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Meet Cyrus Habib: the most interesting Catholic politician in Washington (State) Ep. 63

Jesuitical

America Media

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

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cyrus Habib is the 16th and current Lieutenant Governor of Washington State. Born in Baltimore, Md., Cyrus is a three-time cancer survivor and has been fully blind since he was 8-years-old. His parents immigrated to the United States from Iran before he was born, and he is both the first and only Iranian-American official to hold statewide elected office in the United States. We ask Cyrus how his Catholic faith shapes his public service and how citizens and politicians alike can work toward the common good in these polarized times. In Signs of the Times, during the royal wedding, Bishop Michael Curry name-dropped French Jesuit, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Who was this controversial Jesuit philosopher? Next, Pope Francis is creating 14 new cardinals, and a Seattle nun is taking on the gun industry—from the inside. Plus, Irish citizens are voting today on whether or not to repeal the Eighth Amendment, which recognizes that both mothers and unborn children have an equal right to life. We discuss why repealing the Eighth Amendment will be a step back for Ireland. Finally, following an investigation into the Chilean sexual abuse crisis, 34 bishops in Chile have offered their resignation. Sexual abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz said that during his meeting with the pope, Francis stated: “Juan Carlos, that you are gay doesn’t matter. God made you like this and loves you like this and it doesn’t matter to me. The pope loves you like this.” We discuss the impact of the pope’s comments. Make sure to check us out on Twitter @jesuiticalshow, and send us some feedback by emailing jesuitical@americamedia.org. You can support the show by joining our Patreon community. And we are also on Facebook! We love hearing from all of our listeners weekly, and we wanted to give you all the opportunity to not just continue talking with us but to get to know each other as well! If you haven’t joined yet, go do that. And a special shoutout to our sponsor, “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” written and directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Wim Wenders. Links from the show: Who was the Jesuit priest mentioned during the Royal Wedding sermon? Pope Francis announces that he will create 14 new cardinals in June Abuse victim says Pope Francis told him “being gay doesn't matter” All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations after meeting pope on abuse Meet the Seattle nun who infiltrated a gun company The Irish Exception What’s on tap?Substance, a Washington State wine, brought to us by Cyrus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You really look like an anchor right now.

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Police in Sacramento are looking for an arsonist with oddly shaped feet.

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I'm Zach Davis.

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Go.

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Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the unapologetically young, eagerly

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hip and wildly lay editors of American 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, and the news, often over drinks.

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I'm Ashley McKinless, and I'm joined by Olga Segura. Hey guys!

0:35.3

And Zach Davis. What's so funny? I was telling Ashley that I was going to try

0:40.6

something different this week where like you instead of saying hello I just go and you know I was on the train this morning

0:45.8

but I got nervous and just went with my usual hey guys hey I'm not saying it takes a lot of courage and creativity but a little so I understand

0:55.6

hello Ashley hello Olga great to be with you hi zak how you doing I'm great I just got back from a whirlwind trip to London

1:05.3

I didn't know that you were such a like fan of the

1:09.2

Royals I am not typically so more on this later

1:15.6

There's more to come on it's actually relates to my consolation for this week but my girlfriend Amanda had been there for a couple weeks for

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her job and I decided to go over sort of towards the end of her visit which happened

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to coincide with the royal wedding.

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And you brought us a presence.

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Yes, I've brought back, these were requested by our engineer, Angelo.

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They're jelly babies.

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Okay.

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