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The one with Davey from 2020-12-16T17:41:01
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the Catholic news you need to know this week. Then, they debate the top 5 Christmas movies of all time.
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10:00 - Cour...
Ed’s Quick Takes on the Week's News from 2020-12-11T23:59:27
CNA’s DC Editor Ed Condon gives a brief overview of the week’s top stories.
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1:00 - US bishops’ doctrine committee weighs in on hymns sung at Mass
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It’s Canonical Big Block of Cheese Day! from 2020-11-25T22:29:29
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/real-story-huge-chunk-cheese-sat-white-house-year
12:35 - Is baptism by American Sign Language possible?
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/...
The Problem with Tribalism from 2020-11-21T01:08:05
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon return this week to talk about the US Bishops’ Fall General Assembly, the latest ‘Vos estis’ investigation, and a surprising lawsuit in Rome.
Time stamps an...
The McCarrick Report is here from 2020-11-12T18:16:52
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the long-awaited “McCarrick Report,” and Ed throws a baseball at a door.
(5:18) The McCarrick Report:
http://www.vatican.va/resources/resou...
A Toast to Transparency from 2020-11-06T23:09:25
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the news, including the still-contested general election in the US; the McCarrick Report, which is expected to be released next week; a little-noticed canon l...
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Airport Code or Religious Order? from 2020-10-30T21:28:06
In this week’s episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss Halloween; an Islamist attack in a church in Nice, France; give an update on the Vatican financial scandal; and much more.
St...
What’s up (with the) doc from 2020-10-23T22:00:56
In this week’s episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss a documentary film that appears to show footage of Pope Francis giving his support to same-sex civil unions. They also talk about the ...
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The Reversal of JD Flynn from 2020-10-16T22:07:38
In this week’s episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of prospective Justice Amy Coney Barrett; an Italian ‘security consultant’ with links to the V...
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That’s all, folks from 2020-10-09T21:14:45
In this week’s episode, editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the pope’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti; they also talk about Carlo Acutis, the newest millennial saint; and another relatively new ...
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BONUS: Did Becciu pay off Pell’s accusers? from 2020-10-05T20:23:53
In this bonus episode of CNA Editor’s Desk, JD and Ed discuss an explosive, “big if true" story that emerged over the weekend involving Cardinals George Pell and Angelo Becciu.
Further re...
How did we get here? from 2020-10-02T22:21:55
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon briefly discuss the first presidential debate, the annual Al Smith Dinner, and democracy; and then take another deep dive into the Vatican's financial scandal to answ...
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Becciu didn’t see this coming from 2020-09-25T19:53:16
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the resignation of a prominent cardinal, presumably over financial scandal; the Supreme Court vacancy and what might happen next; and, as a special bonus,...
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The Blest Wing from 2020-09-18T23:06:52
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the second known instance of a priest realizing his baptism was invalid; the continued controversy over Netflix’s “Cuties”; an update on the Vatican-China...
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Masks and McCarrick from 2020-09-05T00:03:33
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon crack open the Code of Canon Law to discuss the case of a Colorado priest who told parishioners to disobey their bishop on mask wearing. They also discuss the elusive...
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"The Church Supplies" from 2020-08-28T23:36:53
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss baptism and the sacraments, in the context of a Detroit priest who learned this summer that he was invalidly baptized. We also hear about Ed and JD's wedd...
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Politics, and then Baseball from 2020-08-21T23:32:31
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon talk politics and then, baseball.
JD tries his hand at a round of presidential candidate ‘Who Said It?’
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Once a Catholic, Always a Catholic? from 2020-08-14T23:59:06
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss St. Maximilian Kolbe, a historic peace deal in the Middle East, evangelism, Catholic politicians, and much more.
And surprise, surprise, Ed does...
Let’s talk about Vatican II from 2020-08-07T19:17:10
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon return this week to talk about recent “discussion” about the Second Vatican Council and a new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
3:23 - Vatican II
Vote for Carl from 2020-07-31T23:53:33
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent remarks about a Catholic saint; Joe Biden’s endorsement by an abortion-rights group; the latest updates on...
