Catholic Connection – April 13, 2023 – Hour 2
Teresa is live from EWTN Studios in Alabama. Fr. Mitch Pacwa talks about the FBI going undercover to investigate Catholics. Arielle Del Turco discusses attacks on churches increasing in 2023.
Segment 1 – Intro and News
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Segment 2 & 3 – FBI used undercover agent to investigate Catholics
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is a Jesuit priest, President and Founder of Ignatius Productions, world renowned lecturer, spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages, and EWTN host of television and radio shows. An accomplished biblical scholar and apologist, Father Pacwa, S.J. earned his Ph.D. in the Old Testament from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a Master of Divinity and S.T.B. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University. He speaks 12 languages, including Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Koine Greek.
FBI used undercover agent to investigate Catholics, says weaponization committee chairman
Segment 4 – FRC’s New Report Shows Escalating Attacks on Churches in First Three Months of 2023
“Family Research Council today released a new update to our December 2022 report, titled “Hostility Against Churches: Supplemental Report — First Quarter 2023.” The new report “indicates that criminal acts against churches have been steadily on the rise for the past several years, and the first quarter of 2023 has continued the upward trend. The first three months of 2023 saw approximately three times the number of acts of hostility perpetrated against churches in the same timeframe last year.”
Arielle Del Turco serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, where she is responsible for international religious freedom policy and advocacy efforts. Through research and analysis, she helps craft effective policy solutions and coordinates FRC’s advocacy on international religious freedom.Â
Segment 1 – Intro and News
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Segment 2 & 3 – FBI used undercover agent to investigate Catholics
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is a Jesuit priest, President and Founder of Ignatius Productions, world renowned lecturer, spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages, and EWTN host of television and radio shows. An accomplished biblical scholar and apologist, Father Pacwa, S.J. earned his Ph.D. in the Old Testament from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a Master of Divinity and S.T.B. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University. He speaks 12 languages, including Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Koine Greek.
FBI used undercover agent to investigate Catholics, says weaponization committee chairman
Segment 4 – FRC’s New Report Shows Escalating Attacks on Churches in First Three Months of 2023
“Family Research Council today released a new update to our December 2022 report, titled “Hostility Against Churches: Supplemental Report — First Quarter 2023.” The new report “indicates that criminal acts against churches have been steadily on the rise for the past several years, and the first quarter of 2023 has continued the upward trend. The first three months of 2023 saw approximately three times the number of acts of hostility perpetrated against churches in the same timeframe last year.”
Arielle Del Turco serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, where she is responsible for international religious freedom policy and advocacy efforts. Through research and analysis, she helps craft effective policy solutions and coordinates FRC’s advocacy on international religious freedom.Â
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