WOF 253: Catholicism and Politics

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

God, Vogt, Catholicism, Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Barron, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Church

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

With the presidential election around the corner, Bishop Barron and Brandon Vogt consider principles that should inform our voting decisions. They also discuss a recent Pew Research Center report titled “8 facts about Catholics and politics in the U.S” and explore the voting guidance provided by the U.S. bishops through their document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.

A listener asks, what can a person of faith do that an atheist can’t do?

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0:00.0	you know, Elister, McIntyre a long time ago saw this problem.
0:02.9	We don't have a shared set of values often.
0:07.0	When you had that, then you could argue like,
0:08.6	well, hey, we all agree to X, Y, and Z.
0:11.4	Therefore, now we can fight about
0:14.3	prudential decisions under the eges of those values.
0:18.0	But when the values themselves are marginalized,
0:22.1	and my experience and feeling becomes the sole value,
0:25.8	well, then I can't read the argue.
0:27.2	All I can do is shout.
0:28.5	Welcome back to the Word on Fire show.
0:38.4	I'm Brandon Vat, the content director at Word on Fire.
0:41.5	Joining us from the Santa Barbara studio
0:43.5	is his excellency, Bishop Robert Barron,
0:45.8	Bishop Barron. Great to see you.
0:47.3	Hey, Brandon, good to see you.
0:48.6	It's a little hot here today in the studio.
0:50.6	I know you're warming up to Florida levels here, aren't you?
0:53.6	Yeah, it gets this warm very rarely out here,
0:56.5	because no one has air conditioning in Santa Barbara.
0:58.4	We don't really need it.
0:59.6	But on these really hot days, things get a little uncomfortable.
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