Bishop Strickland, the Voting Rights Act in peril, and an interview with timone davis
Happy Thanksgiving! Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David look at the recent ouster of Tyler, Texas Bishop Strickland, and what it might mean for the growing divisions in the Church. Then they look at a recent court battle over voting rights in Arkansas, and what it might mean for the upcoming election. Finally, Heidi interviews theologian and professor timone davis about gratitude and the vital importance of having everyone at the table
INTRO
Ilia Delio lecture
Conference at Oblate School of Theology
AAR/SBL
SEGMENT 1 - Bishop Strickland
Vigano
Altman
Brian Fraga’s reporting at NCR
Strickland’s ‘radicalization’
Was this an irregular removal? No.
Pennsylvania case
Diocese of Memphis case - Bishop Stitka
Diocese of Fort Worth issues between Bishop and women religious
NCR reporting on the recent USCCB conference
After Truth and “alternative facts”
The “digital magisterium” and the problem of locality
The “toothpaste is out of the tube”
Council of Jerusalem
“It’s dialogical and synodal”
SEGMENT 2 - Voting Rights Act
Fr. Paddy Gilger at Loyola University Chicago: “de-democratization”
Individuals practicing democracy through both the public sphere and in our spirituality
Former President Trump’s recent anti-democratic comments
Who is being named by the phrase “our citizens”?
Qui bono? Who benefits?
Gaudium Et Spes paragraph 4: “Interpret the signs of our times in the Light of the Gospel”
The USCCB did not discuss these threats to democracy in their recent meeting
We are many parts, one body. We are equal in baptism.
Matthew 23: “Woe to you!”
Synodality and the message of Lumen Gentium: Church teaching is not uni-directional. This is meant to be a dialogical process
Segment 3 - Interview with Dr. timone davis
Dr. davis’s profile at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies
Dr. davis’s book, Intergenerational Catechesis