plans.

454

Pope Leo meets with Marco Rubio

455

Jesus transforms the Culture

456

Catholics at the Shore Brings the Eucharist to the Forefront

457

Yes, Men Need to talk about Abortion

458

“Remain in my Love”

459

What a Near-Death Experience taught me about the Eucharist

460

A Notorious American Lobby Just Lost Big In Court

461

The Busy Parent’s Guide to the Catholic Faith

462

The Dangers of Surrogacy gone Wild

463

Baptizing ourselves with “Progress”

464

Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church

465

National Debt matches 100% of GDP

466

The Desecration of Marriage

467

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

468

How Napoleon Robbed France of its Identity

469

The Science of Forgiveness

470

Will the Church Revival Last?

471

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

472

“Minimal comfort feeding” for Dementia Patients?

473

What does True Worship entail?

474

Catholic Converts in light of History

475

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.”

476

I carried a Cross across America

477

Is the Catholic Revival leaving anyone behind?

478

Finding our Sonship in Jesus

479

Evangelizing through Myth

480

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

481

Navigating our Cultural Rapids

482

Giving Everything to God

483

Jesus Answers the Problem of Sin

484

Can Civics Education be Saved?

485

The Death of the Culture of Death?

486

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

487

St. Catherine’s Mystical Thought

488

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

489

The Word of God Grows through Worshipping Disciples

490

Where does our Identity lie? Marcus talks with Deacon Harold

491

Religion, the Basis of Culture

492

Surprise, Surprise: Married People are Happier

493

Are we hearing the voice of the Shepherd?

494

The Virtues as “Super Habits”

495

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

496

The Humility of the Saints

497

How to Prioritize Family Time

498

A Hebrew Catholic Perspective on Acts

499

Does God Make us Righteous?

500

Meet the Sister Confronting the Mental Health Crisis

501

Aristotle Clarifies the Christian Faith

502

Stop trying to change the Church’s teachings

503

Making Sense of our Childless Age

504

Fr Jim Rolph Reflects on Discipleship and Suffering

505

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

506

Facebook Employees Compare Themselves to Drug Pushers

507

Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban