Catholic Family News's Podcast

Our stories today include: (1) a surprising announcement from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) regarding a recent private audience with Pope Francis and a papal decree granting them "the faculty" to continue using of all the 1962 liturgical books; (2) updates on the Freedom Convoy in Canada, as well as news about "The People's Convoy" in the United States (start...

Our stories this week include: (1) two new papal documents (one concerning the structure of the CDF, the other concerning Canon Law), (2) a recent low-profile meeting between SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani and Pope Francis, (3) some updates about the Freedom Convoy in Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the "Emergencies Act" in response to the ongoing demonstra...

 Our stories today include: (1) the third anniversary of the heterodox "Document on Human Fraternity" (signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb during the Pope's visit to Abu Dhabi in 2019) and how the anniversary was celebrated (including some concerning claims in the Pope's address for the occasion), (2) the latest from Germany regarding their "synodal way&q...

Catholic Family News Editor-in-Chief Brian McCall has an extended conversation with LifeSite News author Stephen Kokx and independent researcher Daniel Vasco.  They discuss the five part series that CFN has serialized in the monthly newspaper over the past five issues.  After extensive research, Kokx and Vasco, relate the important insights the Scriptures and Tradition teach us about the relations...

 (1) Pope Francis' cordial address last Friday to a meeting of so-called "Catholic fact-checkers" (a new initiative begun "to help to clarify fake news and misleading information about vaccines against COVID-19"), (2) a papal claim made yesterday which demands some doctrinal fact-checking, (3) Cardinal tells journalist should change teaching on homosexuality and Pope Franc...

Our stories this week include: (1) testimony from Cardinal Blase Cupich and Archbishop Arthur Roche that eliminating the Traditional Latin Mass is critical for securing the new ecclesiology (vision of the Church) introduced at Vatican II (since the TLM is incompatible with it); (2) highlights from a recent interview of Cardinal Raymond Burke during which His Eminence fielded questions about Tradit...

This week's stories include: (1) a closer look at fundamental differences between the traditional "Church Unity Octave" and the post-Vatican II "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity", (2) further evidence that synodality and ecumenism (endless dialogue with non-Catholic Christians) are inseparable, (3) the case of Fr. Anthony Bus (a Chicago priest who dared to question Cardi...

 Our stories this week include: (1) a Synod-related tweet from the USCCB that backfired on the bishops, (2) a significant personnel change at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in Rome, (3) two recent statements in opposition to Traditionis Custodes, (4) the passage of a pro-abortion bill in New Jersey (which "Catholic" Gov. Bill Murphy said he will sign into law this w...

Our stories this week include: (1) Cardinal Blase Cupich's Christmas gift to traditional Catholics; (2) a circus performance held at the Vatican for Pope Francis, as well as more subtle digs at traditionalists by the Pope; (3) the Archbishop of Dublin's claim that "[r]adical change is coming to the Church" via "the synodal pathway" of Pope Francis; (4) a courageous se...

Father Karl Stehlin explains how priests and faithful in Poland and across Eastern Europe are flocking to Tradition.  In an inspiring interview he explains how 13 priests have found refuge with the SSPX in Poland and how the number of faithful have tripled in the past year.  He explains that the COVID restrictions (which are more strict on Churches than under Communism), the novelties of the curre...

Our stories this week include: (1) the "Responsa ad Dubia" document released last Saturday by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) (a second 'nuclear attack', so to speak, on the traditional Roman liturgy); (2) a significant leadership change in the Roman Curia (Vatican bureaucracy) involving the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human D...

Brian McCall interviews Father John Lovell, President and co-founder of Coalition for Canceled Priests.  Father not only tells his own story of being "canceled" but the founding of this important organization.  The interview brings a great message of hope for the Restoration of All Things in Christ through the restoration of priests.

Our stories this week include: (1) two papal updates (one from last week and one from this week), (2) the latest on what could be the next wave of persecution against traditional religious communities and the traditional Roman liturgy by the enemies of Tradition in Rome (members of what Archbishop Vigano calls "the deep church"), (3) a strange saga involving a "Synod Resources"...

 Dr. Peter Kwasniewski and Brian McCall discuss Dr. Kwasniewski's new book, Ministers of Christ and the importance of the ordained male ministries. 

Our stories this week include: (1) a few different papal news items (including Francis' current trip to Cyprus and Greece), (2) another example of health apartheid within the Church (a topic we've covered in the past), (3) an important interview regarding the status of the traditional Carmelite nuns in Pennsylvania and the recent apostolic visitation conducted, (4) a debate over sexually...

This week our stories include: (1) End of USCCB meeting and vote on mostly useless document, (2)Eucharistic sacrilege no big deal to French bishop, (3) Polish Dominican sends open letter to Pope Francis defending Traditional Mass, critiquing Traditionis Custodes, and announcing he is affiliating with the SSPX, (4) Pope writes to encourage gay "Catholic," and (5) Archbishop Vigano announc...

This week's stories include: Two bombshell letters interpreting Traditionis Custdes and an article by Cardinal Cupich; Senator Durbin denied Communion for being pro-abortion; Vatican Shuts down contemplative Benedictine monastery; Cardinal Kasper criticizes the German Synodal Way (that has lost its way)

Brian McCall discusses the first academic year of the four year fully Traditional Catholic college Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum with its founding President, Dr. Edward Schaefer and member of the founding faculty Professor Phillip Berns. Collegium sanctorum angelorum (College of the Holy Angels) is a faithful, affordable, and classical liberal arts college. It will be a residential, four-year coll...

Our stories this week include: (1) Francis tells Biden he is a good Catholic and should keep receiving Communion, (2) USCCB Committee finalizes draft document on the Eucharist, (3) More on the terrible Vatican CCP agreement-underground bishop disappears, (4) updates on two Supreme Court cases, and (5) a report on the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage.

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, scholar, author, lecturer, and CFN contributor, discusses the new book From Benedict's Peace to Francis's War that collects 70 different reactions to Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis's Motu Proprio against the Traditional Latin Mass. The book is available at https://www.angelicopress.org/from-benedicts-peace-to-franciss-war-peter-kwasniewski

Our stories this week include: (1) a very inculturated Mass for the opening of the Synod on Synodality in California; (2) the Pope's meeting with a group of German Lutherans, plus his latest general audience (more railing against "fundamentalists"); (3) the appointment of notorious population control advocate Jeffrey Sachs to the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences by Pope Franci...

Our stories this week include: (1) the tragic story of Sir David Amess' murder (a Catholic member of the British Parliament) and how he was denied access to the sacraments before dying from his mortal wounds, (2) Rome's approval of an episcopal conference specifically for the Amazon region, (3) two related events that took place last week (one focused on religion, the other on environmen...

Our stories this week include: (1) the official opening of the two-year 'Synod on Synodality' (Oct. 2021–Oct. 2023), which some are dubbing 'Vatican III'; (2) U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Rome, including her personal audience with Pope Francis; (3) two updates related to Traditionis Custodes ; and (4) some good news involving legal victories against Co...

Traditional Catholic activist Monica Smit speaks with CFN Editor Brian McCall about her efforts to inspire fellow Australians to resist the COVID tyranny.  She tells the story of her recent arrest for speaking the truth and how they threatened to keep her in prison until she deleted everything she ever posted.  You won't want to miss this interview. 

Our stories this week include: (1) updates on two initiatives originally launched by Pope Francis in 2019, both of which relate to his naturalistic vision of human fraternity (one in the sphere of economics, the other in the educational sphere); (2) a new and massive report detailing decades of clerical sexual abuse in France (1950-2020); (3) continuing coverage of the Apostolic Visitation of trad...