Daniel P. Horan

Listen: In this episode, hosts Heidi, Father Daniel and David talk about the new Georgia voting laws and the Derek Chauvin trial. Then, they imagine the Catholic Church of the post-pandemic era.

Faith Seeking Understanding: The familiarity most Christians have with what each chapter of the Easter triduum emphasizes may inadvertently lead many of us to miss the powerful and timely implications of what we commemorate.

Listen: In this episode, hosts Heidi, Father Daniel and David discuss the recent document on LGBTQ blessings from the Vatican, domestic terrorism in Atlanta, and the governor of New York.

Faith Seeking Understanding - With vaccines in many of our arms and months of discernment under our belts, we should not rush to return to some mere status quo as if everything was just fine in February 2020; that includes our church.

Listen: This episode focuses on the strange path to COVID-19 relief, the conflicting messages of the bishops regarding vaccines and the recent papal visit to Iraq.

Faith Seeking Understanding: "Ted Lasso" is a funny and heartwarming show. While there is no overt religious element in the show, it may very well be the most unwittingly Christian program on air today.

Listen: In this episode, hosts talk about the recent effects of winter storms on Texas and the re-establishment of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships by the Biden administration. Plus, a discussion with Jesuit Fr. Jim McDermott.

Faith Seeking Understanding: What does it mean to approach the penitential season of Lent in a time of global pandemic in which nearly everybody has experienced involuntary self-denial?

Listen: In this episode, hosts discuss Sr. Nathalie Becquart's recent appointment, how they are preparing for Lent, and what they are doing these days for distractions.

Faith Seeking Understanding: Lately I have been turning to the words of St. Óscar Romero as an oasis of authentic pastoral wisdom in the desert of American ecclesial leadership.

Listen: In this episode, hosts explore the subtle Catholicism of the Biden inauguration, the back-and-forth between Archbishop José Gomez and Cardinal Blase Cupich, and the brief but ominous life of the 1776 Report.

Faith Seeking Understanding: The government is not intended to prioritize "individual liberties" over communal flourishing, as so many right-leaning Americans wish, nor is the state intended by the church's teaching to be a hegemonic force for sectarian norms and partisan preferences.

Listen: In this bonus episode of "The Francis Effect," NCR executive editor Heidi Schlumpf, Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan, David Dault process the attack on the Capitol and the rhetoric that led to this.

Faith Seeking Understanding: St. Angela of Foligno was someone that women and men, lay and religious, sought out for insight — both spiritual and practical. She makes for a great wisdom figure in our own time, too.

Faith Seeking Understanding: I believe that one of the best guides for reflecting on the humanity of God is a not-too-well-known spiritual treatise by St. Bonaventure, the medieval Franciscan theologian and doctor of the church.

Listen: This episode of "The Francis Effect" podcast features discussion about the new COVID-19 vaccine, the rift among bishops concerning President-elect Joe Biden, and the joy of the Christmas season.

Faith Seeking Understanding: The incoming Biden administration is offering us a small sliver of pro-life hope when it comes to climate change, which should be supported and celebrated by Catholics.

Listen: This episode of "The Francis Effect" podcast includes talk of some last-minute surprises from the bishops, the grassroots nature of sainthood, and why this year it might be OK to put up your tree as early as you want.

Faith Seeking Understanding: Like so many other people, I am struggling to be grateful this Thanksgiving. I have brought to prayer these concerns, my laments, moments edging near despair.

The Francis Effect podcast: Election fallout, the McCarrick report, and the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine