Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."
Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat." (photo: Credit: Oscilloscope Laboratories / Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Jessica Hooten Wilson on ‘Wildcat’ / Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat.’ O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity.’

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

Catholics and President Trump’s Executive Orders on Transgender Ideology

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders focusing on transgender ideology. What is the Catholic response to the executive orders? This week we are joined by Register contributor Jennifer Roback Morse to discuss Bishop Robert Barron’s recent public assessment. And then, Register Senior Correspondent Edward Pentin talks to us about the deepening crisis of faith facing England.