Should Catholics be vegetarians? (Also, should Nancy Pelosi have been denied Communion?)

Jesuitical

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🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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If we are what we eat, how could our consumption habits not be morally fraught? This week’s guest, Robert Cruz, believes they are, and he wants Catholics to be more intentional about what goes on their dinner plates. Working in the meat department of his local grocery store opened Robert’s eyes to the way meat is processed, marketed and sold—and inspired him to start a small regenerative farm on his own property. We ask Robert what Catholic social teaching says about ethical eating, how eating chickens he raised himself changed his relationship to food and animals, and why fake meat is not the morally superior option many vegetarians assume it to be. In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley weigh in on Archbishop Salvator Cordileone’s decision to bar Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Communion because of her “aggressive” support for abortion rights. Plus, Pope Francis has named a new U.S. cardinal: Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego. Links from the show: Archbishop Cordileone on barring Nancy Pelosi from Communion: ‘I cannot in my conscience allow the situation to continue.’ Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego Dear Catholic vegetarians: Eating fake meat isn’t going to save the planet. Regenerative Farmers of America Join Jesuitical in Italy! What’s on tap? Old Fashioned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.4	join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture in the news. Often over drinks.
0:53.4	I'm Ashland the Kinliss and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:55.6	And it's good to be back.
0:57.7	My absence was noted by me.
0:59.6	I don't know if anyone else did.
1:00.8	But I had a great vacation, spent some time in France we're going to talk
1:03.7	about that a little bit later in the show but was what rested I want to thank
1:07.1	producer Sebastian Gomes for filling in dutifully in my absence so yeah he made it look really easy I don't know why it took us
1:16.4	three years to figure out how to podcast I know I know and I feel replaceable is what I'm saying
1:22.0	that's a good you know it's good place to keep a little fire under you.
1:25.0	Absolutely, that's right, that's right.
1:27.0	It's coming for this spot in the chair.
1:28.0	But we got a great show coming up.
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