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Jeannie Gaffigan was told “Real Catholics vote for Trump.” Here’s how she responded. Ep. 154

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Do “real Catholics” have to vote for Donald J. Trump? That’s what Jeannie Gaffigan was hearing from Twitter trolls and loved ones alike following her husband Jim Gaffigan’s uncharacteristically profanity-laced tirade against the president and his supporters during the Republican National Convention.  This week, Jeannie, one half of the Gaffigan comedy duo and author of the book When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People, takes us back to that night and the examination of conscience it inspired. What was it like as a Mass-going mother of five to have her commitment to life challenged? What’s the best way to engage with friends and family across political divides?  In “Signs of the Times,” we discuss two pieces of news that came out of a newly released documentary about Pope Francis: an endorsement of same-sex civil unions and a sharp critique of the Trump administration’s family-separation border policy from Francis. (We recorded the conversation on Wednesday afternoon. The story behind Pope Francis’ comments about civil unions has developed since then, and more coverage can be found at americamagazine.org.) A reminder that we’ll be discussing Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti” in reading groups (over drinks) with all members of our Patreon community throughout the month of November. There’s still time to sign up to support the show and guarantee a spot in the reading group.  Links from the show:  Jeannie Gaffigan: My loved ones told me ‘real’ Catholics vote for Trump. Here’s my response. Pope Francis declares support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope Pope Francis calls Trump’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’ Plot thickens over origins of Pope Francis’ civil union endorsement Check out The Imagine Society What’s on tap:“Irish Coffee,” which means very different things to both Zac and Ashley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This podcast is brought to you by Ave Explorers, an initiative aimed at providing free Catholic content in ways that are meaningful to everyday Catholics.

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Keep listening at the end of the episode for more information on its new series Ave Explores the Saints. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

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America Media.

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That lay part means we aren't Jesuits, but we work with them.

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Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture,

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in the news, often over drinks.

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I'm Ashley McKinless, and I'm joined by Zach Davis.

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Hello Ashley, it's good to be with you.

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Good to have you.

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What's going on?

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Not too much.

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We've got a big show this week.

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It's been a busy day at work.

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Yeah.

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Some big news that we will get into in the SOT's but we're recording this on

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Wednesday so if you can think back a couple days in your brain you probably saw

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some Catholic news in your news feed yeah so we've been we've been working hard on that all day.

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Yeah and so I think we've earned earned the drink this week. What's on tap sack?

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Yes. So we're drinking Irish coffee which our guest this week had selected, she was looking for an upper Anna Downer,

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which she found an Irish coffee.

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But I think this is an important conversation to have because this will

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occasionally where we'll be in name drinking the same drink.

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