In Conversation With

Can etiquette and faith actually change minds — or just smooth over conflict? Mary Margaret sits down with Alison Cheperdak, etiquette author and former White House staffer, to examine what good manners are really for. From her Irish Catholic upbringing and time in the Trump West Wing, to navigating conversations about abortion and the quiet return of younger women to tradition, Cheperdak argues that etiquette is not about performance but about respect — and that it may be the one thing AI can never replace.🔴 THIS SERIESIn Conversation With | Episode #3In Conversation With is a Catholic Herald podcast hosted by Mary Margaret Olohan, featuring candid discussions on politics, culture, faith and the Church.🔴 CREDITSHost: Mary Margaret OlohanGuest: Alison CheperdakFilm Crew: Cavern CollectiveProduction Team: Arcadia Digital🔴 SUBSCRIPTIONSSince 1888, the Catholic Herald has been one of the leading voices of Catholic thought, reporting, and commentary around the world.As a subscriber, you’ll gain full access to our journalism—offering serious analysis, faithful reporting, and informed perspectives on the issues shaping the Church and the world.Join us here: https://thecatholicherald.com/subscribe🔴 SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/catholic.herald/X: https://x.com/CatholicHeraldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicHeraldMagazine🔴 WEBSITESFor more content, visit our website: https://thecatholicherald.com/🔴 SUBSCRIBESubscribing to this channel helps us to grow and reach more people. It's simple and free, and we'd greatly appreciate it.

Is Ireland's Catholic revival real — or is the establishment determined to bury it? Mary Margaret Olohan sits down with Declan Ganley, Irish entrepreneur and political campaigner, to examine the true state of Catholicism in Ireland. From the rigging of the 2018 abortion referendum and the blocking of a pro-life presidential candidate, to the iconoclasm of a president who stripped Saint Patrick of his title, Ganley speaks candidly about what Ireland has lost and what may be returning. He also addresses mass migration, the withholding of crime statistics, children missing from state care, and why he believes the alternatives to the Gospel have been tried, tested, and found wanting.🔴 THIS SERIESIn Conversation With | Episode #2In Conversation With is a Catholic Herald podcast hosted by Mary Margaret Olohan, featuring candid discussions on politics, culture, faith and the Church.🔴 CREDITSHost: Mary Margaret OlohanGuest: Declan GanleyFilm Crew: Cavern CollectiveProduction Team: Arcadia Digital🔴 SUBSCRIPTIONSSince 1888, the Catholic Herald has been one of the leading voices of Catholic thought, reporting, and commentary around the world.As a subscriber, you’ll gain full access to our journalism—offering serious analysis, faithful reporting, and informed perspectives on the issues shaping the Church and the world.Join us here: https://thecatholicherald.com/subscribe🔴 SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/catholic.herald/X: https://x.com/CatholicHeraldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicHeraldMagazine🔴 WEBSITESFor more content, visit our website: https://thecatholicherald.com/🔴 SUBSCRIBESubscribing to this channel helps us to grow and reach more people. It's simple and free, and we'd greatly appreciate it.

Is faith returning to American public life? Mary Margaret Olohan sits down with former Senator Rick Santorum to discuss the changing place of Catholicism in American politics. From the rise of more outspoken Catholic voices in politics to the battle over marriage, education, family life and moral truth, Santorum reflects on what has changed in the United States, and what is still at stake. He also speaks candidly about homeschooling, faith in public office, the loss of his son, and why he came to see his public witness as inseparable from his Catholic faith.🔴 THIS SERIESIn Conversation With | Episode #1In Conversation With is a Catholic Herald podcast hosted by Mary Margaret Olohan, featuring candid discussions on politics, culture, faith and the Church.🔴 CREDITSHost: Mary Margaret OlohanGuest: Senator Rick SantorumFilm Crew: Cavern CollectiveProduction Team: Arcadia Digital🔴 SUBSCRIPTIONSSince 1888, the Catholic Herald has been one of the leading voices of Catholic thought, reporting, and commentary around the world.As a subscriber, you’ll gain full access to our journalism—offering serious analysis, faithful reporting, and informed perspectives on the issues shaping the Church and the world.Join us here: https://thecatholicherald.com/subscribe🔴 SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/catholic.herald/X: https://x.com/CatholicHeraldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicHeraldMagazine🔴 WEBSITESFor more content, visit our website: https://thecatholicherald.com/🔴 SUBSCRIBESubscribing to this channel helps us to grow and reach more people. It's simple and free, and we'd greatly appreciate it.

