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As the conflict with Iran enters its fourth week, the widening fighting has now impacted multiple countries in the region. One of the most impacted is Lebanon. Register contributor and Middle East expert Ambassador Fernandez joins us this week on Register Radio. And then, Faith and Reason are not – and cannot – be in conflict with each other. Bishop Earl Fernandez of Columbus, Ohio, tells us about efforts to help young people see the importance of that relationship.

An online magazine recently featured an article entitled, “Stories from Real Women Who Regret Having Children,” part of a long-time trend in secular media to denigrate motherhood, having children, and the family. This week on Register Radio, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, attorney, Register legal analyst, and mother of ten, would like a word. And then, we hear all the time about a resurgence in Faith among young people. In Boston, that resurgence is very real. We are joined by Register writer Matt McDonald and Lindsey Hoggins, member of Southie Totus Tuus to tell us all about it.

As the Iran conflict enters its second full week, fear grows that the loss of life and destruction might expand across the whole region. This week on Register Radio, Register contributor Ambassador Alberto Fernandez with the latest on the situation. And then, Register staff writer Jonah McKeown joins us to discuss the debate over AI and ethics after a major AI company Pentagon demands to use Artificial Intelligence in autonomous weapons and surveillance.

President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union Address this week, touting his administration’s Year 1 accomplishments and plans for the country. How did Trump’s speech land with the pro-life coalition that helped elect him to a second term? This week on Register Radio, we talk to Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. And then, the country is still buzzing over the gold medal victories of the United States’ women’s and men’s hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. We talk to Register Staff Writer Gigi Duncan about a Catholic high school in upstate New York attended by five of the women gold-medalists.

Only days after the Church in the United States saw a changing of the guard in the archdiocese of New York, across the Atlantic, England welcomed a new archbishop of Westminster – the most important of the Catholic dioceses in the sceptered isle. What lies ahead for the Church in England? The Register’s Senior Contributor and EWTN News Vatican Analyst Edward Pentin joins Register Radio. And then, Bishops and Catholics in the US and around the world continue to express shock and dismay at the University of Notre Dame’s appointment of an ardent pro-abortion supporter to a prominent academic post in what is supposed to be a faithful Catholic university. Register staff reporter Matthew McDonald gives us the latest.

After years of delay and genuine excited anticipation by Catholics all over the world, the Diocese of Peoria announced this week that Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified later this year. This week on Register Radio, we talk to Msgr. Roger Landry, executive director of the Pontifical Mission Society USA. And then, this weekend New York City will host the annual New York Encounter. Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us all about it.

Imagine sailing to the Caribbean on a gorgeous cruise ship, seeing the sunsets, and deepening your Catholic faith at the same time? This week on Register Radio, we talk to EWTN’s famous Teresa Tomeo who tells us how that is really happening on the Good News Cruise. And then, Professor Santiago Schnell, a Venezuelan scientist and provost of Dartmouth College, is raising eyebrows across the academic world. Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl tells us why.

Can Christianity and Feminism co-exist? It’s a question many scholars, theologians, and Catholics have been asking for decades. This week on Register Radio, we talk to author and Register contributor Carrie Gress about Feminism and Christianity. In the midst of debates and concerns about the future of AI and whether it can be used to serve the Faith, we look at an authentically Catholic response. The Register's Jonah McKeown joins us.

Charlotte priests have sent dubia to the Vatican. Register Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl discusses the liturgical controversy around Charlotte's Bishop Michael Martin. Indiana University QB Fernando Mendoza just won the Heisman and the National Championship. He gives credit to God and never misses Mass. We speak with Register Staff Writer Gigi Duncan about him.

On this week's Register Radio Vatican Editor for EWTN News Frank Rocca joins us to discuss Pope Leo's recent talk with Vatican diplomats and Stephen White, executive director of the Catholic Project, joins us to answer Why Do Men Leave the Priesthood?

The capture of Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro has sparked a major international uproar and sparked as well significant discussions of the extent and limits of US power and international law. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Register contributor Ambassador Alberto Fernandez. And then, with the appointment of a new Archbishop of New York, we look back at the colorful history of the archdiocese and its remarkable archbishops with Register staff writer Matt McDonald.

Happy New Year! This week on Register Radio we ring in 2026 with a final look back at 2025. We are joined by one of the perpetual pilgrims and Register contributor Marina Frattaroli to assess the “fruits of the jubilee.” And then, we meet a new staff writer at the Register, Gigi Duncan, and hear about her first months of reporting and covering the challenging stories of the last year.

This week, Matthew Bunson, Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News and Shannon Mullen, Editor in Chief of the National Catholic Register interview EWTN’s Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe.

We have three guests, first Jonah McKeown, discussing the Year in Review, followed by Kevin Knight and Matt McDonald, reviewing the Register's most viewed stories of the year.

AI shaking up the Church & the world? Register Radio dives in with Notre Dame’s Paolo Carozza (Meta oversight board) + explosive new EWTN/RealClear poll on Catholic voters!