Podcasts

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the archdiocese of New York, Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley has written a history of the archdiocese from its earliest days to the present. In this interview, Msgr. Shelley tells stories of the colorful bishops, priests and laity who have called the New York church home. Listen to this episode

Stephen Adly Guirgis, author of “Our Lady of 121st Street” and “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” talks about his new play, “The Little Flower of East Orange,” which is playing at the Public Theater in Manhattan through Sunday May 4. In an interview recorded at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, […]

David Gibson, author of The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World, discusses the pope’s recent visit to the United States, including his private meeting with sexual abuse victims and his address to the U.N. Gibson also offers a first-hand view of the liturgies in Washington and New York, […]

In this excerpt from “Pathways of Learning,” Sister Marie Pappas’ weekly show on the Sirius Catholic Channel 159, America associate editor Jim Keane, S.J., and Fordham University professor Angela O’Donnell discuss their “top 10” Catholic novels. Among the authors who make the list are Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor, Ron Hansen and the science-fiction author Walter […]

Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses, describes the “hook-up culture” prevalent on both Catholic and non-Catholic campuses, and why students aren’t happy about it. Many students yearn for a more traditional romantic culture, Freitas explains, yet they are unsure how to attain it. […]

Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier discusses “The Power of Forgiveness,” his new documentary for PBS. The film tells stories of both individual and group forgiveness, and reports on forgiveness studies, a blossoming field of scientific inquiry. Doblmeier talks about his trip to still-segregated Northern Ireland, where experts are trying to integrate the lessons of forgiveness into the […]

March 24 marks the 28th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Michael E. Lee, a professor of theology and Latin American studies at Fordham University, discusses the life of Archbishop Romero, and the status of his cause for canonization. Among the issues addressed is whether Romero in fact experienced a […]