This is a new video series by the Catholic Herald titled In Conversation With, hosted by Mary Margaret Olohan. Each episode features in-depth discussions with leading voices in politics, culture, and the Church, exploring the defining moral, spiritual, and social questions of our time. With a focus on clarity, conviction, and the renewal of faith in public life, the series offers thoughtful, candid conversations rooted in the Catholic tradition. New episodes are released fortnightly on Wednesday at 7pm.

Now on her third pope, Diane Montagna is one of the most respected Vaticanologists of our time. Known for her contributions to periodicals such as the National Catholic Register and Humanitas: Christian Anthropological Review, as well as the Catholic Herald, she has also worked as Rome correspondent for LifeSiteNews and the English edition of Aleteia.In this episode of Merely Catholic, she discusses her varied career and the challenges facing the new pontificate. She also gives an in-depth account of her groundbreaking research, which suggested a false narrative behind the motivations of Traditionis custodes.This episode was recorded on 21.08.2025. 

Sacred Voices is a choir made up of members who were originally part of the Sistine Chapel Choir and now constitute a touring ambassadorial choir, dedicated in part to sustaining the vision of Domenico Bartolucci, who was for decades the Sistine Chapel Choir’s conductor and director.Alessandro Biciocci is the Secretary General of the Bartolucci Foundation. Originally a boy treble in the Sistine Chapel Choir, he is now the Secretary General of the foundation that plans and oversees the work of Sacred Voices.This other face – or other voice – of the Sistine Chapel Choir has become famous for its interpretations of Gregorian chant, Palestrina, and the Catholic liturgical repertoire. They perform not only in Rome but across the world, and are singing in New York this August.The New York tour has been organised by Justin Kurian, founder of Reclaiming Christendom, a lawyer and popular novelist. Reclaiming Christendom works for the renewal of Catholic faith and culture. In this episode, they join Gavin Ashenden to reflect on the work of the Sistine Chapel Choir, Sacred Voices, and their upcoming tour.https://sacredvoicesnytour.com/Ask ChatGPT

David Alton, the Catholic crossbench peer and former MP, joins Dr Gavin Ashenden to discuss the recent vote for abortion up to and during birth.They reflect on the hijacking by MPs of the Crime and Policing Bill to decriminalise abortion for any reason and at any stage in pregnancy, and also the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) through the House of Commons.In this 103rd episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for The Catholic Herald, they talk about what might be done to counter the “culture of death” both in the Houses of Parliament and in society generally.https://thomasmorecollege.edu/

Lois McLatchie Miller, a Christian activist, was arrested in Brussel for wearing a billboard which read: “Children are never born in the wrong body.”She was detained alongside Canadian child protection advocate Chris Elston, known as “Billboard Chris” (@BillboardChris), after they were surrounded by an angry mob.In spite of the pair’s peaceful conduct, police arrested Ms McLatchie Miller and Billboard Chris rather than address the aggression of the crowd.Lois talks about her ordeal to Dr Gavin Ashenden in this 102nd episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast for the Catholic Herald.

Edward Pentin, the distinguished English Catholic journalist and veteran Rome correspondent, returns to Merely Catholic to discuss the conclusion of the pontificate of Pope Francis and the new reign of Pope Leo XIV.An acknowledged media expert on the workings of the papacy and of the Vatican in general, in 2015 he authored The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation into Alleged Manipulation at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, which was published by Ignatius Press, and five years later brought out The Next Pope — The Leading Cardinal Candidates, thanks to Sophia Institute Press.Mr Pentin serves today as a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Register and is also a regular contributor to EWTN, the Catholic television network.https://thomasmorecollege.edu/

The award winning former Catholic Herald editor William Cash joins Dr Gavin Ashenden from Rome to discuss the forthcoming conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis in this 100th Merely Catholic podcast.They discuss how Francis came to be elected, reflect on the invisible machinations already under way to choose the next pope, and they consider several of those members of the College of Cardinals who are drawing attention from the world’s media because they are “papabile”, or worthy to hold the papal office.Our sponsor: https://thomasmorecollege.edu/