Welcome Back, LGBTQ+ Issues in the Church, and the Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David kick off season 11 with a look back at the summer break, and they explore the impact of the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II as well as recent policies from dioceses to exclude LGBTQ+ parishioners
Intro
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, in the shadow of the Space Needle
Podcasts David is working on include Things Not Seen, the Commonweal Magazine podcast, and Deacons Pod
Segment 1 - Welcome Back!
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David met in June at the St. Mary’s College Center for Spirituality
Fr. Daniel’s NCR column on COVID and getting back to running races
Winter Living Theology Lectures in South Africa
Information about the shingles vaccine
Trauma-informed school strategies during COVID-19
Developing a Spirituality of Resilience lecture series at St. Mary’s
If you’re in Chicago on Sep. 23rd join David for an evening of Songs Around the Fire at The Fireplace, a Franciscan intentional community in Hyde Park
Segment 2 - LGBTQ+ Issues in the Church
NCR article by Katie Collins Scott about the ‘culture of fear’ created by recent Catholic policies
Jessica Gerhardt’s column on how trans-inclusive feminism is compatible with Catholicism
Fr. Daniel on why Catholics should use preferred gender pronouns
NPR report on Vatican document “Male and Female Created He Them”
Fr. Daniel on the path to true dialogue in the Church
Fr. Daniel on the truth on so-called ‘gender ideology’
The Catholic Health Association
Transcript of Pope Francis’s speech to the United Nations
Segment 3 - The Death of Queen Elizabeth II
The BBC obituary for Queen Elizabeth II
Britain’s role in the Biafran war
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