As I mentioned in the last couple of episodes, we're in the home stretch (at least for now) of the Raised Catholic podcast. Last week, I told the story of the podcast through the lens of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire as an allegory for the state of the Church and as a model for how an unlikely ministry sometimes finds us. This week I'll share my take on the state of the Church. If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow. Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode. Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself: 1. Raised Catholic 148 transcript and link to episode: The Gospel vs. Clericalism and Outside the Cup Catholicism 2. Raised Catholic 20 transcript and link to episode: Church People 3. Raised Catholic 121 transcript and link to episode: What We Have in Common 4. Article: A Love Letter to my Catholic Friends, by me, at Where Peter Is, from October, 2020 5. Article: Synod on synodality report is disappointing but not surprising, from National Catholic Reporter, from November, 2023 6. Text and video, from School for Synodality: Synod retreat meditations from Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP 7. Video: 60 Minutes Pope Francis interview with Norah O'Donnell 8. Article: Pope Francis intervenes at Synod, calls clericalism a 'scourge' that 'enslaves' God's people, from America Magazine 9. Video: Carpool scene from Mr. Mom "You're doing it wrong." 10. Article: 'Palpable outrage': Synod delegates react to women deacons study group meeting, from America Magazine Psalm 46:10: "He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" Translation from The Message: "Attention, all! See the marvels of GOD! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee. "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything."
