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The Cassandra Blanco Podcast

The Cassandra Blanco Podcast

By: Cassandra Blanco
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Join Cassandra Blanco for conversations with others related to/through the lens of the Catholic faith.

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  • How Poland Became a Catholic Country | 10th-20th Centuries History | Stasia Wilczak | Episode 66
    Dec 22 2025

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    Stasia Wilczak was born and raised in Poland and moved to the USA in 1998, when she was 41 years old. She is mother of 3 and grandmother to 9. She has works as a church environment coordinator at her local parish and organizes spiritual events and pilgrimages in her spare time.

    Timestamps:

    0:00-Introduction

    2:28- Where Poland is Located in Europe

    4:27- 10th Century, Duke Mieszko’s Conversion to Catholicism

    12:34- 11th Century, Bishop Adalbert

    19:00-12th-13th Centuries, Teutonic Knights

    23:37- 14th-15th Century, Golden Age, Casimir III the Great, Jews Welcomed

    32:11- 16th Century, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Protestant Reformation

    37:06- 17th Century, Counter Reformation, Swedish Invasion, Black Madonna, Siege of Vienna

    51:40-18th Century- 18th Century, First Modern Constitution of Poland, Poland Gets Occupied and Partitioned

    55:11- 19th Century, Uprisings Against Occupation

    56:54- 20th Century, World War I, Poland Regains Independence

    59:42- “Rota," or “The Oath” Patriotic Song

    1:04:00-Outro

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    Music by Oleksii Holubiev

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Livestream Q&A About Nigeria's Christian Genocide with Franc Utoo & Zariyi Yusuf | Episode 65
    Dec 8 2025

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    Timestamps:

    0:00- Introduction
    3:28- USA Govt. Understands the Genocide of Christian in Nigeria
    8:01- USA Govt. Visa Bans, Travel Bans, Global Magnitsky Act
    9:17- Nigeria's Government Response to USA Govt.
    14:55- Governor of Benue State, Nigeria, Alia Denying Christian Genocide
    20:01- Designating Sokota Caliphate a Terrorist Organization
    24:36- Where Do Jihadis Get Their Weapons & Money From
    28:52- Villages Overrun: Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, IDP Camps
    37:53- North & South Splitting
    43:38- Sharia Law's Relationship with Nigerian State
    49:29- Delay in Relocating of IDP's to Their Homes
    55:43- USA Govt. Officials Are Working on Actions to stop Christian Genocide
    59:30- Franc & Zariyi Final Thoughts
    1:03:46- Outro

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Life as a Priest in Ghana, West Africa | Fr. Peter Akomanyi | Episode 64
    Nov 17 2025

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    Fr. Peter Akomanyi Tawiah is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Damongo. Savannah Region - Ghana, West - Africa. He was ordained a priest in June 2022. His first assignment was a Parochial Vicar is St. Peter's Catholic Church, Lingbinsi - Daboya and his second appointment was to St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish, Canteen - Damongo as a Parochial Vicar and Youth Chaplain. Fr. Peter ministers in St. Anne’s Hospital Damongo as Chaplain.

    Much of his ministry is spent in serving most especially the deep rural stations of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish, the poor and vulnerable, promoting devotion to praying the Holy Rosary, the Youth and those interested in becoming Catholic through the Sacrament of Christian Initiation.

    His zeal for such an area of primary evangelization, is to ensure the spreading of the Word of God to a people who are still largely not Christianized. So he considers the work of evangelization and promotion of human development as my main call to mission in this part of the country (Canteen- Damongo, Ghana).

    Fr. Peter’s X account: @FrPeterAkomanyi

    Timestamps:

    0:00- Introduction

    2:05- History of Ghana from Last 100 Years

    6:30- Geography & Languages of Ghana

    8:24- Religious Make-Up of Ghana, Mostly Christian

    13:27- Small Christian Communities

    14:46- Fr. Peter’s Journey to Become a Priest

    24:02- Fr. Peter’s Home Village

    25:52- Church Structures Continue Being Built

    27:25- Fr. Peter’s Daily Life

    31:59- Africa Will Hold the Fort of Catholic Faith

    35:04- Fr. Peter’s Social Media Accounts

    35:45- Outro


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    Fr. Peter’s Website: https://annunciationdailyrosaryreflection.com/


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    Music by Oleksii Holubiev

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    36 mins
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