Behind the Encyclical

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ssistant producer of audio and video at AmericaMedia Colleen Dulle interviewed Austen Ivereigh about Pope Francis’ latest and very personal book. The book personalizes his most recent encyclical. As pope Francis may not have had time to bring to light his “personal Covids." A video excerpt of her "Inside the Vatican" podcast follows.

Lamb and Francis

On the “Inside the Vatican” podcast Colleen Dulle conversed with Christopher Lamb. Mr. Lamb’s recent book explores the opposition Pope Francis receives as he reforms the church. On the podcast: Neither liberal nor conservative, the pope is radical, said Mr. Lamb.

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Attitudes Shifted with Laudato Si!

Two “Princeton University doctoral candidates in political science…recently released a paper studying the impact of “Laudato Si’.” On the America Magazine podcast, Inside the Vatican, Colleen Dulle conversed with authors Sam Winter-Levy and Bryan Schonfeld. They found a “significant shift” in opinion after the publication of Francis’ encyclical: “churchgoing Catholics [believe] that climate change is real and caused by humans, and that there is a moral imperative to take action on it.”

In addition to the link to their conversation, the article contains links to read more, including the full paper.

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Fighting Fear

Mitch Albom is an internationally best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster, philanthropist, and musician. Mitch podcasts “The Tuesday People Podcast.” He and his producer decided to replace Tuesday’s scheduled podcast with one devoted to “Fighting Fear In A Coronavirus World.”  Their purpose: “to put fear into its place” [5:39] and help us recognize how we may be "feeding our fear" [27:12]. 

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