The Shooting in Colorado Springs, the National Meeting of Bishops, and Looking Ahead to Advent

Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David look at the recent attack on the LGBTQ community in Colorado, the implications of the recent elections for leadership in the USCCB, and talk about the beginning of Advent

SEGMENT 1 - Shooting in Colorado Springs at LGBTQIA Nightclub

BBC reporting on the Club Q shooting

NPR report on the Pulse nightclub shooting

Catholic leaders respond to shooting

New Ways Ministry response to Archbishop Aquila’s anti-LGBTQ comments

Paulist Fathers’ statement on the Club Q shooting

Professor Larycia Hawkins - Correction - David said she now teaches at Union Seminary, but in fact she teaches at UVA

“Embodied Solidarity”

Gaudium Et Spes

NCR report on the Deacon from Livermore, CA

SEGMENT 2 - National Meeting of the USCCB

Overview of the USCCB meeting from CNS

Thomas Reese: USCCB ‘punts again’ on Faithful Citizenship document

NCR Editorial: Choice of ‘culture warrior’ is a mistake

The Church is a ‘communion of communions’

The synodal Church

The cuts to the Eucharistic Congress

SEGMENT 3 - Looking Ahead to Advent

Episode discussing Advent in 2015

Episode discussing Advent from 2020

Thomas Merton - Advent as ‘hope or delusion’ in Seasons of Celebration

Photo: Bob Roller | Credit: CNS photo/Bob Roller