Podcasts by Catholic Church Reform Intl
This series is intended to reach out to Christians searching for new and creative ways to live their faith. It doesn't matter whether you are looking for something more than Sunday Mass or whether you've left the institutional church all together. We welcome you if you are appalled with the clerical sex abuse crisis, or perhaps feeling excluded due to being divorced and remarried, maybe a young adult who feels your life experiences in today's world are not being addressed, or you're simply seeking a more personal community.
Further podcasts by Rene Reid
Podcast on the topic Religion und Spiritualität
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Interview with Sr. Simone Campbell regarding voting as a Catholic Christian from 2020-10-05T16:02:06
So many Catholics have been taught that voting is a single-issue responsibility. But Pope Francis has advised voters not to ignore injustice or act as though one issue is more important than oth...
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Interview with Dr. Anthony Massimini from 2020-04-09T18:45:01
Dr. Massimini shares his insights into how we grow up and become mature Christians in today's world. He reflects on the fact that it is our job as Christians to assume far greater responsi...
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Interview with Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of the Catholic social justice group NETWORK from 2020-03-18T14:42:06
In this episode, Sister discusses the coming 2020 presidential election. She points out the similarity of the healthcare plans proposed by the various candidates and how it is primarily cost tha...
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Interview with Virginia Saldanha about the issue of women in the church today from 2020-03-04T20:27:15
Virginia has worked professionally her whole life for the cause of women in the Church. In this interview, representing Voices of Faith, she invites all of us to participate in the March 8, 2020...
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Love, Sex, and the Joy of Amoris Laetitia from 2020-02-25T00:34:53
This episode introduces a discussion on family life as presented in the papal exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the Joy of Love. It discusses its perspective on such critical issues as divo...
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Interview with Reverend Tony Flannery from 2020-02-04T23:18:02
Fr. Tony Flannery, from Ireland, is a religious writer and Roman Catholic Redemptorist priest who was suspended by the Vatican in 2012. He was told by the Vatican that he would be allowed ...
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Interview with Tina Beattie regarding women's struggle for equality in the Church from 2020-01-20T16:11:12
Tina Beattie, a professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University in London, discusses the major challenges facing women in the Church today. She evaluates the setbacks of the papacies of J...
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Interview with Dr. William D'Antonio who has been a professor of sociology and anthroology and author of numerous books including American Catholic Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church from 2020-01-18T18:01:08
Dr. Antonio shares his insights about our changing church leaving behind the days of church attendance through blind obedience and fear of hell. Today's Catholic - those who still attend church ...
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Interview with Justice Anne Burke who chaired the lay National Review Board for the protection of children and young people from 2019-12-05T17:59:19
Anne Burke shares her experience while investigating clerical sex abuse cases. Much of her life has led her to work on behalf of young people whom she advises that the most important way to live...
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Interview with Anne Bennett Doyle regarding her work as director of Bishops Accountability from 2019-11-27T04:49:41
Anne shares her 16 years of experience as director of www.BishopsAccountability.org. She has reviewed more than 100,000 pages of reports about pedophile priests and bishops who covered up for th...
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Interview with Fr. Gerry Berchard from 2019-11-27T04:28:44
Fr. Gerry shares his philosophy of being a longtime pastor of his parish and his co-founding of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. He later founded Elephants in the Living Room. At the bi...
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Follow up interview with Fr. Tom Reese about the outcomes of the Amazonian Synod from 2019-11-02T16:56:55
Fr. Reese discusses the key topics that resulted from this synod. The Bishops voted to recommend to the the pope that already married men be ordained to serve in the most remote areas of the Ama...
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Interview with Pamela Perry who discusses her Parishioners' Call website from 2019-10-30T22:14:21
Pamela Perry from Salisbury England shares her faith journey of being raised in the Anglican church and, as an adult, converting to Roman Catholicism where she has become a forceful defender for...
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Interview with Martha and Gert Heizer from Austria from 2019-10-30T03:22:30
Martha and Gert Heizer were excommunicated for holding a Eucharistic liturgy in their home without a priest. The couple openly discusses why it is necessary to have a presider who is called to a...
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Interview with Thomas Doyle about clergy sexual abuse from 2019-10-24T00:46:50
Tom, a former Dominican priest, left the priesthood to stand with victims of clergy sexual abuse. He explains the reason for the cover-up was, sadly, not to protect the victims but rather to pro...
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Interview with Peter Wilkinson discussing the Plenary Council being held in Australia from 2019-10-17T00:19:13
Dr. Peter Wilkinson explains how the Plenary Council to be held in 2020 and 2021 came to be organized, who will participate in the Council, and the hopes of the lay Faithful in its outcome.
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Interview with Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan re Roman Catholic Women Priests from 2019-10-10T19:19:22
Bridget describes her calling and ordination as a woman Catholic priest and how the movement is growing today. She has no aspiration for being recognized as part of the church hierarchy but rath...
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Interview with Fr. Thomas Reese regarding the Amazonian Synod October 2019 from 2019-10-04T16:57:14
In this interview, our guest discusses the forthcoming synod taking place. It will focus on: the victimization of the indigenous people in the Amazon, adapting Christianity and the sacraments to...
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Interview with Massimo Faggioli: the political culture of the Catholic Church from 2019-09-27T16:05:16
In this interview, our guest shares his insights into the politics of the Church and the necessity of the laity to reclaim their rightful place in it. In addressing the clerical sex abuse crisis...
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Interview with Nontando Hadebe: why the works of women theologians are ignored by the various Bishops Synods from 2019-09-26T17:39:43
In this interview, we explore with Nontando Hadebe, a woman theologian from South Africa, why the Bishops Synods on the Family did not engage the work of women theologians who have for many year...
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CCRI Discussion Forum 1 from 2019-09-23T17:34:25
In this first forum we're seeking to gain a global perspective of the issues of greatest concern to Christians today. From experience, the chances are slim that we are going to reform our church...
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Interview with Fr. Joe Healey on Young Peoples Small Christian Communities from 2019-09-19T03:26:02
A vast number of young people are moving away from the institutional Church and finding the best expression of their values and their Christianity is much more through social justice, climate ju...
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Interview with Dr. Paul Hwang from Seoul, Korea from 2019-09-19T01:30:07
In this interview, we explore what is happening with Asian youth and how those interested in Christianity are seeking and finding their identity within the Church.
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Interview with Allan De Neronha from India from 2019-09-15T16:57:20
In this interview, Allan de Neronha from India, commonly known as chhotebhai, shares his insights into the Second Vatican Council and the impact it has had on the Church today. He is espec...
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Interview with Allan de Neronha, part 2 from 2019-09-15T15:11:28
In this discussion, Allan de Neronha from India shares how we must move forward toward an adult Church with the people recognizing that they have the right to use their conscience in matters of ...
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Interview with Fr. Joe Healey from Nairobi, Kenya on Small Christian Communities from 2019-09-05T00:13:33
Fr. Joe Healey explains the explosion of small faith communities spreading around the world. He describes how they are conducted and how to join or begin one.
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Introduction from 2019-09-05T00:00:51
This series is an outreach to Christians looking for alternative ways to celebrate their faith in today's world. Whether you are looking for something more than just Sunday Mass or someone who h...
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