2021-08-18 - EWTN News Nightly | Wednesday, August 18, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Former Vice President Mike Pence is blasting the Biden Administration for what is happening in Afghanistan, calling it "a foreign-policy humiliation." This, as the world watches to see what the Taliban does next, as people in the country run for their lives. Republican Strategist and National Security Council Spokesman under former President Donald Trump, John Ullyot, joins to tells us what is happening in Afghanistan today, how we got here and how it went so wrong so quickly. Distrust of the Taliban continues to grow as reports of beatings and killings of religious minorities and women continue to surface. Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Nadine Maenza, joins to share what religious groups are still in Afghanistan. And a powerful earthquake and flooding from a tropical storm have battered Haiti, leaving widespread damage. Survivors are still being pulled from the rubble after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed at least 1,900 people and left thousands of families homeless. Finally this evening, the order of Friars Minor, also known as the Franciscans, have a new leader. The former head of the order, Brother Michael Perry, spent 8 years leading the Franciscans. Brother Perry joins to tell us a little more about his time as minister general, what the highlights were and what some of the challenges were. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn