A conversation with historian Winston Black on plague, medicine and religion in the Middle Ages
Jesuitical
A podcast for saints and sinners from America Media. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.
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Podcast: How one bishop decided to cancel Mass because of coronavirus
An interview with Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Ky.
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Podcast: Catholic health care during the coronavirus pandemic
We aren’t even close to overreacting; we need to support our medical professionals; it’s normal to be afraid, but we don’t need to be conquered by our fear.
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Is diet culture obscuring the purpose of Lent?
What if the way that we’re approaching fasting and dieting is harmful—especially to our neighbors who inhabit larger bodies?
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What’s it like to say Mass on death row? An interview with the Jesuit chaplain of San Quentin prison
Each day, George Williams, S.J., passes through metal doors plastered with the word “CONDEMNED” to minister to the men of San Quentin State Prison.
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Meet the Louisiana priest behind a 100-gallon crop duster blessing
It is a beautiful thing when the sacred and the quirky come together in such a way that only Catholicism can arrange.
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Your Catholic guide to the 2020 Oscars
Are this year’s Academy Awards the most Catholic yet? An interview with America’s film critic, John Anderson
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What it’s like to get to know your bishop on pilgrimage
Mychael Schilmoeller was part of a delegation of young adults who accompanied their bishops on their “ad limina” visit to Rome to meet with Pope Francis.
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How Afghanistan changed this Catholic vet’s relationship to violence—and God
An interview with Marine Corps veteran Pete Lucier
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The importance of learning the stories of the enslaved people owned by the Jesuits
There is still much that remains unknown about the enslaved people owned, rented and borrowed by the Catholic Church.