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‘The Keepers’ isn’t easy to watch. Here’s why you should anyway. Ep. 22

Jesuitical

America Media

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

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What is it about habits and cassocks that capture the imagination of even secular audiences? Mix those priests and nuns with a murder mystery and you’ve got a ready-made hit. Netflix’s Emmy-nominated documentary series “The Keepers,” begins with the story of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a beloved Catholic high school teacher, who was murdered in 1969 and whose case remains unsolved. But it quickly evolves into something much larger: an excruciating investigation into clerical sex abuse at the school. This week, we talk to Nick Ripatrazone about the series—and ask why it is important for Catholics to watch shows and films that expose the church’s sins. And in Signs of the Times, a message from the Holy Father: Stop complaining! At least to the pope. Save it for the Lord; he’s much more patient. Next, a Catholic priest in [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Judge Whiticle a new podcast from the

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transparently young transgressionally young transgressionively hip and

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transcendently lay editors of America media.

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That lay part means we aren't Jesuits,

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but we work with them.

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Join us each week for a smart Catholic take

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on faith culture and the news,

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often over drinks. I'm Ashley

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McKinnless and I'm joined by Olga Segura. Hi guys and Zach David.

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Hello world. How you guys doing? Pretty good.

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Great. Great.

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I'm enjoying a nice cool beverage.

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I was going to ask you what's on tap sack.

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So today we are drinking Leimachello.

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Thank you Jason's mom for the

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for these wonderful drinks. They're quite good.

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All right, who's our guests?

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So this week we're talking with Nick Rapatrazone,

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who is a writer that covers everything from books to film to sports and he really finds God and Catholicism in all things which is pretty great.

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In his latest article for America titled In Netflix is The Keepers a nuns unsolved murder tears apart a Catholic

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community he covers the recently Emmy nominated series directed by Ryan White so we decided

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to bring him on and talk about the series and the responses from both Catholic and secular

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