A Closer Look
Summary: A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and medical bioethics. Sheila and her guests put the news of the day into sharp focus from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
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Podcasts:
Dr. Tom Farr: concern that religious minorities are placed at the end of the line for available COVID care in Asia, Middle East, Africa; Catholics must be vigilant in monitoring restrictions on religious freedom; pandemic crisis justifies curtailing religious freedom, but governments must lift bans as soon as possible. Rhonda Gruenewald: Houston based Vocation Ministry […]
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: Moral guidance on providing care during a pandemic; the impossible ethics of pandemic triage: is there a formula for deciding which patients doctors try to save?; medical ethics doctor issues ‘Call to Action’ open letter to medical students; mental health issues & advice during pandemic crisis. Caller, Richard: Daughter is nurse. Told […]
Serrin Foster: During COVID crisis, women who are overwhelmed as caregivers need to know there’s help for them to work, learn, live and love better; how to work from home, talk to children about scary news, keep up with elderly loved ones, set up ‘stay home dates’, care for your own mental health; stay safe. […]
Fr. Rocky Hoffman: Positives & negatives of quarantine for average Americans; RR as and “essential” business because of broadcasting, news, updates & also ‘essential’ for Catholics to stay connected to Christ and His Church; Churches closed on Divine Mercy Sunday, but RR is open and “all are welcome.” Mass, chaplet, rosary on Divine Mercy Sunday. […]
Justin Reeder, Denise Harle: ‘Love Life USA’ director, ADF legal counsel explain Greensboro police arrest of four men on prayer walk outside an abortion clinic (apparently still considered an essential service), lawsuit stating religious organizations don’t forfeit their constitutional rights during times of crisis. Mallory Quigley: Susan B. Anthony pro-life organization warns Americans about ‘the […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer: Coronavirus: Christian foundations for ‘suffering well’; negative reaction is about perspective; the connection between the Cross and the Resurrection; contending with suffering in the short term, benefiting from suffering in the long term; the light at the end of the tunnel. Father addresses caller, Cathy from Minnesota: Governor Cuomo said it was […]
Dr. Meg Meeker: Coronavirus: What to do as a parent; children look to parents for important information, instructions on what to do, and to know their family is going to be ok; family dynamics during nationwide ‘shut in’; best practices for being home together (especially college kids who had left home for school). Caller, Rick: […]
Eric Kniffen: The Catholic response to the coronavirus health crisis, the CARES Act, how the stimulus impacts Churches, nonprofits, religious institutions; issues of religious liberty. Chuck Neff: The tradition of the burial cloth and the ‘Holy Winding Sheet’; what force of energy may have caused the image to imprint into the Shroud of Turin; what […]
A conversation with Father Richard John Neuhaus: Death on a Friday Afternoon.
Justin Butterfield: Former HHS legal counsel, First Liberty deputy general counsel on CARES Act including faith-based organizations, important win for religious liberty; faith institutions, ministries, organizations get federal relief without sacrificing their religious convictions or character Fr. Daniel Seo: Young Orange Diocese priest reaches wide ‘congregation’ of the faithful through his ‘Pyx initiative’ while churches […]
George Weigel: Cardinal George Pell’s acquittal, justice finally gets served; a serious examination of conscience and public reckoning of legal system and democracy of a nation should follow; ‘the only basis. John Meyer: Ways to spend Holy Week in quarantine doing special prayers and works of mercy; create moments of tangible grace as we prepare […]
Dr. Mark Rupp: Infectious disease expert at leading medical center explains risks, facts about hydroxychloroquine as Coronavirus treatment; update on hopeful clinical trials of another drug treatment; warns to take distancing seriously, virus may return if we relax our personal social distancing measures. Roger Severino: HHS Office for Civil Rights bars ‘utilitarian treatment’ denials for […]
Fr. Francis “Rocky” Hoffman: https://relevantradio.com/ America’s Parish. America’s Priest. Fr. Matthew Spencer https://relevantradio.com/2020/04/fr-matthew-spencer-departs-st-josephs-workshop/ Trusting divine providence. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry will call in to the studio. He’s my guest for the rest of the show. https://fortenberry.house.gov/news/in-the-news/coronavirus-update-questions-and-answers
Congressman Adam Kinzinger: The Census; the CARES Act and what it means for American families, business, workers, hospitals and medical centers; advice on safety & common sense measures everyone should be taking during COVID-19 pandemic, including cautions against panic and misinformation. Daren Bakst: Heritage Agricultural Policy analyst suggests ‘Fixes to Ensure a Stable Food Supply […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer: The Essence of Things: Faith, reason, science and religion in a global pandemic; seeing life and time in new light; don’t waste this time of opportunities while shut in, alone or with family, for more prayer, learning, engaging, setting new routines for physical & spiritual health.
