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Pádraig Ó Tuama — Belonging Creates and Undoes Us Both
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and extraordinary healer in our world of fracture. He leads the Corrymeela community of Northern Ireland, a place that has offered refuge since the violent...
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[Unedited] Richard Rohr with Krista Tippett
Men of all ages say Richard Rohr has given them a new way in to spiritual depth and religious thought — through his writing and retreats. This conversation with the Franciscan spiritual teacher delves...
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[Unedited] Marie Howe with Krista Tippett
The moral life, Marie Howe says, is lived out in what we say as much as what we do. She became known for her poetry collection “What the Living Do,” about her brother’s death at 28 from AIDS. Now she...
View ArticleMaking Peace With My Father, With Help From Dante
Writer Rod Dreher on how his faith compelled him to return home in search of forgiveness.
View ArticleAs Trump Meets the Pope, American Catholics Watch Closely
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Earlier today, President Trump met with Pope Francis at the Vatican as part of his first trip overseas. A public handshake and photo op was...
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[Unedited] Martin Sheen with Krista Tippett
The renowned actor as you’ve never heard him before. He has appeared in over 100 films, including Apocalypse Now. He’s best known on television as President Bartlet in “The West Wing.” But Martin...
View ArticleIn Australia, A New Chapter in the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. A new chapter in the Catholic sex abuse scandal may be unfolding. Cardinal George Pell, who is based in the Vatican and considered the...
View Article#AskTheMayor; Trump Asks if West Has the 'Will to Survive'; Biking and...
Coming up on today's show:Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.According to a speech President Trump gave Thursday in Poland the West is in...
View ArticleDisgraced Former Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law, Dead at 86
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentCardinal Bernard Law, the archbishop of Boston who was forced to resign back in 2002 in the wake of a major clergy child sex abuse scandal, died...
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[Unedited] David Steindl-Rast with Krista Tippett
Mysticism is the birthright of every human being, says Br. David Steindl-Rast. He speaks of the anatomy and practice of gratitude as full-blooded, reality-based, and redeeming. Now in his 90s, he has...
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Mary Karr — Astonished by the Human Comedy
“A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.” Mary Karr has a captivating ability to give voice to what is funny in life’s most heartbreaking moments. She is beloved for her...
View ArticleBeyond Belief
What do you do when someone tells you something you know to be false, and yet...you can just tell they're telling the truth? Chaotic GoodMalaclypse was part of a dangerous anarchist group. They stole,...
View ArticleSigns, Wonders And Fates Fulfilled | With Linda Cardellini, Snap #918 -...
When Stephanie Saldana was 27 years old, she thought her calling was to become a nun. But at a monastery in the Syrian desert, she met a monk who made her rethink everything.This story comes to us from...
View ArticleHundreds of 'Predator Priests' and Decades of Sexual Abuse Covered Up in...
The Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the release of a scathing 880-page report detailing decades of child sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church in six of the state’s...
View ArticleHundreds of 'Predator Priests' and Decades of Sexual Abuse Covered Up in...
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General released a grand jury report on Tuesday documenting decades of child sexual abuse by over three hundred Catholic priests in the state. We discuss the findings of the...
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[Unedited] Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson with Krista Tippett
Pádraig Ó Tuama and Marilyn Nelson are beloved teachers to many. To bring them together at the On Being Gathering was a delight and a balm. Marilyn is a poet and professor and contemplative, an...
View ArticleNew York, New Jersey Launch Investigations into Catholic Dioceses
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state Thursday as part of a broadening civil investigation into the handling of sex abuse allegations by...
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[Unedited] Frances Kissling with Krista Tippett
From abortion activist to bridge person. Questions to break out of intractable polarization. Wisdom beyond the news cycle. “What is it in your own position that gives you trouble? What is it in the...
View ArticleSins of the Fathers
In Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, the Catholic church had a problem with Jesuit priests sexually abusing children. The church’s first solution was to send the priests to remote Native villages, but...
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When A Banker Was Called To The Convent
Sister Josephine Garrett grew up Baptist and worked her way up the corporate ladder—eventually becoming a vice president at Bank of America, where she managed a few hundred employees. But after...
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