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Catholic hopes lie in a long papacy

Pope Leo has had surgery to remove part of his lung, with doctors confirming they found a small cancer. Leo has become the world’s most prominent advocate for the poor and the migrant, and opponent of the wars started by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Ukraine and Iran. The prognosis for his rec…

Faces Before Crowds: Five Questions for When the World Demands a Take | Passed By | Chad Belew

We live in a moment where everything is reactive, urgent, and demands an instant take — and our knee-jerk reactions reveal what we actually believe about God. Drawing on psychology and the gospels, Chad argues that religious blindness isn't born from ignoring Scripture; it comes from obsessing over…

#95. John Dear on the life and witness of Dorothy Day: "Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount."

On today’s episode I reflect on the life and witness of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker. Last month, at the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence international conference in Rome, I suggested in my speech that it’s time we all took up Dorothy Day’s example and committed ourselves full tim…

The FBI Watched Dorothy Day. Now She Could Be a Saint? | Ep. 29

The FBI considered her dangerous. The Catholic Church is considering her for sainthood. Dorothy Day spent her life making powerful institutions uncomfortable, all while insisting that faith meant more than words. Journalist, activist, pacifist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Day ch…

For the Least of These

Thursday October 22, 2026 What if the clearest expression of our love for Jesus is found in how we treat the people others overlook? Today we continue Spiritual Classics by Richard Foster with a reading from Dorothy Day’s “The Long Loneliness”, alongside Matthew 25:31–46. Jesus reminds us that lovi…

The Catholic Worker -- A Family Story

This is a family story merged with our troubled human world -- a conversation with the youngest granddaughters of Catholic Worker founder -- Dorothy Day. Kate Hennessy begins by reading from her book "The World Will Be Saved By Beauty" about her grandmother missing her birth. But throughout life sh…

Speaking of ... The Saints

On this episode Speaking of Faith, Robert Ellsberg, author and Orbis Books editor-in-chief, discusses All Saints Day and how saints and other holy witnesses inspire contemporary faith. Ellsberg shares how Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker introduced him to the saints, shaping his approach of incl…

Nov. 1, 2026 | A conversation with Dorothy Day’s granddaughter

Dorothy Day was a journalist, Catholic convert and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement who devoted her life to serving the poor, welcoming the homeless and advocating for peace and social justice. On this edition of Catholic Review Radio, her granddaughter, Martha Hennessy, talks with George…

All Saints Sunday for All the Saints

All Saints Sunday for All the Saints Mark Havel Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; an…

Holy Collisions: Where Grief and Hope Meet Guest, Donna MacLeod, RN, Founder of Seasons of Hope

Episode #4: Holy Collisions: Where Grief and Hope Meet In today's episode, we speak with the Founder of Seasons of Hope Ministry, Donna MacLeod, RN. M. Donna MacLeod is a Catholic leader and founder of the Seasons of Hope ministry to the bereaved. She is the author of the program's bestselling Le…