What's behind the growth of the satanic temple, Carla Broussard, next?

Welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for Living,

Understanding, and defending your Catholic faith.

I'm Cy Kellett, your host, and there has been some news out about the growth of the

satanic temple.

So we thought we'd tackle the satanic temple, its teachings, what it is, and from a Catholic

perspective and give it a fair consideration, especially if something's growing.

We want to address it and see what we can accept about it and what we need to challenge about it.

And so let me just give you a little of the news.

In late September, in the Huffington Post, there was an article from this woman who describes herself

as a suburban soccer mom about why she had joined the satanic temple.

The headline was, The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pushed me to join the satanic temple.

Jamie Smith was her name, and she describes her... the satanic temple.

Jamie Smith was her name, as she describes herself as a 40-something attorney and mother who

lives in a quiet neighborhood with a yard and a garage full of scooters and soccer balls.

Well, of course that got a lot of attention when soccer moms are becoming

Satan worshippers that gets a lot of attention. In October a midshipman over at the

Naval Academy who's a member of the sat Temple, got the Academy to provide a room on campus

for midshipmen who are interested in the satanic temple to discuss the group.

And then I've got this new story out of Seattle amid pious

protests Satanists conduct a ritual on the capital steps. Congregants

from the Seattle-based

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