The A Reason for Hope CANDID team speaks with Lauren Costabile—Founder and Executive Director of Hearts of Joy International—about her mission to provide life-saving heart surgeries around the globe for children with Down syndrome.
In this episode, we welcome Raymond Arroyo, author, journalist, and producer. He created and hosts EWTN’s news program The World Over Live and presents the “Seen and Unseen” segment on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle.
In this episode, David and Mario discuss how much is jam-packed into this one short phrase and review the rich meanings of the the name “Jesus,” the title “Christ,” and the designation “Lord” in Biblical times. They touch upon Jesus as “the only Son” of the Father, but that topic will be treated in more detail in the next episode!
Alanis, Jack, and Jimmy discuss a number of different Catholic prayer practices: the five official types of prayer, personal and group horariums (i.e. daily prayer schedules), contemplation through spiritual reading, a useful online Bible translation, and more!
In this episode, we welcome former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. We discuss his conversion to Catholicism, his admiration for Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, and his wonderful documentary on John Paul II’s visit to Poland that sparked the fall of the Soviet Union.
In this third episode in our series on The Creed, Mario and Dave continue their discussion of the First Article, moving from the conversation about the nature of God and God as Creator to the truth revealed by Jesus that God is our Father.
Executive director Mario Costabile and producer Ryan Devir meet with the recently ordained Fr. Stephen Delia to discuss the Array of Hope documentary film VOCATION.
In this episode, we welcome American exorcist Monsignor Stephen Rossetti. He is a successful author, professor of psychology and spirituality at the Catholic University of America, and director of the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal in Washington, DC. Msgr. Rossetti’s incredibly popular TikTok channel shares stories of his experiences as an exorcist. In this interview, we discuss how he came to be an exorcist, the important insights he has gleaned from this ministry, and how to resist the devil’s temptations and the influence of demons in your life.
In this third episode in our series on The Creed, Mario and Dave discuss why the question about what God is (an inquiry into God’s nature) is more basic than the question about who God is. They offer insights as to what we mean by the word “God” and what it says about us as creatures, as well as unpack the phrase “Creator of heaven and earth.”
In this episode, we welcome Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the Archbishop of San Francisco since 2012 and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the San Francisco province. A member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and Committee for Canonical Affairs and Church Governance, Archbishop Cordileone is well aware of the various challenges facing the Church today. Known as a stalwart defender of Catholic teaching and promoter of Eucharistic piety in an age of cultural and ecclesial crises, he shares with us how we too can proclaim the Faith is these challenging times.
