Show Notes
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac sit down with Colleen Dulle, America’s Vatican correspondent and host of the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, to speak about her new book, Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter.
Ashley, Zac and Colleen discuss:
- The spirituality of a Vatican reporter covering church scandals
- Colleen’s experience attending—and leaving—the Latin Mass
- Being present at Mass as a “professional Catholic”
In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac discuss Catholic reactions to the monumental Gaza ceasefire and the denial of religious leaders’ request to deliver Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Ill., ICE facility.
They also look at Pope Leo’s first major document, “Dilexi Te,” and the newest member of the Castel Gandolfo community: Proton, the pope’s new horse.
In “As One Friend Speaks to Another,” Zac talks about his relationship with Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt in the wake of her passing, as well as her years of pastoral work at Loyola Chicago.
Links for further reading:
Buy Colleen’s book “Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter”
Amid historic deal, Gaza pastor says little is left after ‘tsunami’ of destruction
Pope Leo pleads for a just peace as cease-fire in Gaza holds
Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility
Roundtable: Pope Francis began ‘Dilexi Te.’ Pope Leo completed it.
Pope Leo signs first exhortation, ‘Dilexi te,’ focused on love for the poor
Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians
Top 5 takeaways from Pope Leo’s first major document, ‘Dilexi Te’
Pope Leo ‘very happy’ to be gifted a horse from prestigious Polish stable
Sister Jean’s legacy: A life of faith, service and basketball
Sister Jean on Jesuitical
What you don’t know about Loyola’s Sister Jean
How Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean prays—on and off the court
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