Catching Up, Trump Indictments, the Climate Crisis, and the Season of Creation

Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David kick off season 13 with a look back at the non-stop events of the summer, including the four indictments (so far) against former President Donald Trump, and they look ahead to the upcoming Season of Creation, in light of our ongoing and worsening climate crisis.

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SEGMENT 1 - CATCHING UP

Heidi - New job title

Very busy summer at NCR

LA Dodgers and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Heidi’s column and CNN interview

Rogue bishops - Bp. Strickland of Tyler, Bp. Sitka of Knoxville

Brian Fraga’s coverage of Bp. Sitka’s resignation

Carmelite nuns controversy, covered at Global Sisters Report

Francis’s abdominal surgery announced 21 new cardinals

New head of CDF

“Todos! Todos! Todos!”

Restructuring of Franciscan provinces

International Thomas Merton Society

“Tuesdays with Merton”

Marianist keynote speech in St. Louis

Changing social media landscape

Fr. Daniel’s column on taking a break from social media

Heidi on Instagram

“Barbenheimer”

Cathleen Kaveny’s NCR column on Barbie

SEGMENT 2 - The Trump Indictments

Prison abolition overview

MSNBC commentary about the mug shot

Georgia’s unique history of clemency and pardons

Fr. Daniel’s column on watching the January 6 hearings in South Africa

“White House Plumbers” on HBO

Brian Fraga’s coverage of Jenna Ellis, special counsel to Thomas More Society

Lutheran pastor among the indicted

Adam Kotsko commentary

Treating politics as a blood sport

SEGMENT 3 - Climate Crisis and Season of Creation

Greta Thunberg - “Our House is On Fire” speech at Davos

Record temperatures

Follow-up to Laudato Si’

Timothy K. Beal - When Time is Short

Pope Francis cautions against giving up and doing nothing

Carbon offsets for AC and air travel

Relation of meat to climate crisis

Link of climate crisis and environmental refugees

New Yorker article about Elon Musk

Montana trial about life issues