Catholic Charities USA Head: “We don’t have a choice to ignore the Gospel”

Jesuitical

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Joining Zac and Ashley on this week’s episode of “Jesuitical” is Kerry Robinson, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the domestic humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the United States. Kerry was recently awarded the Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor bestowed exclusively on American Catholics. Zac, Ashley and Kerry discuss: - Kerry’s family history of serving the Catholic Church - The importance of having more women in leadership positions in the church - How Kerry has navigated challenging political opposition to Catholic Charities’ work with migrants and refugees In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss the Supreme Court’s likelihood to side with Catholic Charities in a religious-rights case; and a recent article in The Economist about Carlo Acutis, who is set to be made the first “millennial saint” on Apr. 27, 2025. Links for further reading: Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, to receive 2025 Laetare Medal Catholic Charities USA: Working to Reduce Poverty in America Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case The secret life of the first millennial saint Zac’s NYC marathon Catholic Charities fundraiser You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical. Please consider supporting Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America magazine at americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast from American media for saints and sinners.
0:15.2	You can join us each week for honest conversations about the Catholic Church in our world today, sometimes over drinks.
0:21.3	I'm Ashley McKinless, and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:23.7	Great to be with you, Ashley.
0:24.6	Here to be here.
0:25.3	Lent's almost over.
0:26.1	I know.
0:26.9	You still keep into three tabs?
0:28.6	I am, yeah.
0:29.7	It's good.
0:30.1	How's the no using your credit card thing?
0:32.8	I've gotten used to it. I feel less awkward going up to the cash register and making them make change for me and
0:37.9	all of that. Well, with all these little exceptions you've built in for yourself, I can't imagine
0:42.5	it's that hard. So I'm glad that you stuck to it. All right. This week we have a really
0:50.3	fantastic conversation with a very good friend of the show, Carrie Robinson.
0:54.9	Carrie is the president and CEO of Catholic Charities, USA, the domestic humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the United States.
1:02.8	That's right. Carrie is one of these incredible people working in the church today.
1:06.6	You know, in our job, I feel like we are so incredibly lucky to get to talk to all these people doing
1:13.5	amazing work in the church, right?
1:15.3	Like a lot of times we're covering stories that let's just say make it feel not so awesome to be
1:19.9	Catholic sometimes.
1:20.9	But by and large, we just get to like shine a light on people doing incredible work all over
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