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For over three decades, Franciscan University Presents has aired monthly on EWTN and discussed a range of topics with some of the world’s top Catholic scholars, thinkers, and leaders.

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April 2026

Serving the Poor and the Persecuted

Guest: Dr. Stephen Rasche

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March 2026

Overcoming Sins of Speech

Guest: Father Gregory Pine, OP

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May 2024

The Gift of the Eucharist

Guest: Bishop Andrew Cozzens

Why do Catholics have to go to Mass on Sundays? Have the Church’s rules for sin and receiving Communion changed? How does the Eucharist make us share divinity…...

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Apr 2024

The Genesis of Gender

Guest: Dr. Abigail Rine Favale

What is the gender paradigm? Does the human body have something to say about human personhood? Can good Catholics be good feminists? Dr. Abigail Rine Favale, professor in…...

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Mar 2024

Overcoming the Vice of Acedia

Guest: Dr. Brandon Dahm

What’s the vice of acedia, and why is it something most of us need to fight? How is it both apathetic and frenzied? How do we overcome it?…...

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Feb 2024

The Catholic Church and Slavery

Guest: Dr. Paul Kengor

Is slavery an exclusively white European sin? Did the Catholic Church really wait until the 20th century to speak out against slavery? Does the Bible justify slavery? Dr.…...

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Jan 2024

Living as Catholics in Exile

Guest: Dr. Scott Hahn

Join Host Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, panelists Dr. Regis Martin and Dr. Shane Owens, and special guest Dr. Scott Hahn, the Fr. Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New…...

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Dec 2023

Our Sorrows and the Seven Sorrows Rosary

Guest: Immaculée Ilibagiza

Can we learn to suffer without complaining? How can praying with Mary’s sorrows help us embrace our own sorrows and bring us consolation? What does Mary promise to…...

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Nov 2023

Priesthood in the Bible

Guest: Father Anthony Giambrone, OP

What does priesthood in the Old Testament have to do with the Catholic priesthood? Didn’t Jesus do away with the Levitical priesthood, Temple worship, and bloody sacrifices? How…...

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Oct 2023

Unity of Body and Soul

Guest: Archbishop Paul Coakley

Can a person be born in the wrong body? Why does the Church insist that there are only two sexes? How do we accompany someone struggling with gender…...

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Sep 2023

Love Basics From Scripture

Guest: Dr. John Bergsma

How is the Bible the “Book of Love”? Did God create the world for marriage? What do marriages in the Old Testament tell us about God’s relationship with…...

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Aug 2023

Free to Be Holy

Guest: Matt Lozano

What is holiness? Is holiness something we can achieve? How can we live a holy lifestyle? Matt Lozano, author of Free to Be Holy: Discovering Who You Are…...

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