The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: World Youth Day in Rio Summary of today’s show: Millions of youth from around the world will be gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week for World Youth Day, including more than 160 who will be traveling from the Archdiocese of Boston. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams are joined by Chuck […]

Today’s topics: Vocations and the Bl. John Paul II Society Summary of today’s show: Fr. Dan Hennessey returns to update our listeners on his work as vocations director for the Archdiocese of Boston and the men of all ages he’s working with in formation for the priesthood—more than 70 at last count! Scot Landry and […]

Today’s topics: An Inside Look at the Life of a US Air Force Catholic chaplain Summary of today’s show: Last year, we said goodbye to Fr. Tom Foley as he entered the US Air Force chaplaincy at the age of 50 and he’s come back to tell us what his first year was like, including […]

Today’s topics: An Inside Look at Parish Life across the US Summary of today’s show: What does parish life look like in the Catholic Church across the United States? The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate has done a series of studies to look at parishes, parish leadership, and the views of parishioners about […]

Today’s topics: News Headlines of the Week Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel examines the news headlines of the past week, including Pope Francis’ encyclical “Lumen fidei” as a Christmas present for all Catholics; the interesting linking of the canonization announcements of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII; and Pope Francis’ […]

Today’s topics: Pope Francis’ encyclical Lumen fidei (Light of Faith) Summary of today’s show: Pope Francis issued his first encyclical, called Lumen fidei, last week, building on the work Pope Benedict had already completed in his encyclicals on charity and hope and in the first draft of this encyclical that he wrote before stepping down. […]

Today’s topics: Tom Peterson of Catholics Come Home Summary of today’s show: God has a custom-made plan to fulfill the deepest longings of your heart and Tom Peterson wants you to discover it. The founder of Catholics Come Home has a new book of the same name that lays out God’s extraordinary plan for your […]

Today’s topics: Catholic bioethics Summary of today’s show: MC Sullivan is a trained nurse, attorney, and bioethicist who works for a Catholic healthcare system in Massachusetts. She joins Scot Landry to give an overview of bioethics, and specifically Catholic bioethics; how she became a Catholic bioethicists; what her typical workday is like and the issues […]

The Good Catholic Life is marking the Independence Day weekend with shows highlighting the service given to our nation by our priests and others who have served in the Armed Forces. Today we bring you an encore presentation of an interview with Fr. Darin Colarusso. Fr. Colarusso was an Air Force aviator serving in Korea […]

The Good Catholic Life is marking the Independence Day weekend with shows highlighting the service given to our nation by our priests and others who have served in the Armed Forces. Today we bring you an encore presentation of a show that originally aired on Memorial Day, 2012. We hear from a number of different […]