On Sunday, September 21, my interview as part of the Christopher Closeup on Sirius satellite radio’s The Catholic Channel (159) will air at 7 a.m. and again at 7:30 p.m., Eastern time. Tony Rossi conducted the interview and we had an enjoyable discussion about My Cousin the Saint.

The interview will be available as a free podcast on this web site on Monday: www.christophers.org/closeuppodcast.

Catholic commentator and blogger Tony Rossi serves up a compelling Q&A with former CNN Faith and Values reporter Delia Gallegher. She is now senior editor of Inside the Vatican magazine. Here’s an excerpt:

Tony Rossi: You’ve written that the Pope’s larger vision of the Catholic Church is often overlooked. What is that vision and why do we not get it sometimes?

Delia Gallagher: The vision is, as he himself as said…some people have called it pessimistic. In other words, maybe the Catholic Church of the future is going to be a smaller church. I think when people think of evangelization and making fishers of men and certainly (words) from the Pope, the idea should be ‘We should go out and get as many people as possible.’ I think the Pope understands his role right now to be a re-enforcing…of the basics of the Catholic faith precisely so that in the future – if the world is going to become increasingly secularized and so on – this smaller but more faithful group of people can carry the light…

Read the whole thing on Tony’s blog.