In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell discuss the first week of the Synod on Synodality, and the strong emphasis from Pope Francis and the synod team to maintain discussions between participants confidential, both during and after the synod.
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Podcast: Preaching is more than the homily
Preachers and those in ministry confront a common dilemma: “We never live up to what we want to be,” says Patricia Bruno, O.P. “However, I think the preaching helps direct our own lives,” she adds. “It’s hard to say something in public that you don’t really believe.”
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Podcast: Preaching to the hearts of college students
Rev. Brian Ching, C.S.C., shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how knowledge of the Scripture, the life of faith and knowledge of the people in the pews is central to a good harmony.
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Podcast: Can I be political in my preaching?
“What’s happening today in American society is the label of Christian is being applied to forces that are really deeply unchristian,” Father Walter Modrys, S.J. shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. on Preach.
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Podcast: Preaching the kingdom of God when justice is delayed on earth
The crisis of preaching in the Catholic Church won’t be solved “unless we emphasize that the preacher needs to be someone who is constantly learning about the Scriptures… and a person of prayer,” Father Bryan Massingale shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. on Preach.
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Podcast: How to preach to a congregation when you don’t share the same culture
On this week’s episode of “Preach,” Isaac-el Fernandes, S.J., a Jesuit from Southern Africa, shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., just how he learned to depart from his prepared text and preach from the heart.
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Podcast: Why Nicaragua suspended ties with the Vatican
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Vatican in what appears to be retaliation for Pope Francis’ likening his regime to “a communist dictatorship in 1917, or a Hitlerian one in 1935.”
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Can true crime podcasts right the wrongs of the criminal justice system?
There is no doubt that the attention that the podcast “Serial” brought to his case helped Adnan Syed, who was released from prison on Sept. 19.
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How Jesuitical is filling a gap in the podcasting (and parish) world for young Catholics
With over a million total downloads, “Jesuitical” has reached listeners globally, grown an online community, found financial supporters and is even hosting a pilgrimage to Italy in September.
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Activists changed a historically racist street name in Kansas. Why didn’t local Catholics support it?
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.