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Christopher Yes or No? from 2020-07-24T22:23:53
Will the Vatican release the McCarrick report before summer break? Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon return this week to discuss that; the takeaways of the Vatican’s new instructions on parish reform;...
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The hard-learned lessons of history from 2020-07-16T21:52:58
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss what seems to be a rising tide of anti-Catholicism in the United States, in the context of recent arson attacks against Catholic churches and statues; the...
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The Perfect Society from 2020-07-10T22:26:19
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week with an in depth discussion of the US Supreme Court’s most recent rulings; the role of the Catholic Church in society; and more.
Show no...
Change Your Neighbor’s Mind from 2020-07-02T23:22:57
In this special Supreme Court edition of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s news, including several recent and highly consequential Supreme Court decisions.
Small talk and big ideas from 2020-06-26T23:13:15
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week for a candid conversation about the toppling of statues in the US; the Black Lives Matter movement; and the inculturation of Jesus and the Virgin M...
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BONUS: A conversation about racism with Gloria Purvis from 2020-06-13T01:23:11
Gloria Purvis is a Black Catholic, pro-life leader, and longtime radio host. In this bonus episode of CNA Editor’s Desk, Gloria and JD Flynn have a candid conversation about racism, the death of Ge...
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Worlds Collide from 2020-06-13T01:17:19
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week's news, including former nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano’s letter to President Trump, and Vigano’s increasing detachment from “reasonable discourse;” t...
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In Hope We are Saved from 2020-06-05T23:27:40
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss hope, prayer, and leisure. Stay tuned for Breaking News in the middle.
For the third week, Father Brad Doyle of “The Quizzical Papist” podcast j...
Repent and Believe in the Gospel from 2020-05-29T22:45:32
CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of the week, including the continued fallout from the killing of a black man by police in Minneapolis; China’s imposition...
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Is Ed a figment of JD’s imagination? with special guest “The Quizzical Papist” from 2020-05-22T18:44:21
On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of the week, including the announcement that the bishops of Minnesota will reopen public ...
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"A resume of moral seriousness" from 2020-05-15T22:43:58
On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the legacy of Pope St. John Paul II on his hundredth birthday; the continued fallout (or lack thereof) of a letter signed ...
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You just have to laugh from 2020-05-08T22:21:40
On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss some of the week’s most important Catholic news stories, including the fallout from a controversial letter warning of a “o...
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What people will get mad about from 2020-04-30T22:42:40
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon sit down for another quarantine edition of the podcast. They discuss reactions to President Donald Trump's recent phone call with bishops and other Catholic leaders; ...
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The Church goes out (like Johnny Appleseed) from 2020-04-24T15:33:30
In another quarantine edition of the podcast, JD Flynn and Ed Condon go in depth on the Society of St. Pius X; the Diocese of Las Cruces’ latest response to the coronavirus pandemic; and much more....
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Happy birthday, Mrs. Condon from 2020-04-17T22:29:06
Christ is Risen! On this episode of the podcast, Catholic News Agency editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s most important Catholic news stories, including the financial fallout of the ...
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'The only basis for justice is truth' from 2020-04-07T22:19:08
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week to talk about the Australian High Court’s decision to overturn abuse convictions against Cardinal George Pell; what could come next for Cardinal Pe...
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Confession, Conclaves, and Corona from 2020-04-02T21:42:55
Catholic News Agency editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss some of the week’s most important Catholic news stories. They also answer the one question people have been asking them non-stop: What ha...
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What will the Church look like after the pandemic ends? from 2020-03-27T18:16
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss many, many things, including the week’s most important Catholic news.
Topics discussed, timestamps, and links to learn more:
(2:13) Ed edi...
Social distance...from our desks from 2020-03-19T23:05:31
From a safe social distance— 1,493 miles to be exact— editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s most important Catholic news, including the suspension of public Masses during the coronaviru...
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Cardinal George Pell has had his day in court from 2020-03-12T22:26:20
JD and Ed discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news, including updates on the abuse trial of Cardinal George Pell in Australia; an interesting document about the validity of marriages; and an upd...
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This is not our Coronavirus episode from 2020-03-05T23:44:08
JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news.
