Division Street ran through Atchison, Kan. It divided the community along racial lines until a local advocacy group, Atchison United, lobbied to change it. But some Catholics in the city resisted the effort.
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Podcast: Toni Morrison’s Black Catholic Novels
Why isn’t Morrison typically thought of alongside the usual lineup of Catholic novelists?
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Podcast: The Vatican hosted 40 religious leaders to call for climate action. Can they make a difference?
With the COP26 conference focused on advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement, Colleen and Gerry ask, can this interreligious document play a similar role to “Laudato Si,” changing the hearts and minds of political leaders from around the world?
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Father Matt Malone and Gloria Purvis on the role of Catholic media today
A frank conversation on the constructive and destructive power of media in the Catholic Church today and why the goal of Christian discipleship is not about being right—it’s about being holy.
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Pope Francis’ comments about Catholic Media should give the whole industry pause
It is terrible to cooperate with the devil. Every person with any influence whatsoever must pause and seriously consider how they have spoken about the Vicar of Jesus Christ.
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Pope Francis said women need more authority in the church. He still has work to do.
Are the voices of women being heard at the highest levels of the church? Do they feel empowered—or limited by the “stain-glassed ceiling”?
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The Vatican still has a ‘patriarchal mindset’ — but women are challenging it.
In this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle examines how things are changing for women in the Vatican.
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Meet a Catholic woman who feels called to be a deacon
The debate about whether the Catholic Church should ordain women to the diaconate often focuses on theological and historical arguments. Rarely, though, do we hear from women who themselves feel called to this ministry.
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Why don’t the U.S. bishops defend Pope Francis from American media attacks?
“I found it sad that the pope has to defend himself,” Gerard O’Connell said this week on Inside the Vatican. “EWTN is based in the United States. Can not the [U.S.] Catholic bishops’ conference defend the pope on this?”
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Podcast: The classics don’t belong to white people.
Stepping outside of our own particular worldview to encounter another person’s story can be scary—but the classics can help.