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Ave Maria Radio: Remembering John Paul the Great

by Patrick Novecosky | Apr 1, 2025

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (April 1, 2025) — Patrick Novecosky discussed John Paul the Great's astounding legacy 20 years after his death today with host Dr. Marcus Peter on Ave Maria Radio's Ave Maria in the Afternoon. Peter asked Novecosky about John Paul II's spiritual...

Ave Maria Radio: Remembering John Paul the Great

Iowa Catholic Radio: Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals

Feb 24, 2014

FEBRUARY 24, 2014 — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog and editor-in-chief of Legatus magazine, was a guest on Iowa Catholic Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, this morning. He appeared on the Iowa Catholic Radio Morning Show with Jeanne Wells. She asked Novecosky about...

Make a Catholic Advent

Dec 1, 2013

You probably share my frustration. A week or so after Labor Day, you’re walking through The Home Depot or Walmart and you hear “Jingle Bells,” and as you round the corner: Christmas trees and tinsel. I get it. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Wouldn’t...

The Christmas Candle

Nov 29, 2013

While there are many Christmas movies to choose from during the holidays, there are a rare few that actually have something to do with the true meaning of Christmas — the incarnation of the Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ. Based on a Max Lucado book by the same name,...

Bob Newhart: A stand-up guy

Nov 22, 2013

NOVEMBER 22, 2013 -- Bob Newhart didn’t need another award. The 84-year-old actor and comedian has enough trophies to fill a warehouse. But when he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy earlier this year, nobody thought he would win — including Newhart himself. “It was a...

Overcoming the darkness

Nov 1, 2013

NOVEMBER 1, 2013 -- For most people, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to allow Catholic priests contracted by the government to voluntarily minister to our troops, including Sunday Mass during a partial government shutdown. But that wasn’t the case last month. One priest —...

Pope Francis at six months

Sep 17, 2013

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog and editor-in-chief of Legatus magazine, was a guest on Iowa Catholic Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, this morning. He appeared on the Iowa Catholic Radio Morning Show with Jeanne Wells and Mark Amadeo. They asked...