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An award-winning podcast that brings you the best Catholic stories, every two weeks. A service of Catholic News Agency and EWTN News.

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An important announcement (please listen)

Apr 25 2022 5 mins  
Please listen as host and producer Jonah McKeown makes an important announcement regarding the CNA Newsroom podcast. Listen to our entire catalog of over one hundred original episodes (for free) by visiting www.catholicnewsagency.com/podcasts, or on any podcast app. See you soon!

Ep. 127: The Beauty of Holy Week

Apr 11 2022 26 mins  
For Holy Week 2022, we explore a few of the Church’s earliest Easter pilgrimage traditions in Rome, and investigate the hymns you may not hear at Easter Mass this year. This episode first aired in March 2021. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/holy-week-2021-vatican-issues-guidelines-for-catholics-facing-coronavirus-restrictions-70744 https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new

Ep. 126: Reporting from war-torn Ukraine, this Catholic journalist keeps the faith

Mar 28 2022 8 mins  
An anonymous Ukrainian journalist has been speaking with the help of a Catholic radio station in Norway, as Russia continues its assault on her country. On this episode of the podcast, we learn about how this Ukrainian journalist found a worldwide platform for her spiritual reflections and observations amid the chaos of war. Shownotes: https://www.stritaradio.no/ https://feeds.

Ep. 125: From Colorado to Africa— Saint Joseph makes an unexpected connection

Mar 14 2022 11 mins  
In honor of the Feast of St. Joseph, we’ll tell you the story of how St. Joseph helped to facilitate an unexpected connection between a teacher in Denver, Colorado and a priest in Soroti, Uganda. Shownotes: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250242/from-denver-to-uganda-st-joseph-facilitates-an-unexpected-connection https://www.soroticatholicdiocese.org/ https://mysound

Ep. 124: How “The Bible in a Year” changed the world

Feb 28 2022 20 mins  
“The Bible in a Year” podcast with Father Mike Schmitz touched hundreds of thousands of lives beginning in 2021. We speak with the creators of the hit podcast, as well as with several people whose lives were forever changed by listening. Shownotes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bible-in-a-year-with-fr-mike-schmitz/id1539568321 https://youtu.be/bq27RZERjrc www.t

Ep. 123: The Real St. Valentine

Feb 14 2022 9 mins  
Why do we associate St. Valentine with cards, chocolate, and romance? Who was this guy anyway? We speak to a historical expert about the real St. Valentine. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246487/the-rome-church-where-you-can-venerate-st-valentines-skull https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/43515/st-valentine-how-a-beheaded-martyr-became-the-poster-child-for-romantic-

Ep. 122: Spaced out: A Catholic scientist makes an unusual discovery

Jan 31 2022 12 mins  
A Catholic scientist talks about his groundbreaking work with a massive space telescope, as well as his thoughts on the relationship between faith and science. http://theleaven.org/benedictine-professor-helps-discover-new-molecules-in-space/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-pillars-of-creation https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf

Ep. 121: Abortions trickle at St. Louis clinic, after convent opens across the street

Jan 18 2022 10 mins  
Our Lady of Guadalupe convent in St. Louis has an unlikely neighbor: an abortion clinic. Since the convent opened in 2017, the number of surgical abortions at the clinic has dramatically decreased. https://www.archstl.org/respect-life-apostolate/programs/spiritual-support/our-lady-of-guadalupe-convent https://www.archstl.org/house-for-life-2018 https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2019/

Ep. 120: Who ya gonna call…for prayers? Call the hotline

Jan 04 2022 13 mins  
An innovative prayer hotline at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton has seen a lot of success since its launch at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. You can reach the prayer hotline at 1-866-202-4934. https://setonshrine.org/prayer-requests-2/?gclid=CjwKCAiAtouOBhA6EiwA2nLKHx0UID9v-XJxrSoG8if6dofYhSvaQ9OwDA94TQL09f4b6X6tXQcuexoCOcIQAvD_BwE https://www.cathol

Ep. 119: The Lego Church Guy

Dec 20 2021 9 mins  
John Kraemer is a disability advocate from Michigan who has, for the past 20 years, built giant Catholic churches out of Legos. Shownotes: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249934/lego-master-catholic-church https://www.facebook.com/LegoChurchProject https://twitter.com/Kc8wzm