A Catholic Take

October 15th, 2026 - Thousands of Catholics filled the streets of New York City for a public procession with the Blessed Sacrament. But could this remarkable display of faith reveal something bigger about the future of the Catholic Church? Guest host Mike Koeniger welcomes Nicholas Cavazos, known as The Traditional Thomist, to examine what the procession—and the young, diverse crowd following Christ—might tell us about a growing conservative movement among younger Catholics. Why are traditional expressions of the faith attracting young people? Could the very things older generations believe will draw people into the Church actually be driving them away? And what does the ongoing tension between conservatism and modernism mean for Catholicism today?

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October 14th, 2026 - The Pentagon plans to execute Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3 and livestream it. Days later, Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty "inadmissible." Fr. Gerald Murray joins Joe on the question Catholics are arguing about: can a faithful Catholic still support capital punishment?

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October 13th, 2026 - 109 years after the Miracle of the Sun, Sister Lucia's last free interview still stands as Fatima's sharpest warning: the gravest danger isn't war, it's losing our souls. And before visits to her were restricted, she told Fr. Agustín Fuentes the devil's first target: souls consecrated to God.

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October 12th, 2026 - Christopher Columbus wrote that he hoped the gold of the Indies would let Ferdinand and Isabella "undertake the conquest of the Holy Sepulcher." Pope Leo XIII wrote in 1892 that "the Catholic faith was the strongest motive" for his voyage. So why is he remembered as a villain? This Columbus Day, Joe reads Columbus in his own words, walks through the 800-year war he was born into (Constantinople fell when he was not yet two, and the Turks invaded Italy at Otranto in 1480), and answers the seven strongest charges against him, conceding what's true and correcting what isn't. Plus, our regular Monday visit with Mike Koeniger.

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October 9th, 2026 - Cardinals Cupich, McElroy, Tobin and Fernández are on Pope Leo's personal guest list for Rome's Amoris Laetitia meeting. Cardinal Burke is not — and neither is any cardinal who signed the dubia. Michael Haynes joins us to discuss that and more. Plus, Bishop Athanasius Schneider's exclusive: Amoris Laetitia is "against divine law" and must be explicitly corrected - Dr. Anthony Stine weighs in.

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