Person of the Year, Joy of evangelizing, Catholic health care, Trappistine solar power
Today’s topics: Person of the Year, Joy of evangelizing, Catholic health care, Trappistine solar power
Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, Gregory Tracy, and Fr. Roger Landry look at the headlines of the week, including Pope Francis being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year; Pope Francis’ dream of missionary transformation and the joy of evangelizing; a lawsuit by the ACLU against the US bishops for holding hospitals to Catholic ethical and moral standards; and a Trappistine abbey sets up a solar power farm to power the town of Franklin.
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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott
Today’s guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Roger Landry, pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River
Links from today’s show:
- The Anchor
- The Pilot
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Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot’s and The Anchor’s websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links.
- “Pope Francis is third pope to win Time’s Person of the Year honor”, Catholic News Service, 12/12/13
- Pope Francis as Time Man of the Year, Aleteia Interview, December 11, 2013 via Aleteia
- Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel), Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis
- “Pope Francis’ Dream of the Missionary Transformation of the Church, The Anchor, December 13, 2013”, CatholicPreaching.com
- “The joy of evangelizing”, Fr. Robert Barron, Catholic News Agency, 12/6/13
- “USCCB president says ACLU lawsuit over directives ‘baseless, misguided’”, Catholic News Service, 12/9/13
- Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
- “Ethicist sees ‘informed consent’ at issue in ACLU suit, not directives”, Catholic News Service, 12/9/13
- Mount Saint Mary Abbey, Wrentham
- Trappistine Candy
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