Do vulnerable women, especially poor women of color, have the same choices available to them when determining their future and that of their unborn children?
The Gloria Purvis Podcast
The Gloria Purvis Podcast is a podcast from America Media hosted by radio personality and Catholic commentator Gloria Purvis. The podcast centers the opinions, stories and experiences of individuals who have been marginalized in the Catholic Church and in society.
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Upholding human dignity means changing the way we talk about Black hair
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria talks to Pamela Ferrell, a pioneer and advocate in the natural hair care field.
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What is Pope Francis saying to Catholics in the U.S. South with the appointment of another Black bishop?
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Rev. Jacques Fabre, who on May 13 will be installed as the first Black bishop of the Diocese of Charleston—and one of a handful Black bishops in the United States.
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Podcast: What Catholics need to know about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
A look at the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and the key questions raised during the Senate hearings for Catholics
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What it means to be a woman — from a Catholic perspective
In honor of Women’s History Month, “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” is exploring questions about what it means to be a woman, from a Catholic perspective.
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The racism behind the attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria discusses the racism underpinning the negative reaction to President Biden’s announcement that his Supreme Court nominee would be a Black woman.
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The Catholic Church shut its doors on Black Americans. But we can still be made new.
Chris Smith, S.J.—one of a small number of Black Jesuits in formation in the U.S.—joins “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about his multi-racial family’s legacy of love, racism, reconciliation and healing.
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Dred Scott’s great-great-granddaughter has a lot to teach us about racial reconciliation
“Our word isn’t racism. It’s relationship.” Those are the words of Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, who joined “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to discuss the Dred Scott decision and its ripple effects today.
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Podcast: Sister Thea Bowman and the importance of Black Catholic spirituality
On “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Father Manuel Williams about Sister Thea Bowman and the importance of Black spirituality and liturgy in the U.S. church.
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Archbishop Shelton Fabre on wokeness and the prophetic anger of Black Catholics
A conversation with Pope Francis’ pick to head the Diocese of Louisville on having courageous conversations about race and the Catholic Church.