As we near the Advent season, I’m delighted to share number of recent interviews with me about When Mary Calls: Surprising Encounters with the Mother of God, a theologically informed reflection on seven true stories of people meeting Mary today, among them Protestants healed through her and Margarita’s own dangerous missions to help dissidents in Cuba. Told through real life drama of near-death experiences, the loss of a child in the womb, miraculous healings, and the hallowed beauty of sacred art and music, I illustrate the various ways that how Mary is drawing Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christians to deeper faith in her Son today.
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Here are the recent interviews with links:
1. Interview with the Catholic Truth Society, London
The Catholic Truth Society (CTS) in London has just released an interview with me conducted by Pierpaolo Finaldi when I was in London in July 2026
Catholics in Britain know the theme of persecuted Christians well. In the introduction to her book, I describes how deeply English Catholics once loved Mary, and how that devotion was suppressed at the Reformation. CTS was founded in the 19th century to teach the faith to English Catholics through short, inexpensive pamphlets, and today it is a major Catholic publisher. Finaldi reports, interestingly, that Catholic book sales keep growing, reflecting the broader trend of greater interest in Christianity today, and specifically Catholicism, in the UK.
Watch and listen to the interview here:
2. With Mark Swartzberg, October 2026, on Relevant Radio: Finding Mary in Cuba
Conducted just a day after the beatification of Fulton Sheen, who contrasted Marian devotion to Marxism, Mark asked me about one of the book’s most striking threads: meeting Mary among persecuted Christians in Cuba. I talked about the faith she found there among people who have kept their devotion going under communist rule.
Listen to the full interview here: Relevant Radio 1
3. A Second Conversation, at Princeton Theological Seminary, Relevant Radio
Mark Swartzberg had me back on Relevant Radio for a second interview about When Mary Calls. This time they met in person, on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary.
The setting suited the subject. As I described, many don’t realize that this Protestant seminary is committed to ecumenism, including students and faculty who are Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox. It’s a great place to teach a class on ecumenical devotion to Mary, and my book presents Mary as a bridge among Christians rather than a dividing line. Mark asked me what it’s like to teach about Mary in a predominantly Protestants, yet also ecumenical, institution.
Listen to the second interview here: Relevant Radio 2
4. Coming Soon: Stay tuned for My in Conversation with Matthew Milliner
I will soon write a dialogue with Matthew Milliner, professor at Wheaton College, and a graduate of both Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University, about When Mary Calls.
Ever since we first met on Princeton’s campus decades ago, Matt and I shared our passions on Mary, the church and sacred art. is a Protestant scholar who teaches on Mary. He earned his MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary and his PhD in art history at Princeton University. I will contribute to his column called Material Mysticism, which he writes Comment magazine, whose large readership covers most segments of Protestantism and many Catholics as well like me. He and I will discuss why the book’s themes speak to people today and why Mary draws Christians across denominational lines. I will let you know when it is available!