Too many voices are not being heard in the Catholic Church today. "The Gloria Purvis Podcast" is a new podcast from America Media hosted by radio personality and Catholic commentator, Gloria Purvis. The podcast centers the opinions, stories and experiences of individuals who have been marginalized in the Catholic Church and in society. A consistent ethic of life informs the conversations and honestly critiques narrow applications of Catholic teachings and ideological attitudes. It's not libe ...
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We don’t need to stop being angry in order to forgive
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What is a Christian understanding of forgiveness? And does it necessarily involve reconciliation or the abatement of anger? On the final episode of this season, Gloria welcomes Reverend Matthew Ichihashi Potts on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to discuss the subject of forgiveness. Reverend Potts is an Episcopalian minister and professor of Christian …
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Why birth should be free in the U.S.
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If there’s one thing that pro-life and pro-choice advocates can agree upon, its that the cost of having a baby is significant, and often a deterrent for mothers carrying to term. “So the average privately-insured person pays about $2,800 to give birth out of pocket,” says Kristen Day, the Executive Director of Democrats For Life of America. “And on…
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How should Catholic institutions make reparations for the sin of slavery?
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Gloria speaks with Dr. Laura Masur, an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Dr. Masur has been one of the archeologists excavating enslaved communities on former plantations owned by the Society of Jesus in Maryland. They ask if and how we can reconcile the early American missionary work, espe…
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A conversation about sex and gender
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Conversations around sex and gender today are rife with acrimony and seemingly irreconcilable viewpoints. It can be hard to find places of agreement or even commonly held definitions. But Elizabeth Sweeny Block and Abigail Favale are two Catholic scholars who have modeled civil debate around sex and gender in the pages of America and do so again th…
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Cornel West and Robert George celebrate Black history
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In honor of Black History Month, Cornel West and Robert George join the Gloria Purvis Podcast to talk about what Black joy and resistance mean to them. West and George are currently touring the country to speak at various universities about the centrality of truth-seeking to higher education. They are both prolific intellectual giants, who require …
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Black Mardi Gras Pays Homage to Friendship with Native Americans
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When you think Mardi Gras, you might think king cake, colorful beads thrown from parades, and as much debauchery as one can manage before the Lenten season of repentance begins the following day. Maybe you’ve wondered whether Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is even a Catholic holiday given the day’s deluge of decadence. Mardi Gras is not only Catholic,…
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Should we be wary of ‘Catholic Integralism’?
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There’s an intellectual movement afoot called “Catholic Integralism.” It’s being discussed in academic colloquia, twitter, and lots of pockets of the church. But how should we understand this movement? On the Gloria Purvis Podcast, Gloria speaks with Dr. Jason Blakely, a political scholar and professor at Pepperdine University, about this burgeonin…
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What is mental illness and how should people of faith treat it?
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Dr. Meg Chisolm is no stranger to mental illness. She’s suffered from several serious bouts of depression that brought her close to taking her own life. She was fortunate to get the help she needed and then went on to become a psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Me…
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Modern day slavery at the Super Bowl
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The Super Bowl is one the largest sporting events in the country. Tens of thousands will flock to the stadium and millions will watch from home. However, at events like these, it is essential we not only keep track of the game, but also, the potential victims of human trafficking that are most vulnerable at these large gatherings. In fact, every ye…
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The true story of 16 Carmelite nuns who sang all the way to the French guillotine
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In July 1794, sixteen members of the Carmel of Compiegne, France, were executed under the guillotine in the final days of the French Revolution’s “Reign of Terror.” They are called venerated martyrs in the Catholic Church, who sang “Salve Regina” and other hymns all the way to their deaths. Their story of faith and perseverance has inspired a novel…
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The future of the March for Life in a post-Roe America
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The first March for Life began in the year following the Roe v. Wade Decision (1973). Now that Roe has been overturned by the Supreme Court, what will happen to the March of Life and the pro-life movement more broadly? Today, Gloria speaks with Jeanne Mancini, the President of the national March for Life since the fall of 2012. In this capacity, sh…
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Did St. Paul really expect women to be submissive to men?
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Do you squirm every time you listen to a reading from one of St. Paul’s letters calling women to be submissive to their husbands or to remain silent in church? In this episode of the Gloria Purvis Podcast, Gloria digs into the sticky “household codes” that St. Paul outlines in the New Testament with historian Beth Allison Barr, author of the bestse…
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The harm caused by Kanye West cannot be ignored by Catholics
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While claiming a Christian and pro-life worldview, Kanye West–now known as Ye–has steeped himself in scandal over blatant anti-Black and antisemitic remarks. In October, he donned a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt with an image of Pope St. John Paul II on the front. Missing from his highly controversial remarks and actions has been any recognition of …
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Why the church needs women to interpret the Bible
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Most Catholics only hear the Bible interpreted by men–priests and deacons–in the context of Sunday Mass. Jaime Waters, Associate Professor of Old Testament at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, believes that's a disadvantage for the whole church. For the past three years, she's written "The Word" column at America Media. She joins …
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Gloria interviews Pope Francis
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On Nov. 22, 2022, five representatives of America Media, including Gloria Purvis, interviewed Pope Francis at his residence at Santa Marta at the Vatican. They discussed a wide range of topics with the pope, including polarization in the U.S. church, the role of bishops, racism, the war in Ukraine, the Vatican’s relations with China and church teac…
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Exclusive: Pope Francis denounces polarization, talks women’s ordination, the U.S. bishops and more in a new interview with America Media! It’s an exciting time for America Media! We've transformed the organization under the leadership of Matt Malone, S.J. into a modern media entity that leads the conversation on faith and culture. There is no doub…
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The importance of personal parishes for Black Catholics
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This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with the Rev. Thomas Burke, the pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pa., about the importance of establishing personal parishes for Black Catholics. When Bishop David Zubik first announced this personal parish there was a negative response from some white Catholics, …
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Fr. August Thompson-the Black Catholic priest that inspired Thomas Merton
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Gloria speaks with Greg Hillis, Professor of Theology & Religious Studies at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. In the last few years Prof. Hillis has turned his attention to the life and writings of Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk from Kentucky whose literary estate is housed at the Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In ad…
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Why Archbishop Cordileone condemns the death penalty
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Archbishop Cordileone returns to the podcast to discuss his opposition to the death penalty. Archbishop Cordileone: It is past time to strike down the death penalty Please consider supporting this podcast by becoming a digital subscriber to America Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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An honest look at slavery in the Christian tradition
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The Bible has been invoked in defense of slavery and to overthrow it. Some saints have confronted slavery, while others have turned a blind eye, or worse, developed theological arguments to support it. The Catholic church has a mixed history, especially when it comes to chattel slavery, and its one we should know about. This week, Gloria interviews…
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Racism in our hospitals
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Did you know that Black women are more likely to die from preventable childbirth complications than white women? Or that Black women make up less than 2 percent of psychiatrists? This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Dr. Amanda Joy Calhoun about the deep vestiges of racism in our medical institutions and the strategies she is…
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How the Catholic imagination can preserve the lost art of reading
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On this episode, Gloria speaks with Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson, author of several books including The Scandal of Holiness, Reading for the Love of God, and Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov, which received a 2018 Christianity Today Book of the Year Award in the Culture & the Arts. Gloria and Jessica dive de…
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Capital punishment promises retribution, restorative justice offers healing
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To help us kick off October’s “Respect Life” month, Gloria is speaking with Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy about how a Catholic vision of restorative justice must guide our advocacy against the death penalty. Krisanne is the executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, a national organization that mobilizes Catholics and all people of goodwill …
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What are the anti-woke crusaders missing?
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Gloria muses on some of the arguments emerging from the anti-woke brigade. She challenges the idea that wokism, or a commitment to racial justice, emerged from philosophies of German philosophers like Karl Marx and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel . Tracing the roots of woke culture and intersectionality, Gloria makes clear that these social movements…
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What the Bible can tell us about race in heaven
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Whether you love reading the Bible or could use a refresher, Fr. Josh Johnson has you covered in his new book, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Restoring God's Vision of Race and Discipleship. Fr. Josh and Gloria talk about how our Christian discipleship must involve actively bridging racial divides, so that our lives on earth might more closely reflec…
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How is our data safeguarded in the church?
