This series is intended to reach out to Christians searching for new and creative ways to live their faith. It doesn't matter whether you are looking for something more than Sunday Mass or whether you've left the institutional church all together. We welcome you if you are appalled with the clerical sex abuse crisis, or perhaps feeling excluded due to being divorced and remarried, maybe a young adult who feels your life experiences in today's world are not being addressed, or you're simply s ...
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Interview with Sr. Simone Campbell regarding voting as a Catholic Christian
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So many Catholics have been taught that voting is a single-issue responsibility. But Pope Francis has advised voters not to ignore injustice or act as though one issue is more important than others. Pope Francis makes it clear: abortion is not the only issue that matters in choosing a candidate. Equally sacred, he says, are the lives of the poor, t…
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Interview with Dr. Anthony Massimini
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Dr. Massimini shares his insights into how we grow up and become mature Christians in today's world. He reflects on the fact that it is our job as Christians to assume far greater responsibility for our world, our church, and the future of our planet. You might enjoy checking out his blog called the 21st Century American Catholic: http://the21stcen…
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Interview with Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of the Catholic social justice group NETWORK
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In this episode, Sister discusses the coming 2020 presidential election. She points out the similarity of the healthcare plans proposed by the various candidates and how it is primarily cost that distinguishes them from one another. Understanding this will hopefully unite Democrats behind Joe Biden, the likely nominee for the Democratic party. She …
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Interview with Virginia Saldanha about the issue of women in the church today
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Virginia has worked professionally her whole life for the cause of women in the Church. In this interview, representing Voices of Faith, she invites all of us to participate in the March 8, 2020 Int'l Women's Day to stand in solidarity with women and the need for women to be treated with dignity and recognized for their significant contributions to…
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Love, Sex, and the Joy of Amoris Laetitia
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This episode introduces a discussion on family life as presented in the papal exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the Joy of Love. It discusses its perspective on such critical issues as divorce-remarriage, birth control, and the LGBT issue offering less emphasis on church rules and a greater realization of the need for compassion as families struggle in…
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Interview with Reverend Tony Flannery
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Fr. Tony Flannery, from Ireland, is a religious writer and Roman Catholic Redemptorist priest who was suspended by the Vatican in 2012. He was told by the Vatican that he would be allowed to return to ministry only if he agreed to write, sign and publish a statement agreeing, among other things, that women should never be ordained as priests and th…
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Interview with Tina Beattie regarding women's struggle for equality in the Church
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Tina Beattie, a professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University in London, discusses the major challenges facing women in the Church today. She evaluates the setbacks of the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict for women. While Pope Francis is not doing all that many of us wish he could be doing for women, she feels he has created an openne…
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Interview with Dr. William D'Antonio who has been a professor of sociology and anthroology and author of numerous books including American Catholic Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church
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Dr. Antonio shares his insights about our changing church leaving behind the days of church attendance through blind obedience and fear of hell. Today's Catholic - those who still attend church - do so out more by looking forward to the community experience. Many groups are organizing their own parishes due to the shortage of priests. This along wi…
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Interview with Justice Anne Burke who chaired the lay National Review Board for the protection of children and young people
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Anne Burke shares her experience while investigating clerical sex abuse cases. Much of her life has led her to work on behalf of young people whom she advises that the most important way to live their Christian faith is by getting involved collaboratively in social issues and taking active measures to show their love and concern for others. --- Sen…
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Interview with Anne Bennett Doyle regarding her work as director of Bishops Accountability
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Anne shares her 16 years of experience as director of www.BishopsAccountability.org. She has reviewed more than 100,000 pages of reports about pedophile priests and bishops who covered up for them. Despite the grueling work, Anne shares how her commitment to Catholicism is stronger than ever. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.…
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Interview with Fr. Gerry Berchard
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Fr. Gerry shares his philosophy of being a longtime pastor of his parish and his co-founding of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. He later founded Elephants in the Living Room. At the biannual priests' convocation at Boyne Mountain, MI in October 2003, Fr. Gerry Bechard rose to ask Cardinal Maida if they were going to talk about the Elephan…
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Follow up interview with Fr. Tom Reese about the outcomes of the Amazonian Synod
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Fr. Reese discusses the key topics that resulted from this synod. The Bishops voted to recommend to the the pope that already married men be ordained to serve in the most remote areas of the Amazon. This is a response to the needs of the many people who only receive the Eucharist every few months and some not even every year. They also voted to put…
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Interview with Pamela Perry who discusses her Parishioners' Call website
