CNA Columns
Cheers to Summer Break!
Six segments - all about the 4th of July. Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "Change Your Neighbor’s Mind"
In this special Supreme Court edition of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s news,... Read more
China and Rome
Not long after coming to power in 1933, the German government headed by Adolf Hitler sought a formal agreement with... Read more
Pope Francis, a Jesuit at the helm of the Congregation for the Clergy?
Bishop Daniele Libanori, Jesuit and auxiliary for the diocese of Rome, might be appointed next Friday as the successor of... Read more
Discovering God’s Plan
Jim McNulty was one of three people held hostage in 2010 at the Discovery Network headquarters in Maryland. He shares... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: Small talk and big ideas
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week for a candid conversation about the toppling of statues in... Read more
Atom and Eve
Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health talks about the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, and... Read more
The Roots of the Crisis
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address is one of the most remarkable documents in American history – a serious theological meditation... Read more
'We Shall Overcome'
We share the stories of two Black Catholics on the path to sainthood. Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: "Worlds Collide"
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the news, including former nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano’s letter to President Trump,... Read more
A layperson as secretary of the Vatican “central bank”?
Fabio Gasperini, a well-known manager who is working for Ernst & Young, might soon be appointed the secretary of the... Read more
“I can’t breathe”
This episode features the voices of a couple Black Catholics. They tell their own stories. They come from different parts... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: In Hope We are Saved
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss hope, prayer, and leisure. Stay tuned for Breaking News in the middle. ... Read more
In Defense of Homeschooling
Although a Harvard law school professor’s recent proposal that homeschooling children be banned provoked a predictable hornets’ nest of justifiably... Read more
Paradigm Shift
We share stories about major life shifts— stories of people whose lives took a dramatic and unexpected turn from what... Read more
Two cases show that religious freedom is dwindling in Europe
Conscientious objection and freedom of expression are under threat in Europe, as shown by two legal cases that made news... Read more
CNA Editor's Desk: Repent and Believe in the Gospel
On this week's podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of the week,... Read more
More than just recycling
We share some stories about the things Pope Francis writes about in his encyclical about the environment. Read more
Is Ed a figment of JD’s imagination? with special guest “The Quizzical Papist”
On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of... Read more
Vatican Finances, what is going on? The Vatican City State Administration
Plans for a “Vatican Asset Management” outfit were laid out almost as soon as Pope Francis created the new Secretariat... Read more