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Gloria Purvis muses on the role of privacy in the confessional, how the church can better safeguard data on its parishioners, and what we all can do to protect our privacy and that of our family on social media. Please consider supporting this podcast by becoming a digital subscriber to America Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…
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The bishop leading the ‘Eucharistic Revival’ is piercing hearts and slashing budgets
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Welcome back to the second season of the Gloria Purvis Podcast! On this episode, Gloria speaks to Bishop Andrew Cozzens, who was appointed by Pope Francis to be bishop of the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota in 2021. Bishop Cozzens is the chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis where on be…
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Thank you! That's what Gloria and her team wants to say to you, our listeners, as we close a year-long first season of The Gloria Purvis Podcast. We'll be back in the fall with all new episodes! Thank you for journeying with us! Lastly, if you would like to share some feedback with us, please fill out this brief Listener Survey! To follow Gloria ov…
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On justice issues, is the church a moral first responder or a funeral director?
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When it comes to social justice issues “the church can show up as moral first responders or as funeral directors,” says Cornell Brooks. Professor Brooks joins “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” with an impressive pedigree as the former president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights a…
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How a ministry of presence is changing the way Alabamians fight poverty and mass incarceration
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“My job is to get in the car and drive to every far flung, criss-cross part of Alabama, talking to people about what our hopes are for the future.” Dana Sweeney is the statewide organizer at the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice. He joins Gloria this week to discuss mass incarceration, economic and racial justice, and government accountabi…
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Missing persons of color should be a pro-life issue for Catholics
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Gwen Ifill famously coined the expression “missing white woman syndrome” to describe our national obsession with a small subset of missing persons–largely white and female– to the exclusion of many other victims, especially persons of color. This week Gloria talks to Natalie Wilson, co-founder of The Black and Missing Foundation, Inc., a Maryland-b…
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How to advocate for your loved one in the ICU
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New medical research is revealing the detrimental effects of being sedated or placed in a medically induced coma for an extended period of time. And with the surge of Covid patients in ICU’s, the rates of brain disease, including dementia, have only increased. Here to talk with Gloria is Dr. Wes Ely, professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University S…
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The mental health toll of mass shootings and why we must name the evil of racism.
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On Saturday May 14, 2022, motivated by the evils of racism and white supremacy, an 18 year old man drove 200 miles with an AR-15 rifle with the intention to seek out and kill Black people. He shot and killed ten people at Tops grocery store. And then, only a week and a half later, on May 24, we witnessed another mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. This…
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Archbishop Cordileone explains why he will bar Nancy Pelosi from Communion
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Gloria interviews the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, about a statement he just released restricting the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, from receiving the Sacrament of the Holy Communion. Speaker Pelosi is a Catholic, who represents the congressional district of San Francisco. In his statement, the Archbis…
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How fear is being used to politicize and weaponize the Catholic Church
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The Catholic church is facing increasing divisions and tensions that are also reflected in the country at large. Those divisions once again made headlines a few weeks ago when Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke with Michael Voris of Church Militant about a range of topics. In the interview, both Voris and Greene were critical of the…
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What would a post-Roe world look like?
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Last week, there was a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, raising myriad questions across the country and the political spectrum. “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” welcomes Kristen Day, the Executive Director of Democrats For Life of America and the author of “Democrats For Life: Pro-Life Politics and the Silenced Majority.”…
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Pro-choice advocates often appeal to reproductive freedom. But freedom without real choice is coercion.
