#426 – A Counterpoint on “Catholic Socialism”

The Counsel of Trent

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Recently Catholic podcaster William Hemsworth had Sam Rocha on to explain why Catholics can be socialists. He then invited Trent on to give a counterpoint response and ask him some tough questions about Catholicism and socialism.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.
0:12.3	I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.
0:15.7	It's been over a year since I had that debate with Sam Rocha on whether a Catholic can be
0:20.9	a socialist.
0:22.4	And I still see people talking about the debate or at least talking about the issue of Catholicism
0:27.3	and socialism online.
0:29.6	So it's definitely a very live issue.
0:32.6	And one that I enjoy talking about, I think that the intersection of our faith, ethics,
0:38.8	and economic theory is just really fascinating.
0:41.7	It's something I've always enjoyed reading about, so I wrote my book with Catherine Bricolic,
0:46.0	Kenneth Catholic, be a socialist.
0:47.4	The answer is no, here's why.
0:49.9	So that's been great.
0:51.4	And I was really excited then when William Hemsworth, who is a blogger at Pathy O's Catholic,
0:56.5	I think his blog is called in pursuit of holiness.
0:59.4	He also has a podcast as well.
1:01.3	And so he had invited Sam to come on to talk about why a Catholic can be a socialist.
1:07.5	And then he graciously invited me to come on to offer a counterpoint of why a Catholic
1:11.1	can't be a socialist.
1:12.2	So I would definitely recommend go to William's podcast.
1:16.5	I'll try to leave.
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