This week on “Jesuitical,” hosts Ashley and Zac talk to the authors of a new report on maternity leave in the U.S. Catholic Church and react to the leaked Supreme Court opinion that could spell the end of Roe v. Wade.
Jesuitical
A podcast for saints and sinners from America Media. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.
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The church exists to evangelize. So why are most Catholics so bad at it?
This week on ’Jesuitical,’ Ashley and Zac talk to Bishop Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee about praying in public, talking to friends (and strangers) about Jesus and what makes evangelization different from proselytizing.
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These young Catholics told Pope Francis how they feel about climate change—and he listened.
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley ask two young Catholics how they hope to get more members of the U.S. church, including priests and bishops, to make the climate a priority.
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Podcast: Life as a married Catholic priest — and why most preaching is terrible
Father Joshua Whitfield on his vocation as a husband, father and priest, and why most Catholic homilies are just plain awful.
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Podcast: We need more than consent to have ‘good’ sex
This week on “Jesuitical,” we ask Christine Emba, the author of “Rethinking Sex”: Why are so many millennial women miserable when it comes to their dating and sex lives?
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Nukes, contemplation and vocation: An introduction to Thomas Merton for young Catholics
This week on “Jesuitical,” we ask author Greg Hillis why some question Thomas Merton’s Catholicity, what we should make of the monk’s brief affair with a nurse—and why his writing is still relevant today.
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Podcast: The Jesuits are reinventing college education (again)
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Steve Katsouros, S.J., founder of the Come to Believe network, which makes a two-year college degree affordable for poor and underrepresented students.
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What it’s like to give up English for Lent
If you think meatless Fridays or forgoing sweets for the duration of Lent is hard, imagine giving up English—or whatever your primary language is.
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Podcast: Anti-racism spirituality, Ukraine and Pope Francis, and praying when it feels useless
A conversation with Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J., the author of “The Crucible of Racism.”
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Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer, a Catholic who wanted to cure the world
Dr. Paul Farmer believed the poorest of the poor in places like Haiti and Rwanda deserved high-quality medical care—and dedicated his life to delivering it.