Conversations with Consequences

Updated: 21 May 2025 • 325 episodes
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“Conversations with Consequences” is the voice of The Catholic Association, offering a weekly hour of thoughtful dialogue—with the leading thinkers of our time— on the most consequential issues of our day.

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Father Thomas Petri of the Dominican House of Studies shares his thoughts about our new Pope including the pontiff’s choice of name. The Dominican priest also discusses the connections with his predecessor, Pope Leo XIII and his love for St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Msgr. Roger Landry joins with a look at this

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As the conclave gets underway this week after the solemn procession of cardinals entering the Sistine Chapel, Msgr. Roger Landry joins Ashley McGuire and Mary FioRito altogether in Rome to discuss the way in which the Holy Spirit is at work within the conclave. Betsy Fentress also chats with Marina Fratarolli, 2024 Euc

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With the news of Archbishop Joseph Naumann's retirement, the Kansas City shepherd shares his own powerful vocation story with the tragic death of his father. We also discuss his monumental impact on the pro-life movement, and why as Catholics, we must stand up to all the evil pervading our world. Dr. Edward Sri also sh

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As the world mourns the loss of Pope Francis who passed away on Easter Monday, we talk with Msgr. Roger Landry about the Holy Father's enduring legacy of mercy, especially as contemplate Divine Mercy Sunday this weekend. We also hear from Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register about the details of the pontiff'

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Marking 10 years since the death of Cardinal Francis George, we speak with his biographer Michael Heinlein about his rich life and legacy, and how this ever so consequential archbishop almost never came to be. Dismissing "liberal Catholicism as an "exhaustive project," Heinlein reminds us of the late cardinal's take on

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With a new book out on the topic, Msgr. Charles Pope joins to warns us all that Hell is very real and he urges the faithful to return to the sacraments during Passiontide. We also talk with Dr. Janice Chik about the philosophy of motherhood, and why this most sacred bond gets such a bad rap. And we keep our TCA chaplai

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