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(20:30) Coronavirus and reception of H...
The Curious Case of Canon 1090 from 2020-02-28T21:29:35
JD, Carl, and Ed discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news.
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(10:30) The tragedy of abuse allegations against Jean Vanier: ...
How did Ed do as host? from 2020-02-21T14:00:20
JD and Ed discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news. This time, by popular demand, Ed is the host.
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(8:10) Pope’s Council ...
Married priests in the Amazon; “Querida Amazonia,” Amazonia/Amazon Price is Right; etc. from 2020-02-14T14:30
On this episode of the podcast, JD and Ed discuss Pope Francis’ decision not to permit married priests or female deacons in the Amazon region, and other important implications of the Pope’s recent ...
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Movements in the Church; the McCarrick Report; Crookston investigation; Hipster Hobbies; Etc. from 2020-02-07T15:12:12
The editors discuss movements in the Catholic Church; the continuing investigation into Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minnesota; the report set to come from the Vatican about Theodore McCar...
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Kobe Bryant; Legionaries of Christ; abortion; approval for Catholic websites; etc. from 2020-01-30T15:00:20
Discussion topics this week include: the death of a Missouri priest, Fr. Evan Harkins, by suicide; a recap of the March for Life, and President Trump’s speech at the march; Bishop Barron’s comments...
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Trump at the March for Life; Catholics in Hong Kong; Philadelphia; CNA comic book heroes; etc. from 2020-01-23T23:14:36
Who will be the next bishop of Hong Kong? How will President Trump’s presence at the 2020 March for Life affect the march? Will the new archbishop of Philadelphia carry on the legacy of Archbishop ...
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Benedict XVI & Card. Sarah's celibacy book; Episcopal consecration; pro-life Dems; etc. from 2020-01-17T17:40:10
Controversy over a book purportedly co-written by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah about priestly celibacy; a parish in Williamsburg, VA hosting an Episcopalian consecration; Re...
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Condon’s Rules of Decorum from 2020-01-10T23:04:56
What can a priest do if a penitent confesses to murder? JD and Ed take this question from a friend. They also discuss McCarrick’s move from a Kansas friary; the culpability of poorly-formed bishops...
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Happy [Secular] New Year! from 2020-01-03T21:20:39
The drone strike in Iran, Pope Francis slaps away the hand of a Catholic woman, the appointment of Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla as archbishop of Juba, South Sudan, and the face of the African Church....
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JD and Ed's top news stories of 2019 from 2019-12-20T04:23:31
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are your hosts for the last episode of Editor’s Desk this year. On this episode, JD and Ed revisit their picks for the most important news stories of 2019, some of wh...
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Our Lady of Guadalupe; Assisted suicide; Banning pornography; Gifts for aliens from 2019-12-13T17:18:14
CNA Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss and debate the week’s news.
Topics this week include the importance of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe; Archbishop Paglia's comments about as...
Fulton Sheen beatification delay; Buffalo bishop’s resignation; Catholics in China; Movie Saints from 2019-12-06T21:44:44
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are your hosts on JD’s second-favorite podcast of all time. (His favorite is CNA Newsroom.)
This week’s news topics include the unexpected delay of the beati...
A Very Special Thanksgiving Canon Law Podcast from 2019-11-27T14:54:21
It's a Thanksgiving canon law extravaganza! Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss and debate several interesting points of canon law, including the requirement of canonical form for a valid marria...
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The Vatican’s suspicious investments; Chinese bishop in hiding; ‘Breviary Chat;’ 'Greater or Lesser' from 2019-11-22T19:35:50
As they do every week, CNA Editors JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson talk about the week’s news and many other things besides.
Topics this week include: the reelection of Louisiana’s...
JD and Ed are back from Baltimore; the 'abortion debate'; "Yes or No" from 2019-11-15T17:29:27
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon recap the US bishops' meeting in Baltimore, including the election Archbishop Jose Gomez; evangelization; and the 'abortion debate.' Carl Bunderson joins for a game o...
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Vatican financial scandal update; Ed and JD head to ‘Charm City’; Crookston investigation from 2019-11-08T20:21:11
Editors JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson are here to bring you the latest on the week’s most important news, including updates to a massive financial scandal at the Vatican; the agenda for t...
