This week’s guest is Damian Costello, the author of Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism. Informed by four years of work on the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Costello’s latest piece for America is “Black Elk, the Lakota medicine man turned Catholic teacher, is promoted for sainthood.” Damian Costello describes the iconic biography of Black Elk, a […]
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Ian Johnson on the state of the Catholic church in China
This week’s guest is Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ian Johnson, an expert on Chinese religious practices based in Beijing. His latest piece for America is a report on the state of Catholicism in modern China titled: “How the top-heavy Catholic Church is losing the ground game in China.” Ian Johnson told America about the history of […]
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Sister Simone Campbell on Paul Ryan, religious life, and the political issues driving her crazy right now
This week, we talk with celebrity nun, Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus.
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Sister Simone Campbell on Paul Ryan, religious life, and the political issues driving her crazy right now
This week, we talk with celebrity nun, Sister Simone Campbell. Sister Simone is the leader of the Nuns on the Bus and executive director of the NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice. We talk balancing spirituality with fame, women religious, Catholic feminism, Paul Ryan and more. In Signs of the Times, next week is Halloween, […]
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Do you know why you’re Catholic?
Is being Catholic the last, true way to be a rebel?
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Three questions Catholics should ask themselves about immigration
This week’s guest is Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, a contributing writer for America and professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Her latest piece for America is titled: “A 3-question examination of conscience on immigration that all Catholics need to do.” Prof. Gonzalez-Andrieu told America about her first hand-experience working with undocumented students at […]
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Catholic feminism is not an oxymoron
This week, we interview Claire Swinarski, host of “The Catholic Feminist Podcast.”
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Catholic feminism is not an oxymoron
What does it mean to be a feminist? I wasn’t raised one—I barely even understood what the word meant growing up. It wasn’t until my 20s that I began to fully engage with feminist ideas and literature, from Betty Friedan to bell hooks to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. For me, feminism is intersectional, incorporating various aspects […]
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Exploring domestic violence in Catholic families, and how the church can help
This week’s guest is Dr. Christauria Welland. Dr. Welland is a clinical psychologist in San Diego, and the founder of Pax in Familia, an organization dedicated to improving pastoral responses to violence in Catholic families. She recently wrote an article for America in commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness month: “Caring for the most vulnerable: undocumented […]
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Matt Maher: Jesuit spirituality could save the world
Even super fans (your hosts included) of Grammy-nominated Christian artist Matt Maher may not know this fun fact: The Canadian musician went to a Jesuit high school in Newfoundland! On this week’s episode, we ask Matt if Ignatian spirituality has influenced his music, how the music industry has changed since he released his first album […]