Talking about
the "things that matter most" on Apr. 15
4:00 – Pope Francis Chooses 8 Cardinal To Advise on Curial Reform In a signal that major reform may be on the horizon, the Vatican
announced Saturday that Pope Francis has formed a group of eight cardinals from
around the world to "advise him on the government of the universal
church" and "to study a project of revision" of a document from
John Paul II on the Roman Curia. At first blush, all these cardinals seem like
strong personalities. Several have voiced criticisms over the years about
various aspects of Vatican operations, while two, Cardinal Sean O'Malley of
Boston and Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, have played key roles in the
church's response to the child sexual abuse crisis. We talk to long-time
Vatican analyst John Allen
about the possible reforms and his recent trip to Argentina to talk with those
who know St. Francis best.
Years ago Frank
Beckwith coined the phrase “passive aggressive tyranny trick” in order
to point to a phenomenon that occurs in the public square, though most
frequently on college campuses. The trick is this: those who claim to be open
and tolerant to differing points of view seem hell bent on using the levers of
power to exclude any contrary perspectives within their communities. We have a
number of recent examples and Frank is here to discuss them.
4:40 – Detroit Free Press
Columnist / Editorial Rail on Church and Archbishop Vigneron / Canon Lawyer Ed
Peters
5:00 – AP Report: “Pope Francis
Supports Crackdown on US Nuns”
Here is how the first paragraph of the AP report goes: “The Vatican said Monday that Pope
Francis supports the Holy See's crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S.
nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the
nuns' own social outreach would take a different approach than his
predecessor.” Ann Carey,
author of Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unveiling of Women’s
Religious Communities.
5:20 – “42” – The Jackie Robinson
Story
In 1946, Branch Rickey put himself at the forefront
of history when he signed Jackie Robinson to the team, breaking Major League
Baseball's infamous color line. But the deal also put both Robinson and Rickey
in the firing line of the public, the press and even other players. Facing
unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous
courage and restraint by not reacting in kind, knowing that any incident could
destroy his and Rickey's hopes. Instead, Number 42 let his talent on the field
do the talking -- ultimately winning over fans and his teammates, silencing his
critics, and paving the way for others to follow. The movie is “42” and we talk
to the writer and director Brian
Helgeland
5:40 – Liverpool Care Pathway: The Road to Backdoor Euthanasia
Several years ago, bureaucrats at the United Kingdom’s National Health Service—a socialized system in which hospitals are funded and operated by the state—reacted to legitimate and widespread complaints from family members that their loved ones were dying in agony in NHS hospitals. In response, well-meaning pain-control experts created a protocol—known as the Liverpool Care Pathway—which, among other provisions, informed doctors when to apply a legitimate medical palliative intervention known as palliative sedation. Indeed, as so often happens in centralized systems, the bureaucratic remedy for one problem led to even worse trouble down the line. We talk to Wesley Smith about the road to backdoor euthanasia.
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