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Sister Simone Campbell on Paul Ryan, religious life, and the political issues driving her crazy right now Ep. 36

Jesuitical

America Media

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

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week, we talk with celebrity nun, Sister Simone Campbell. Sister Simone is the leader of the Nuns on the Bus and executive director of the NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice. We talk balancing spirituality with fame, women religious, Catholic feminism, Paul Ryan and more.  In Signs of the Times, next week is Halloween, and some women religious warn: sexy nun costumes aren’t funny. Half of U.S. citizens don’t think you need to believe in God to be a good person—what exactly does it mean to be good? Have you heard of the Palmarian Catholic Church? Well, Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and infamous for getting Catholicism wrong, has a new book out focusing on the creepy, Catholic sect (as a bonus, you guys get to hear about Zac’s schismatic church rabbit hole). Earlier this year, the Vatican released a survey in anticipation of next year’s Synod 2018 on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. The three of us took the survey ba [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ha! That's like your Jada kiss laugh.

0:04.3

Ha!

0:05.3

Hello and welcome to Jezovitical, a new podcast from the bitterly young,

0:11.6

delectably hip and fragrantly lay editors of America media.

0:15.2

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

0:18.2

Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture, and the news.

0:22.1

Often over drinks. Catholic take on faith, culture, and the news.

0:22.5

Often over drinks.

0:23.8

Oh, I gotta introduce everyone.

0:26.6

Sorry, I got so excited.

0:28.4

But that was perfect.

0:29.7

Thank you.

0:31.2

So I'm Oka Segura here with Zach Davis.

0:34.0

Hello everyone.

0:35.0

So that intro sounded a little different because Ashley's actually in Rome right now.

0:39.3

I know.

0:40.7

Did you hear that?

0:42.0

Did I hear what?

0:43.0

That was the sound of everyone who is a fan of Ashley just tuning out of the podcast.

0:48.0

But if Ashley is in fact the only reason that you listen to this show,

0:52.0

stay tuned because she will show up later in the podcast

0:55.4

because we recorded the interview section of this

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