Episode 55: 55 Thank You. Smiley Face. with Fr James Martin
Catching Foxes
Luke and Gomer
4.8 • 769 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2016
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The editor-at-large for America Magazine and author of numerous books on the faith, we interview Fr James Martin, SJ. From corporation living to Jesuit Order, he tells us why he left the world of finance for p;overty, chastity and obedience. We also dives into what the 12 years of Jesuit formation is like, which is crazy fascinating and sounds exhausting.
Then we break into the topic of Pope Francis. We talk about his Jesuitness, what it did for the Jesuits internally, and his relationship to the last two popes. This leads us into a great discussion of a common theme here on Catching Foxes: the division of Catholics into Conservative and Progressive, Right and Left, blah blah blah.
Finally, we talk about haters on Twitter who call him a heretic for his more controversial tweets, and how he deals with it. ("I can't come to Compline, there's someone wrong on the Internet!")
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| 0:00.0 | So you probably haven't heard of our podcast. |
| 0:03.3 | So for one, thank you for just even taking the time at your day to come on. |
| 0:09.6 | You will probably find that we're not good interviewers, if that's even a word. |
| 0:15.5 | We just like to chat about things. |
| 0:16.7 | So there really is no real introduction, although we can't if you want to or if Gomer wants to. |
| 0:22.6 | He always wants to. |
| 0:23.7 | I just like to dive into it. |
| 0:32.3 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Father James Martin. |
| 0:38.2 | He's a genuine priest's cultural editor of America magazine and author of numerous books, |
| 0:42.6 | including My Life with the States, which publisher weekly named one of the best books in 2006. |
| 0:47.7 | Father Martin is a frequent commenter in the national and international media, |
| 0:50.4 | having appeared in sister-verse outlets as the Comberra rapport. |
| 0:53.3 | Fresh air is the O'R-R-Lay Factor. News Hour with Jim Lillera-R-R-R-R-R outlets as the Comerre rapport. Fresh air, the O'Reilly Factor. News Hour with |
| 0:56.0 | Jim Lillererrorerrorer |
| 0:57.1 | The New York Times, |
| 0:58.3 | Wall Street Journal, the Boston Glue. |
| 1:00.6 | Ladies and gentlemen, |
| 1:01.8 | Mr. Father, Reverend |
| 1:03.2 | Jordan. |
| 1:07.4 | I think |
| 1:08.0 | that's how we should introduce them. |
| 1:12.1 | Okay, and what are your, what are your backgrounds? |
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