In this episode, correspondent Luke Mandato and associate editor Quinton Amundson join host Mickey Conlon to discuss this week's Catholic news. The conversation opens with the surprising growth of Christianity in Iran amid ongoing unrest, as Amundson shares insights from recent conversations with Iranian Christians in Canada. Mandato, Conlon and Amundson then delve into the geopolitical tensions, including President Trump's pursuit of Greenland and the  joint statement from U.S. Cardinals calling for a genuinely moral foreign policy. Mandato highlights signs of strengthening faith at home, including his interview with professor Randy Boyagoda on why "Catholicism is cool again." Amundson covers the momentum in faith-based media with the upcoming I Can Only Imagine 2, while Mandato looks at local efforts like Hamilton's Reel Justice film festival, spreading socially conscious messages.

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• Christianity is Iran's forbidden fruit - Iran is home to the fastest-growing Christian movement in the world. Religious watchdogs, on-the-ground charitable organizations and even Reza Pahlavi, the exiled and dissident crown prince of Iran, have uttered this proclamation.
• In search of Reel Justice | The Catholic Register - The Diocese of Hamilton and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada are hoping a unique combination of film and post-screening discussions will spark dialogue and sustained change with its ninth Reel Justice Film Festival collaboration.
• Imagine that: MercyMe hits inspire faith films | The Catholic Register - Christian filmmaker Andrew Erwin presented the proposition of I Can Only Imagine 2 to lead actor J. Michael Finley in a mock-threatening manner.
• Trendsetting Catholic Church? | The Catholic Register - Randy Boyagoda has examined why Catholicism at large seems to have shifted in fashion — it's "cool again" as per a recent column he wrote — and why that isn’t automatically a “good” thing.
• Cardinals seek ‘genuinely moral’ U.S. foreign policy | The Catholic Register - Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a “genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation,” as the U.S. faces “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War.”
• 'Morally acceptable' for troops to disobey 'morally questionable' orders on Greenland | The Catholic Register - The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey orders to participate in an invasion of Greenland.

About the Hosts:

Mickey Conlon: Is the Editor of The Catholic Register and has been a reporter and columnist for the Register.

Luke Mandato: Is a reporter for The Catholic Register.

Quinton Amundson: Quinton is a reporter for The Catholic Register.