Conversations with Consequences

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie invites Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco to discuss his creative ways of maximizing opportunities for the Faithful to attend Mass given a strict 12-person capacity for outdoor Masses in California. With new research showing that best practices put in place to keep parishioners safe at Mass are working amid the pandemic, Dr. Timothy Flanigan joins with some very uplifting news!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie focuses on the crisis in China as the Communist party is tightening its grip on Hong Kong. Veteran journalist Bill McGurn of the Wall Street Journal joins to share a moving story of his godson, billionaire tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was arrested, and most likely will be placed in prison. We also get a firsthand look at a new mini documentary with Nick Eberstadt of AEI on China's one-child policy--and the detrimental impact of this rule still felt across the country today.

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie talks with Professor Chad Pecknold of Catholic University of America about getting kids back to school this Fall. Heritage education expert Jonathan Butcher also joins telling us: "If summer 2020 was the season parents, students, and educators considered the cost of the pandemic, fall will be the time families seek value." Grazie also sheds some light on breaking news this week from the Biden camp, picking Kamala Harris as his running mate--there are many reasons why Catholics should be concerned! Stay tuned til the end for an inspiring homily from Father Roger Landry and tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie talks with TCA colleague Ashley McGuire about a big win for Catholic schools this week with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan as teacher's unions attempt to prolong and exacerbate getting back into class this fall. We also get a firsthand look at a new movie out this month exploring the story of Fatima with producer Natasha Howes. Dominican Father Thomas Petri also joins to share the wonder of apparitions and why the Blessed Mother reveals herself to us--just when we need her the most. We also hear from Father Roger Landry with an inspiring homily for this Sunday's Gospel. Make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On a special edition of Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and Maureen Ferguson talk with pro-life democratic state senator Katrina Jackson of Louisiana about Planned Parenthood's racist origins plus a recent SCOTUS ruling on legislation authored by Jackson herself. We also go across the pond to Rome visiting with Edward Pentin about his new book, The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates. Make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson get a firsthand look at George Weigel's 'The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission'.  Weigel offers a look at challenges the next pontificate might face and how watered-down Catholicism has always lost when it comes to true Church leadership.  With many states still in quarantine, Brad Wilcox of the National Marriage Project joins with a look at some uplifting trends with regard to marriage, offering some silver linings to the lonely world of lockdown. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for this Sunday's Gospel. Make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson are joined by Montse Alvarado, Executive Director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, celebrating TWO big wins at the Supreme Court--the Little Sisters of the Poor--and Catholic schools--we also take a look at the upcoming 2020 election and what is at stake when it comes to religious liberty. After a Catholic mission was set ablaze in California and stories of statues of Mary being vandalized, Mary Fiorito of the Ethics and the Public Policy Center also joins with a look at this growing 'cancel culture' and our response as Catholics to this new era of mob-rule. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for this Sunday's Mass! Make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson discuss some big wins from the Supreme Court affecting both Catholic schools and institutions! Archbishop Thomas Wenski also joins Grazie for a round-up of religious freedom issues as he takes the reins as Chairman of the US Bishops' committee on religious liberty. As churches reopened for Mass this past weekend in the U.K., we also chat with Luke Coppen of Catholic News Agency about the impact of the pandemic on Catholic life in Europe. We also discuss a couple of pro-life wins in the House of Commons--stay tuned til the end for a very inspiring homily from Father Roger Landry--and make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson are joined by legal scholar Helen Alvaré with a look at two Supreme Court rulings this week including a big win for Catholic schools across the nation--plus--we hear from Congressman Dan Lipinski, serving the 3rd congressional district of Illinois, about his unwavering pro-life record & his battle with the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Father Roger Landry also offers an inspiring homily for this special 4th of July episode. Make sure to tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio...

On this week's Conversations with Consequences, Dr. Grazie Christie and TCA colleague Maureen Ferguson are joined by Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform to discuss the fate of Catholic schools as so many face closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. A longtime advocate for education reform, Jeanne offers some great advice on ways to save our parochial schools. Friend-of-the-show Dr. Mary Jo O'Sullivan also joins to discuss the dangers of surrogacy and Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture gives us her take on commercial surrogacy, a growing problem that is becoming legal in many states. Tune in every Saturday at 5pm ET on EWTN radio!