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Halloween; Biden denied Communion; Vatican financial scandal; “Greater/Lesser” and “Yes/No" from 2019-11-01T15:55:53
Editors JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson discuss and debate the week’s news as only they can. This week’s topics include former VP Joe Biden being denied the Eucharist because of his support...
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Secret archives; Pachamamagate; married priests; Fan-suggested game! from 2019-10-29T00:35:10
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon, fresh from the Amazon Synod in Rome, discuss and dissect the week’s news. Topic this week include the Amazon Synod wrap-up; married priests; statues thrown in the Ti...
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JD buys a biretta; Amazon synod; Cardinal Becciu and financial reform from 2019-10-18T16:04:07
Editor JD Flynn calls in from Rome to talk with DC Editor Ed Condon about the Amazon synod, financial reform at the Vatican and JD’s new biretta. They play a Roman edition of ‘Yes/No’ and ‘How Long...
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From Rome! The Amazon Synod, John Henry Newman, Scalfari interview, etc. from 2019-10-10T19:50:38
JD Flynn is in Rome this week, and offers his analysis of the Synod on the Amazon. Ed Condon joins from Washington to talk about John Henry Newman’s canonization, which is coming up this Sunday, Oc...
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Money at Mass; parish registration; married priests; Patron of Whaaaat? etc. from 2019-10-04T14:30:48
CNA Editors Ed Condon and JD Flynn discuss the week’s news, including parish registration, money at Mass, the working document for the Amazonian synod, married priests, celibacy, John Henry Newman,...
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Obscure New Testament figures; Jesuit high school appeal; Amazon synod update; Chaput turns 75; etc. from 2019-09-27T23:32:16
CNA Editors Ed Condon, JD Flynn, and Carl Bunderson are your hosts for this discussion of the week’s most compelling news. On this episode of CNA Editor’s Desk, they discuss the appeal process for ...
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Schism; Father James Martin; The Holy Eucharist; Obscure Bible figures, etc. from 2019-09-20T16:50:05
On this episode, editors Ed Condon and JD Flynn are joined by Father John Paul Mary, chaplain of EWTN, who’s visiting the CNA office this week from Alabama.
They discuss canon law, Archbi...
German bishops; investigations in Crookston and Buffalo; Pumpkin Spice Lattes; etc. from 2019-09-13T22:52:45
CNA Editors Ed Condon, Michelle La Rosa, and Carl Bunderson are your hosts for a discussion of the most important news of the week. Topics include the German bishops’ attempts to influence the upco...
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The Pope in Africa; JPII institute; Canon law; etc. (feat. CLERICALLY SPEAKING) from 2019-09-06T15:42:09
Welcome to the most ambitious Catholic podcast crossover event in history. This week on CNA Editor’s Desk, JD Flynn and Ed Condon are joined by Fr. Harrison Ayre and Fr. Anthony Sciarappa of the po...
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Our Lady of Argyle, Texas; controversy in Seattle; bishop transparency from 2019-08-30T21:47:52
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon talk about the case of Our Lady of Argyle in Texas; the formal Catholic blessing of a Seattle man before his assisted suicide; and transparency among bishops.
Cardinal George Pell: Who, Where, Why, and What you need to know from 2019-08-23T15:31:16
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the recent dismissal of Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of his conviction of child sexual abuse, the history and context of the case, and the broader implicatio...
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Protestors at Mass in Portland; Monsignor Rossi investigation; Should we buy Greenland? from 2019-08-16T22:19:41
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss and dissect the week’s news. Topics include a group of parishioners in Portland who protested an immigrant priest during Mass; the Diocese of Scranton opening...
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JD and Ed Take a Drive from 2019-08-08T23:20
In a scene pulled straight out of "The Muppet Movie," editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are "moving right along" on a road trip through rural Minnesota. Join us for their discussion about canon law, p...
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JPII Institute; Abortion and the Democratic Primary; and Marriage by Proxy from 2019-08-02T22:57:01
Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss reactions to changes at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome, the avoidance of abortion at this week’s Democratic debates, and more. Producer Kate Ve...
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