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JD and Ed speculate what could be on the horizon for the Diocese of Steubenville.
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Ed is joined by Aaron Dominguez, Ph.D., a particle physicist and former provost at The Catholic University of America.
Aaron talks about his time at the CERN laboratory and fields Ed’s questions about the relationship between faith and science, dark matter, and extraterrestrial life.
This conversation was recorded before Dominguez left his role as provost in August 2026.
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Summer’s over in Rome! Ed is joined by Pillar Rome correspondent Edgar Beltrán to talk about the papal appointments that may be in the pipeline.
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Ed recaps the FBI memo about “radical traditionalist Catholics.”
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