CNA Editor's Desk

US Supreme Court in Washington.

CNA Editor's Desk: "Change Your Neighbor’s Mind"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jul 2, 2020

By CNA Staff

In this special Supreme Court edition of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s news,... Read more

Statue of St. Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park.

CNA Editor's Desk: Small talk and big ideas

CNA Editor's Desk

Jun 26, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week for a candid conversation about the toppling of statues in... Read more

Archbishop Carlo Vigano.

CNA Editor's Desk: "Worlds Collide"

CNA Editor's Desk

Jun 12, 2020

By CNA Staff

CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the news, including former nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano’s letter to President Trump,... Read more

Police officer on duty at St Peter's square in Vatican City.

CNA Editor's Desk: In Hope We are Saved

CNA Editor's Desk

Jun 5, 2020

By CNA Staff

CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss hope, prayer, and leisure. Stay tuned for Breaking News in the middle. ... Read more

Minneapolis Police Department patrol car.

CNA Editor's Desk: Repent and Believe in the Gospel

CNA Editor's Desk

May 29, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this week's podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of the week,... Read more

Is Ed a figment of JD’s imagination? with special guest “The Quizzical Papist”

CNA Editor's Desk

May 22, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the most important Catholic news of... Read more

Pope John Paul II in 1996.

CNA Editor's Desk: "A resume of moral seriousness"

CNA Editor's Desk

May 15, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the legacy of Pope St. John... Read more

CNA Editor's Desk: "You just have to laugh"

CNA Editor's Desk

May 8, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this episode of the podcast, CNA editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss some of the week’s most important... Read more

The White House.

CNA Editor's Desk: What people will get mad about

CNA Editor's Desk

Apr 30, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon sit down for another quarantine edition of the podcast. They discuss reactions to President... Read more

Bishop Peter Baldacchino celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday.

CNA Editor's Desk: The Church goes out (like Johnny Appleseed)

CNA Editor's Desk

Apr 24, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon are back this week for another quarantine edition of the podcast.  They have an... Read more

Bishop Peter Baldacchino celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday.

CNA Editor's Desk: Happy Birthday, Mrs. Condon

CNA Editor's Desk

Apr 17, 2020

By CNA Staff

Christ is Risen! On this episode of the podcast, Catholic News Agency editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the... Read more

Cardinal George Pell.

CNA Editor's Desk: 'The only basis for justice is truth'

CNA Editor's Desk

Apr 7, 2020

By CNA Staff

Australia’s High Court has unanimously overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for five alleged counts of sexual abuse.  This week on CNA... Read more

Confessional.

Confession, Conclaves, and Corona

CNA Editor's Desk

Apr 2, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this week's episode of the podcast, Catholic News Agency editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss some of the... Read more

A Dutch church closed because of the global Coronavirus pandemic.

What will the Church look like after the pandemic ends?

CNA Editor's Desk

Mar 27, 2020

By CNA Staff

Editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss many things on this episode of the podcast, including the week’s most important... Read more

Fr. David Burgard participates in "Priests in the Park."

Social distance...from our desks

CNA Editor's Desk

Mar 19, 2020

By CNA Staff

From a safe social distance— 1,493 miles to be exact— editors JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss the week’s most important Catholic... Read more

Cardinal George Pell arrives at Melbourne County Court on February 27, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia.

Cardinal George Pell has had his day in court

CNA Editor's Desk

Mar 12, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this episode of the podcast, JD Flynn and Ed Condon discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news, including updates... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass with First Communions in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Rakovsky, Bulgaria on May 6, 2019. (

CNA Editor's Desk: This is not our coronavirus episode

CNA Editor's Desk

Mar 5, 2020

By CNA Staff

JD Flynn, Ed Condon, and Carl Bunderson discuss and debate the week's top stories. Topics include coronavirus and the reception... Read more

Prime Minister Thomas Thabane of Lesotho at the United Nations.

The Curious Case of Canon 1090

CNA Editor's Desk

Feb 28, 2020

By CNA Staff

Listen to this week's episode of the podcast by clicking below, or by searching for it on your favorite podcast... Read more

Pope Francis May 12, 2019.

How did Ed do as host?

CNA Editor's Desk

Feb 21, 2020

By CNA Staff

JD and Ed discuss and debate the week’s Catholic news. This time, by popular demand, Ed is the host. Topics... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of Amazon synod October 27, 2019.

Married priests in the Amazon; “Querida Amazonia,” Amazonia/Amazon Price is Right; etc.

CNA Editor's Desk

Feb 14, 2020

By CNA Staff

On this episode of the podcast, JD and Ed discuss Pope Francis’ decision not to permit married priests or female... Read more