Ashley, Kevin Clarke and Father Thomas Reese discuss how Catholics are feeling about politics ahead of the midterm elections.
Jesuitical
A podcast for saints and sinners from America Media. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.
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Pope Leo biographer reacts to his health scare and unpacks the experiences shaping his papacy
This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis speak with NPR’s Scott Detrow about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis and Scott’s new book on the pope’s life.
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Why the Catholic Church still struggles to minister to families
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless speak with Joseph de Viveiros, C.R., about the pastoral consequences of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking 2016 document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia.”
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French Catholicism Reborn? What happened on Pope Leo’s visit to France (and why it matters for all of us)
This week on Jesuitical, Colleen Dulle joins hosts Zac Davis and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Pope Leo’s recent visit to France, including his messages on assisted dying, European identity and the role of the Catholic Church in a secular country.
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Fulton Sheen: The first celebrity bishop
This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis speak with Rachel Lu about the beatification of Fulton Sheen, the American archbishop who was famous for his media evangelism in the mid-20th century.
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U.S. Bishops are finding their voice. What will they say about A.I.?
On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Sebastian Gomes speak with America’s President and Editor in Chief, Sam Sawyer, S.J. to discuss the impact that U.S. bishops are having on politics, AI, and more.
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SSPX Excommunicated: History, Pope Leo and why it all goes back to Vatican II
This week on Jesuitical, hosts Zac and Ashley speak to Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, about the history of the SSPX, their illicit decision to ordain new bishops, and what their excommunication means for more traditional groups within the Catholic Church.
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Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes
This week on “Jesuitical,” hosts Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with historian Miles Pattenden about the long and quirky history of feuds between popes and politicians.
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What the parable of the Lost Sheep should teach us about individuality, tribalism and communion
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley sit down with Luke Burgis, the director of the Cluny Institute at The Catholic University of America and the author of The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. They discuss why we join and leave tribes, how to form a “solid” self […]
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What’s it like to teach a future pope?
This week on “Jesuitical”, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis talk to Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., who taught Scripture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for 44 years. During her time at CTU, Sr. Dianne had one very famous student, Robert Prevost—the future Pope Leo XIV.