The second season of  "Faith & Culture" will begin airing on EWTN on April 18, 2007. Hosted by EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbell, "Faith and Culture" is designed to help viewers consider today's most contentious political and cultural debates from a Christian perspective.  Showtimes include Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET and Wednesday at 11 p.m. ET.

Show dates and topics are listed below:

Evangelicals and Catholics Together (April 18, 22, and 25)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell interviews author, syndicated columnist, and radio host Chuck Colson about Evangelicals and Catholics Together, an ecumenical initiative that Colson co-founded with Fr. Richard John Neuhaus.  The founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries discusses how mutual concerns have bound evangelicals and Catholics more closely together in recent decades.

The Church in the Public Square (April 29 and May 2)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell talks with Catholic University law professor Helen Alvare´ about the Catholic Church's witness in politics and public life.  Alvare´, a former spokeswoman for the U.S. Bishops, argues that the Church can make uniquely valuable contributions to public policy debates in an increasingly secularized society.

The Future of the Supreme Court (May 6 and 9)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell interviews Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ed Whelan about the role of judges in a democracy.  Whelan, a legal analyst who has worked in the Department of Justice, the U.S. Senate, and as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, discusses the root causes and potential cures for judicial activism.

Pro-Life Feminism (May 13 and 16)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell talks with Serrin Foster about the history and the future of pro-life feminism.  Foster, the President of Feminists for Life, discusses her organization's attempts to dialogue with abortion-rights supporters, connect resources with pregnant women in need, and make the pro-life feminist case to college students.

Catholic Identity on Campus (May 20 and 23)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell talks with Patrick Reilly about the loss of Catholic identity at Catholic colleges and what can be done to reverse it.  Reilly is the founding president and CEO of the Cardinal Newman Society, a national watchdog organization that monitors and encourages the renewal of the faith on Catholic campuses.

The Future of Compassionate Conservatism (May 27 and 30)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell interviews Jim Towey, former assistant to President George W. Bush, about the faith-based initiative and its future.  Towey, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and current president of St. Vincent's College, sees a new national consensus building around faith-based social services that produce real results.

A New Christian Vision of Marriage (June 3 and 6)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell talks with Dr. Mary Shivanandan, author of Crossing the Threshold of Love, about the connection between Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body and marriage.  A theology professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Shivanandan discusses how the principles of equality and complementarity form the foundation for authentic married love.

The Faith of America's Founding Fathers (June 10 and 13)
Journalist Colleen Carroll Campbell interviews theologian and former U.S. Ambassador Michael Novak about the religious beliefs of America's founding fathers.  Novak, an American Enterprise Institute scholar who has written two books on the subject, argues that today's secular elites have downplayed the religious faith that inspired America's founding.