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Ed is joined by Aaron Dominguez, Ph.D., a particle physicist and former provost at The Catholic University of America.
Aaron talks about his time at the CERN laboratory and fields Ed’s questions about the relationship between faith and science, dark matter, and extraterrestrial life.
This conversation was recorded before Dominguez left his role as provost in August 2026.
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Summer’s over in Rome! Ed is joined by Pillar Rome correspondent Edgar Beltrán to talk about the papal appointments that may be in the pipeline.
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Ed recaps the FBI memo about “radical traditionalist Catholics.”
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JD and Ed get sucked into some Little League chat.
Then, Pope Leo XIV is widely expected to name some new cardinals in the coming weeks. JD and Ed debate Pope Leo’s most likely and least likely picks.
Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. Credit: Vatican Media.
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Luke is joined by Dr. Sebastian Ostritsch to talk about the development of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, its formal condemnation in 2024 by the German bishops’ conference, and expectations ahead of elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
German bishops pictured during their Sept. 23-26, 2024, plenary meeting in Fulda. © Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Marko Orlovic.
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