Faith on Trial

Hosts: Dcn. Mike Manno and Gina Noll Brian Burch Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: - Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus - Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada - Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson - Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen - Man Up! with Joe Stopulos - Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio - The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner - The Daily G...

Host: Deacon Mike Manno Co Host: Gina Noll Guest: Matt Lamb Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: - Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus - Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada - Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson - Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen - Man Up! with Joe Stopulos - Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio - The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner -...

Guest:  Lora Ries, Director, Border Security and Immigration Center and Senior at the Heritage Foundation Topic: Homeland security’s new Ministry of Truth Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulo...

Guest: Chuck Hurley, chief counsel for The Family Leader Topic: The Dobbs case and leak of draft opinion  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio The Catholic Mo...

Guest:  Jay Richards, Ph. D - Director of DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at the Heritage Foundation    Topic: The effects of trans indoctrination on children, especially in a school setting  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal wit...

Guest:  Ashley Sadler, LifeSiteNews Topic: Non-investigation into suspicious abortion practices in Washington, DC; state legislation that could open doors to post-birth abortion. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen...

Guest:  Mark McDougal, executive director of Ruth Harbor Ruth Harbor doings and upcoming Walk for Life May 7 Ruth Harbor is a Christ-centered center for helping those with unexpected pregnancies and mothering needs. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It...

Guest:  Sarah Parshall Perry, legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.  Topic: The case: Union Gospel Mission v. Matthew Woods . Woods sued over refusal of mission to hire him for a legal aid post because he is bi-sexual and living in a same-sex relationship. State SC ruled against mission and SCOTUS refused to hear the appeal. Iowa Cath...

Guest: Keisha Russell, constitutional attorney with First Liberty, who recently testified before the Senate at the confirmation hearing for SCOTUS nominee of Ketanji Brown Jackson.  firstliberty.org  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bi...

Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: - Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus - Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada - Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson - Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen - Man Up! with Joe Stopulos - Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio - The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner - The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith - The Uncomm...

Guest:  Erika Sanzi – Director of Outreach, Parents Defending Education - defendinged.org Topic:  Schools working behind parents’ backs about children’s sexual/gender identity.  Posted warnings about five Iowa districts: WDM; Ames; Iowa City; Linn-Mar; Anamosa; Western Dubuque   Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Ca...

Guest:  Chris Schandevel, Senior Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and the attorney who argued before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts asking the state’s top court to uphold the state law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide.  Topic:  Legal challenge to state’s law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Arguments were held yesterday 3-9-22. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be...

Guest:  Keisha Russell, Attorney for First Liberty Institute, firstliberty.org Topic: Judge Katanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunda...

Guest: Ellen Stemler, Principal of St. Theresa Catholic School, Des Moines, Iowa  Topic: St Theresa Catholic School recently hosted a press conference for Governor Kim Reynolds promoting several bills in the lowa Legislature that would provide financial assistance to parents of parochial students.  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with F...

Guest: Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel at First Liberty, where she focuses on litigation, and appellate advocacy Topic: the continuing saga of Sweet Cakes by Melissa Ends  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up!...

Guest: Robert Muise, American Freedom Law Center (Co-founder)  Topic: Suite against the Attorney General Merrick Garland filed for parents of two school districts over intimidation tactics to silence parents' objections to school curricular  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder a...

Guest: Denise Harle, senior counsel and director of the center for Life with the Alliance Defending Freedom.  Topic: Status of Abortion litigation before the Supreme Court and other abortion cases of interest.  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Perso...

Guest: Sarah Parshall Perry, Legal Fellow for the Meese Center for Legal Legal and Judicial Studies for the Heritage Foundation  Topic: Biden administration planning lists of federal employees seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandate  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder a...

Guest: Jeremy Dys, First Liberty  Topic: Vaccine mandate, religious exemptions denied for military Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio The Catholic Morning S...

Guest: Mark Lippelmann, senior counsel Alliance Defending Freedom Topic: Religious discrimination against Christian adoption services - New Hope Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunday D...

Guest: Frank Chang, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom Topic: vaccine mandates and religious institutions cases Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio...

Guest: State Senator Bryan Hughes from Texas Topic: SB8 – Texas Heartbeat Bill Legal challenges Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio The Catholic Morning Show...

Guest: former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), who serves as Senior Political Advisor to CatholicVote.org  Topic: analysis on Tuesday's election outcomes and, if there is time, to broadly discuss redistricting/retirements effect on the races going into 2022. Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris...

Guest: Michael Austin, Reporter The Western Journal  Topic: Article: "Book Depicting Child Pornography Keeps Appearing in School Libraries: We Now Know Who's Responsible"  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen Man Up!...

Guest: David Kallman, Kaliman Legal Group & Senior Counsel Great Lakes Justice Center Topic: 6th Circuit upholds religious rights v. vaccination against Western Michigan University  Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows: Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson Making It Personal with Bishop William Joens...