GERHARD CARDINAL MÜLLER, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith talks about the curtailing of religious freedom during the pandemic, and discusses the lasting legacy of St. John Paul II on his centenary this week. | EWTN

GERHARD CARDINAL MÜLLER, former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) discusses the recent Vatican pronouncement on blessing same sex unions, and restrictions placed on the celebration of Masses inside St. Peter's Basilica. | EWTN

In our Video of the Week, sound recordist Greg Budney talks about the brilliant song of the Northern Cardinal. Both male and female cardinals sing, and they are some of the first birds to start singing in the year, bringing a blaze of color and sound to the gray days of late winter and early spring. | Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Northern Cardinal, singing (Cardinalis cardinalis) Maine, Minnesota, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala. | BIRDS & Nature