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Gloria Purvis
Gloria Purvis is an author, commentator and the host and executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast and hosted Morning Glory, an international radio show. She has appeared in a variety of media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC News, Fox News, PBS Newshour, NPR, Newsweek, and Catholic Answers Live, speaking as a strong Catholic voice for life issues, religious liberty, and racial justice.
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A ‘George Floyd’ icon sparked outrage at Catholic University. Now, the artist discusses the backlash.
Some derided the art as contemptuous of God and sacrilegious. What did artist Kelly Latimore intend to convey with the image? Is the picture meant to be a deification of George Floyd?
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Bernice King: We need Christians like my father in today’s social justice movements.
Gloria Purvis talks with Bernice King about how white Christians have responded to racist incidents, the concept of racial colorblindness and the New Testament roots of nonviolent resistance.
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Interview: Archbishop Cordileone on Biden, Pelosi, abortion and Pope Francis
Gloria Purvis speaks with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco about some of the most contested issues in the Catholic Church today.
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Catholics: We need to talk about our bad experiences in Confession
Gloria Purvis: You are not alone in your bad experience in confession, and you can do something to heal from that trial.
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Activists changed a historically racist street name in Kansas. Why didn’t local Catholics support it?
Division Street ran through Atchison, Kan. It divided the community along racial lines until a local advocacy group, Atchison United, lobbied to change it. But some Catholics in the city resisted the effort.
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Father Matt Malone and Gloria Purvis on the role of Catholic media today
A frank conversation on the constructive and destructive power of media in the Catholic Church today and why the goal of Christian discipleship is not about being right—it’s about being holy.
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Pope Francis’ comments about Catholic Media should give the whole industry pause
It is terrible to cooperate with the devil. Every person with any influence whatsoever must pause and seriously consider how they have spoken about the Vicar of Jesus Christ.
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Podcast: The classics don’t belong to white people.
Stepping outside of our own particular worldview to encounter another person’s story can be scary—but the classics can help.
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Pro-lifers expect sacrifices from pregnant women. Why do so many balk at the sacrifices of Covid-19 restrictions?
When the Covid pandemic gave us a chance to kiss the mantle of poverty and self-sacrifice we rebelled, writes Gloria Purvis. When offered the cross, we ran.