Podcast episodes and YouTube videos featuring Father Michael Schmitz rack up thousands, even millions, of views. But for students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Father Mike isn’t a celebrity priest. He’s their chaplain.
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Podcast: Is the extended synod on synodality becoming a ‘Vatican III’?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the pope’s reasoning behind his decision to extend the synod.
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How the Catholic imagination can save the lost art of reading
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson about the Catholic imagination—exploring writers like Toni Morrison and the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich.
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Deep dive: The ‘Synod on Synodality’ — What’s done and what comes next?
For our latest “Inside the Vatican” deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod.
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Does God evolve? How evolution and A.I. are pushing the horizons of theology
Most Catholics these days don’t think there is a conflict between the theory of evolution and their faith. But it’s harder to wrap our heads around the idea that we’re still evolving—and that God might be, too.
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Podcast: The Hillbilly Thomists on Bluegrass, Catholic culture and liturgical music
This week on Jesuitical, Ashley and Zac are joined by Father Thomas Joseph White, O.P., of the all-Dominican bluegrass group, The Hillbilly Thomists.
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The death penalty promises retribution. Restorative justice offers healing.
To kick off October’s “Respect Life” month on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy about how a Catholic vision of restorative justice must guide our advocacy against the death penalty.
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Podcast: Synod reports from all over the world are in. What happens next?
With reports from at least 112 of the 114 bishops’ conferences around the world, the Synod on Synodality has entered its next phase as 35 laypeople, priests and bishops meet to discern the outcome of the worldwide listening process.
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What the Bible can tell us about race in heaven
Fr. Josh Johnson and Gloria Purvis talk about how our Christian discipleship must involve actively bridging racial divides, so that our lives on earth might more closely reflect God’s heavenly vision as described in holy Scripture.
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Podcast: Pope Francis’ Kazakhstan visit was overshadowed by one bishop’s criticism—but it shouldn’t have been
Also on the show: How does Pope Francis’ approval of sending arms to Ukraine square with his criticism of the arms trade?