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JesuiticalJune 13, 2025
In this Jan. 6, 2015 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate oath to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del, as Coons' wife, Annie Coons, watches during a ceremonial re-enactment swearing-in, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat who has served as a senator from Delaware since 2010. 

Zac, Ashley and Senator Coons discuss: 

  • How the senator’s Protestant upbringing and the example of his parents shaped his perspective on service
  • Why Democrats need to be more open about their faith in the public arena 
  • How Senator Coons feels about having the first American pope

In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss the recent removal of mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik from the Vatican News website and an op-ed in America by Archbishop John Wester on why President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” betrays the poor.  

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