How a Southern Protestant learned to love Catholic social teaching

This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley welcome Lee C. Camp, a professor of theology and ethics at Lipscomb University, the author of Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians and the host of “No Small Endeavor,” a podcast that explores what it means to live a good life.

They discuss:

• Lee’s upbringing as a Protestant Christian in Alabama, and how his studies at the University of Notre Dame changed his views on the Catholic world
• Moral theology and the value of asking, “What does it mean to live a good life?”
• The importance of good, wholesome arguments in religious tradition

In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac talk about Pope Francis’ controversial decision to remove Bishop Joseph Strickland from his duties overseeing the diocese of Tyler, Tex. They then discuss the U.S. bishops more broadly, focusing on this week’s U.S.C.C.B. meeting in Baltimore and the conflicting assessments of the U.S. church put forth by various leaders.

Links from the show:

• Pope Francis removes Bishop Strickland of Diocese of Tyler, Texas
• Archbishop Broglio and Cardinal Pierre offer competing visions of synodality at bishops’ meeting
• Zac and Ashley’s appearance on “No Small Endeavor” 

What’s on tap?

Chimay Trappist ale

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