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The Gloria Purvis Podcast — 85 episodes
Three Catholic bishops on civilizing our political dialogue
What does it mean to vote with a formed conscience?
We don’t need to stop being angry in order to forgive
Why birth should be free in the U.S.
How should Catholic institutions make reparations for the sin of slavery?
A conversation about sex and gender
Cornel West and Robert George celebrate Black history
Black Mardi Gras Pays Homage to Friendship with Native Americans
Should we be wary of ‘Catholic Integralism’?
What is mental illness and how should people of faith treat it?
Modern day slavery at the Super Bowl
The true story of 16 Carmelite nuns who sang all the way to the French guillotine
The future of the March for Life in a post-Roe America
Did St. Paul really expect women to be submissive to men?
The harm caused by Kanye West cannot be ignored by Catholics
Why the church needs women to interpret the Bible
Gloria interviews Pope Francis
Thank you listeners! A special message from Gloria Purvis
The importance of personal parishes for Black Catholics
Fr. August Thompson-the Black Catholic priest that inspired Thomas Merton
Why Archbishop Cordileone condemns the death penalty
An honest look at slavery in the Christian tradition
Racism in our hospitals
How the Catholic imagination can preserve the lost art of reading
Capital punishment promises retribution, restorative justice offers healing
What are the anti-woke crusaders missing?
What the Bible can tell us about race in heaven
How is our data safeguarded in the church?
The bishop leading the ‘Eucharistic Revival’ is piercing hearts and slashing budgets
A message from Gloria Purvis to listeners
On justice issues, is the church a moral first responder or a funeral director?
How a ministry of presence is changing the way Alabamians fight poverty and mass incarceration
Missing persons of color should be a pro-life issue for Catholics
How to advocate for your loved one in the ICU
The mental health toll of mass shootings and why we must name the evil of racism.
Archbishop Cordileone explains why he will bar Nancy Pelosi from Communion
How fear is being used to politicize and weaponize the Catholic Church
What would a post-Roe world look like?
Pro-choice advocates often appeal to reproductive freedom. But freedom without real choice is coercion.
The long battle for hair freedom in the United States
A Haitian immigrant will be the next bishop of Charleston
What Catholics need to know about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
A theology of womanhood that preserves sex, but has fun with gender
How Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s qualifications came under attack
The Catholic church shut its doors on Black Americans. But we can still be made new.
Dred Scott’s descendant, Lynne Jackson, has a lot to teach us about racial reconciliation
Catholics need to hear anti-racist preaching at Mass. This is what that sounds like.
Wokism, prophetic anger, and the new appointment of Archbishop Shelton Fabre
How dating apps are impacting Catholic relationships
How people of faith should (and should not) think about depression
This Catholic bishop is on a mission to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
What one Irish Catholic family gained (and lost) from white privilege
Why the pro-life movement struggles to reach Black people
Can immigration policy in the United States be considered pro-life?
How faith leaders can help prevent the next insurrection
Why an icon depicting Jesus as a Black man was stolen from a Catholic university
Catholics should be worried about where the Democratic party is headed
Young people struggle with Catholic teachings–and that's ok.
These Black Catholics were spurned by the church–now they're on the path to sainthood
Do Catholic hospitals turn away women in crisis pregnancies?
In the movements for racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter is asking, "where is the church?"
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is concerned about Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi’s souls
Catholics: we need to talk about our bad experiences in Confession
For women to be free, they must be free to be women.
Vaccine conspiracy theories and anti-semitism in Catholic communities
Activists changed a historically racist street name in Atchison, Kansas. Why didn't local Catholics support it?
The political categories of "right" and "left" don't belong in the Catholic Church
How to criticize the Pope and remain Catholic
Why the classic texts of the ancient world are polarizing us today
Texas' abortion ban and systemic sexism against women
Becoming woke changed Sr. Helen Prejean's life
Can Catholics be honest about the sins of their Saints?
How vaccines became a battle line in the Catholic culture war
After the deadliest attack on Latinos in American history, Bishop Seitz called this evil by name: racism.
How to be on social media without losing your soul
Catholics were misled about the traditional Latin Mass–and their pain is real
Canada’s racial reckoning: The Catholic Church’s role in the colonization and destruction of Indigenous lives
What if you are wrong?–How to engage with opposing ideas and beliefs
What Catholics need to know about Critical Race Theory
Should President Biden be denied the Eucharist?
How race influences our Catholicism—whether we know it or not
A dangerous culture of celebrity priests is emerging on social media
We need to talk about our Catholic seminaries
George Floyd's murder demanded more from the Catholic Church
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