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In December 2021, California established a Council for the Future of Abortion. It’s goal: to improve access to abortion and to protect reproductive freedom, as several states are passing more restrictive abortion legislation. But for Catholics, this is not merely a question of freedom, but of authentic choice. Do vulnerable women, especially poor w…
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The long battle for hair freedom in the United States
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This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” we hear from Pamela Ferrell, a pioneer and advocate in the natural hair care field. When Pamela was only 18, she was fired from her job for wearing braids. So she started Cornrows & Co., a hair braiding salon that has passed along a centuries-old tradition in the African American community. “The history of …
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A Haitian immigrant will be the next bishop of Charleston
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On May 13, 2022, Rev. Jacque Fabre will be ordained and installed as the new bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. His predecessor, Most Rev. Robert E Guglielmone, submitted his retirement to Pope Francis, as is custom at 75 years of age. This is a historic appointment for many reasons. Bishop-elect Fabre will be the 14th bishop, but the first Blac…
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What Catholics need to know about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
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This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Danielle Conway, Dean of Penn State Dickinson Law. Dean Conway is a leading voice on creating an anti-racist approach to legal education and has helped those who work in law schools around the country, including at Penn Law, develop better approaches for designing inclusive experiences. W…
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A theology of womanhood that preserves sex, but has fun with gender
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In honor of Women’s History Month, “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” is exploring questions about what it means to be a woman, from a Catholic perspective. In this episode, Gloria speaks with Abigail Favale, an associate professor of English and the dean of the College of Humanities at George Fox University in Oregon. Abigail is the author of The Eclipse…
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How Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s qualifications came under attack
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This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean and professor of law at Boston University School of Law. Professor Onwuachi-Willig is a leading scholar of law and inequality, and her research centers on race, gender, employment discrimination, affirmative action and family law. With Gloria, she discusses th…
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The Catholic church shut its doors on Black Americans. But we can still be made new.
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Chris Smith is the only African-American Jesuit in formation in the United States. But he comes from a multi-racial family and recently wrote an article for America, My white mom’s marriage to a Black man outraged my grandma. But she learned to love us. Smith joins the Gloria Purvis Podcast to talk about his family’s legacy of love, racism, reconci…
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Dred Scott’s descendant, Lynne Jackson, has a lot to teach us about racial reconciliation
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“Our word isn’t racism. It’s relationship.” Those are the words of Lynne Jackson, the great great grand-daughter of Dred Scott. Lynne joins the Gloria Purvis Podcast to discuss the Dred Scott decision and its ripple effects today. In 1852, Dred sued the state of Missouri for his freedom, invoking the law “once free always free” after living in the …
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Catholics need to hear anti-racist preaching at Mass. This is what that sounds like.
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If you have not yet seen Sister Thea Bowman’s 1989 address to the U.S. bishops, pause whatever you’re doing and go watch it. And for any newly ordained U.S. bishop, this should be required viewing. That’s the conviction of Manuel Williams, C.R., a Resurrectionist priest, the pastor of Resurrection Catholic Church in Montgomery, Ala., and professor …
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Wokism, prophetic anger, and the new appointment of Archbishop Shelton Fabre
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Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Shelton Fabre as the next archbishop of Louisville, Ky. Bishop Fabre is one of two Black U.S. Catholics serving as archbishop, along with Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C. He comes to Louisville with years of pastoral experience, first as the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans from 2006 to 20…
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How dating apps are impacting Catholic relationships
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How should Catholics navigate modern dating apps? What does it take to make a marriage between people of faith work today? And what are some of the negative mythologies of marriage that are still alive and well? These are some of the questions tackled by Gloria and Dr. Mario Sacasa, a licensed marriage and family therapist and the associate directo…
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How people of faith should (and should not) think about depression
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When it comes to depression, there are two popular schools of thought in Christian theology: suffering from depression is a result of human sinfulness, or it's a form of divine instruction. That is, either we’ve done something wrong or God is trying to teach us something. But neither approach has proved convincing to Jessica Coblentz, a Catholic th…
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This Catholic bishop is on a mission to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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Archbishop John Wester has just written a new pastoral letter, “Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament”. He writes from his diocese in Sante Fe, New Mexico, which is also home to two of the three nuclear weapons laboratories in the United States. Archbishop Wester talks with Gloria about the impossibility o…
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What one Irish Catholic family gained (and lost) from white privilege
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Gloria speaks to Maureen O'Connell, author of the new book Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness, about becoming white in America and how it unfairly privileged her Irish-Catholic family, even as it cost them part of their unique identity and heritage. Support The Gloria Purvis Podcast by getting a digital subscrip…
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