In this week's podcast the theologian and writer Jonathan Malesic speaks to Matt Malone, S. J., and Kerry Weber about why we need a theology of work. Drawing on St. John Paul II and Benedictine thought, Malesic argues that it is important set boundaries around our work lives, because a person's dignity is not derived […]
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Mother Teresa’s Journey Toward Sainthood
Elizabeth Dias, winner of the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Excellence in Journalism, Arts & Letters, talks to Kerry Weber and Eric Sundrup, S.J., about her career as a religion journalist, Mother Teresa’s upcoming canonization, and Pope Francis.
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Catholic Art in the Modern World
The artist Alfonse Borysewicz, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995, brings his paintings to parishes and talks to parishioners about how art interacts with faith. In this podcast Alfonse speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about the role of art in Catholic communities, and how Catholic artists depict sacred figures today.
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Why women deacons could enrich the church
If the church discerns it enjoys the freedom to admit women to the diaconate, should we?
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What Brexit Means for the Future of the United Kingdom
David Stewart, S.J., is America's London correspondent. He talks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber about the aftermath of the Brexit vote, and discusses how the Scottish independence movement has been affected.
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The Church’s Ministry to People with Disabilities on the Parish Level
What can the church do on the parish level for people with disabilities? Matt Malone, S.J., and Kevin Clarke talk with Steve Riley of Potomac Community Resources about how one parish's ministry is expanding across the archdiocese, and what it means for a parish to be inclusive.
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Ready for brain chip implants? How the church can answer the moral questions raised by new tech
If you think these artificial modifications to the human person sound worrying, you are not alone.
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Turns out, most people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are against a wall
Seventy-two percent of U.S. residents and 85 percent of Mexico’s residents oppose the construction of a wall along the border.
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Will Colorado decide to go for single-payer healthcare this fall?
For decades the idea of a single-payer health care system for all has been by turns glorified and vilified.
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‘History And Presence’
Robert A. Orsi is a professor of religious studies and history and the Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of a new book, History and Presence. In the book, Orsi challenges modern conceptions of the presence of the transcendent in our lives, beginning with the metaphysical Eucharistic debates of […]