A Witness at the Center of the Church

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Msgr. Hilary Franco joins the podcast to discuss his new book Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers.

The conversation is embedded below. For your long-term convenience, follow us on SoundCloud or subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher

Images by Levan Ramishvili and Library of Congress on Picryl licensed via Creative Commons and Creative Commons. Both images cropped, filter added to first.

Music by User:Quinbrid (Luigi Boccherini) via Creative Commons. Track cropped.  

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