This week Tim Reidy and Ashley McKinless welcome America‘s editor at large James Martin, S.J., into the studio. Together they discuss the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Arturo Sosa, S.J., and what type of leader he will make in comparison to his predecessor.
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Who Should We Consider Saints?
This week Robert Ellsberg discusses his book, Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses, with Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J. The book includes reflections on the stories of canonized saints, and well as lay, non-Christian and non-religious individuals. The purpose of sharing these stories is to provide readers with daily spiritual guidance. […]
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How Will the Next President Govern?
Luke Russert, who left his position as an NBC News anchor in July, shares his expertise with Matt Malone, S.J., and Tim Reidy. In this week's podcast they talk about the responsibility of the media during election season and the debates, and envision how the next president—be it Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton—will lead […]
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Foreign Policy and the Presidential Candidates
Speaking to Tim Reidy and Kerry Malone, in this week's podcast Maryann Cusimano Love explains the foreign policy stances of the presidential candidates. This is a subject Maryann Cusimano Love is well qualified to discuss; she advises the Secretary of State and the Federal Advisory Commission on how the government can engage with civil society and […]
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The Indispensability of Catholic Media
In this week's podcast, Greg Erlandson, the editor-in-chief of the Catholic News Service, talks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Ashley McKinless about the challenges Catholic print media is facing today. As he wrote in the pages of America, Greg Erlandson argues that the value of Catholic print media remains, but it must change in order […]
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Bearing Witness to America’s Religious History
Kenneth L. Woodward is the author of Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama, a book that fuses memoir, history, and religious scholarship. In this podcast he speaks to Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber about the moments in history he witnessed as religion editor for Newsweek, […]
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How to Remember 9/11 Today
This week Christopher Pramuk, a professor of theology at Xavier University, ponders raising his young son in a post-9/11 world. Together with Pramuk, Kevin Clarke and Matt Malone, S.J., discuss how American lives have been spiritually, culturally and psychologically altered by the tragedy.
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Why Do We Need a Theology of Work?
In this week's podcast the theologian and writer Jonathan Malesic speaks to Matt Malone, S. J., and Kerry Weber about why we need a theology of work. Drawing on St. John Paul II and Benedictine thought, Malesic argues that it is important set boundaries around our work lives, because a person's dignity is not derived […]
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Mother Teresa’s Journey Toward Sainthood
Elizabeth Dias, winner of the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Excellence in Journalism, Arts & Letters, talks to Kerry Weber and Eric Sundrup, S.J., about her career as a religion journalist, Mother Teresa’s upcoming canonization, and Pope Francis.