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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – October 2, 2024 – Hour 2

We discuss how the Eucharist can transform politics with Robert Dunn.

 

California sues Catholic hospital over allegedly refusing to provide an abortion

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing a Catholic hospital for allegedly refusing to provide an abortion to a patient. We learn more from Andrea Picciotti-Bayer.

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

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Don’t Miss Heart of a Servant – In Theatres One Night Only

Fr. Edward Flanagan’s life is one of heroic virtue, sanctity, and service. It’s being told in the new film Heart of a Servant: The Story of Father Flanagan, which will be in theatres for one night only on October 8. Producer Victoria McEachern joins us with more.

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The Eucharist and the Transformation of Politics

In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis calls politics “a lofty vocation and one of the highest forms of charity, inasmuch as it seeks the common good.” But if you ask most American voters, they’ll tell you that politics and charity couldn’t be further apart. We discuss how the Eucharist can help to transform politics with Robert Dunn.

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The Eucharist and the Transformation of Politics

 

Robert Dunn is the Director of the Office of Public Policy for the Diocese of Manchester and a McGrath Institute Mathis Liturgical Leader. His “Finding Communion” column in the Diocese of Manchester’s magazine Parable and a related “Finding Communion” podcast cover topics relating to the Eucharist and politics.

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