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Pamela Perry from Salisbury England shares her faith journey of being raised in the Anglican church and, as an adult, converting to Roman Catholicism where she has become a forceful defender for reform. She credits many of the Anglican Church's contemporary advancements to the inclusion of women in ministerial roles. Despite this, she explains how …
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Interview with Martha and Gert Heizer from Austria
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Martha and Gert Heizer were excommunicated for holding a Eucharistic liturgy in their home without a priest. The couple openly discusses why it is necessary to have a presider who is called to a “higher state” that only sexually celebrate men could fulfill. If it is the Holy Spirit who transforms the bread and wine, then the presider is only the in…
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Interview with Thomas Doyle about clergy sexual abuse
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Tom, a former Dominican priest, left the priesthood to stand with victims of clergy sexual abuse. He explains the reason for the cover-up was, sadly, not to protect the victims but rather to protect the image, the prestige, and the power of the institutional church. He sees little hope for the institution but finds comfort in the future of Christia…
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Interview with Peter Wilkinson discussing the Plenary Council being held in Australia
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Dr. Peter Wilkinson explains how the Plenary Council to be held in 2020 and 2021 came to be organized, who will participate in the Council, and the hopes of the lay Faithful in its outcome. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catholic-church-reform/message
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Interview with Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan re Roman Catholic Women Priests
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Bridget describes her calling and ordination as a woman Catholic priest and how the movement is growing today. She has no aspiration for being recognized as part of the church hierarchy but rather sees herself called to serve in a community of equals. For others feeling called, she recommends People's Catholic Seminary: https//pcseminary.org. --- S…
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Interview with Fr. Thomas Reese regarding the Amazonian Synod October 2019
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In this interview, our guest discusses the forthcoming synod taking place. It will focus on: the victimization of the indigenous people in the Amazon, adapting Christianity and the sacraments to the indigenous culture, protection of the environment, and the possibility of ordaining already married men to the priesthood due to the shortage of priest…
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Interview with Massimo Faggioli: the political culture of the Catholic Church
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In this interview, our guest shares his insights into the politics of the Church and the necessity of the laity to reclaim their rightful place in it. In addressing the clerical sex abuse crisis, Massimo points out how this is all leading to a vertical collapse of the hierarchical authority of the institutional church. Alongside the worldwide confe…
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Interview with Nontando Hadebe: why the works of women theologians are ignored by the various Bishops Synods
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In this interview, we explore with Nontando Hadebe, a woman theologian from South Africa, why the Bishops Synods on the Family did not engage the work of women theologians who have for many years been writing on issues of marriage, family life, sexuality, and human relationships. Our guest points out that without women, there would be no church in …
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CCRI Discussion Forum 1
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In this first forum we're seeking to gain a global perspective of the issues of greatest concern to Christians today. From experience, the chances are slim that we are going to reform our church from the top down. The majority of bishops aren’t listening and are not likely to even want to. We have a far greater chance of change in our church from t…
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Interview with Fr. Joe Healey on Young Peoples Small Christian Communities
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A vast number of young people are moving away from the institutional Church and finding the best expression of their values and their Christianity is much more through social justice, climate justice, and environmental issues. The future of the Church for today's Millennials may well become Young Peoples Small Christian Communities. --- Send in a v…
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Interview with Dr. Paul Hwang from Seoul, Korea
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In this interview, we explore what is happening with Asian youth and how those interested in Christianity are seeking and finding their identity within the Church. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catholic-church-reform/message
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Interview with Allan De Neronha from India
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In this interview, Allan de Neronha from India, commonly known as chhotebhai, shares his insights into the Second Vatican Council and the impact it has had on the Church today. He is especially interested in the role of the laity as envisioned by this council. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catholic-church-refo…
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Interview with Allan de Neronha, part 2
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In this discussion, Allan de Neronha from India shares how we must move forward toward an adult Church with the people recognizing that they have the right to use their conscience in matters of faith and morals. Even though a couple may have left a bad marriage and are now living in a new and healthy relationship, why are far too many waiting for "…
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Interview with Fr. Joe Healey from Nairobi, Kenya on Small Christian Communities
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Fr. Joe Healey explains the explosion of small faith communities spreading around the world. He describes how they are conducted and how to join or begin one. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catholic-church-reform/message
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This series is an outreach to Christians looking for alternative ways to celebrate their faith in today's world. Whether you are looking for something more than just Sunday Mass or someone who has moved on from the institutional church completely, you will find insight and inspiration into these episodes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcas…
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