Catholic Connection – Nov. 21, 2024 – Hr 2
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. talks about a recent letter by Pope Francis on studying Church history. Dr. Monica Miller reflects on the Presidential election result, pro-lifers currently in prison, and her latest book, “In the Beginning.”
Segment 1 – Intro and News
Segment 2 & 3 – Cultural Connection
Pope: Church history cannot be reduced to mere chronological facts
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.
Segment 4 –In the Beginning: Crucial Lessons for Our World from the First Three Chapters of Genesis
“In the Beginning by Monica Migliorino Miller (author of Abandoned) takes you through a unique reading of the first three chapters of Genesis, unfolding the richness of the divinely revealed creation story and what it has to say about God, the world, and the destiny of mankind. Those first three chapters of Genesis aren’t a literal play-by-play of how the universe came to be; neither are they mere mythical poetry or a purely symbolic re-imagining of scientific events beyond the comprehension of “primitive” peoples. Rather, as Miller shows, they are the revelation of cosmic truths that obliterate the prevailing pagan mindset. From the first ray of light to the aftermath of the Fall, God is telling the world that things will be different now.”” She joins us today.
Dr. Monica Miller is Director of Citizens for a Pro-life Society, teacher of theology at Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor and Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and the author of several books, including “The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church” (Emmaus Road) and “Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars” (St. Benedict Press).
