Ave Maria In The Afternoon

Dr. Peter Kreeft recently lost his wife Maria, to whom he was married for 63 years. Shortly after her death, he was asked what advice he had for young married couples, and his response has gone viral. Even in the midst of his grief, he was able to deliver a reflection full of love, wisdom and even humor. Marcus looks at his comments.

It has been a long and winding path to beatification for Fulton Sheen. Msgr. Jason Gray has lead the investigation into his cause, and he joins us with an inside look at the process.

On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI published Humane Vitae. And on July 25, 1978, the first test-tube baby was born. It seems fitting that these events would fall on the same day; the culture and even some within the church disregarded the warnings of Humane Vitae when it was published, and we’ve been paying the price ever since. Rachel Coleman has more.

US Ambassador Brian Burch recently said that when Pope Leo spoke out against the war in Iran, he was not doing so as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church, adding that he was speaking as a world leader of the Holy See. What authority does the pope have in such occasions? Matthew Bunson joins us with more on this and other Church news.

Thousands of Catholics flocked to Detroit today for the Rising from the Ashes revival. Fr. Adam Nowak joins us at the conference to talk about how the Eucharist can revitalize the culture.

Andy Burnham was officially named the leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on July 17, paving the way for him to become the United Kingdom’s first prime minister to enter office publicly identifying as a Catholic. Joanna Bogle tells us more about him.

We discuss blood sacrifice and the natural law with Michael Pakaluk.

We unpack the Sunday readings and talk with Peter Laffin about President Trump's speech.

Phillip Munoz discusses what the Founding Fathers believed about the Common Good.

Fr. Raymond de Souza weighs in on Pope Leo's papacy

Jordan Ballor looks at the "two" Constitutions that built America

Fr. Patrick Gonyeau discusses the gift of being in Divine intimacy with Jesus.

Bishop Jerry Vincke discusses spiritual fatherhood and the cost of discipleship.

Dr. Mary Healy joins us at the 2026 Encounter Ministries conference, discussing the power of the Gospel in our lives.

Luke Burgis discusses his book Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion.