“I used to be the largest dairy consumer on the planet. I used to eat so much dairy and meat. The more that I looked into the dairy industry, the more that I saw that it was the singular, most inhumane industry on the planet, that we've all been lied to, including myself, for years. I always believed that the picture on the milk carton, the cow standing next to her calf in the green field with the red barn in the back was true. It’s certainly the complete opposite.” – Richard (Kudo) Couto Richard (Kudo) Couto is the founder of Animal Recovery Mission (ARM), an organization solely dedicated to investigating extreme animal cruelty cases. ARM has led high-risk undercover operations that have resulted in the shutdown of illegal slaughterhouses, animal fighting rings, and horse meat trafficking networks. Recently, they released a damning investigation into two industrial dairy farms outside of Phoenix, Arizona supplying milk to Coca-Cola’s Fairlife brand. What they uncovered was systemic animal abuse, environmental violations, and a devastating betrayal of consumer trust. While Fairlife markets its products as being sourced "humanely," ARM’s footage tells a very different story—one of suffering, abuse, and corporate complicity. Despite the evidence, this story has been largely ignored by mainstream media—likely due to Coca-Cola’s massive influence and advertising dollars.…
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois serves 655,000 parishioners in 120 parishes & 10 missions. Each year, we serve 39,000 students in 68 schools & 3 universities, 760,000 patients in 3 hospitals, and 36,000 needy in the counties of DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois serves 655,000 parishioners in 120 parishes & 10 missions. Each year, we serve 39,000 students in 68 schools & 3 universities, 760,000 patients in 3 hospitals, and 36,000 needy in the counties of DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: On New Annulment Legislation. Description: Bishop Conlon continues his teaching on the new legislation on annulments given by Pope Francis in the motu proprio Mitis Iudex. Bishop Conlon begins by giving a brief explanation of what an annulment is and some of the reasons one might be granted. He then explains in detail the difference between the old process and the new process for annulments, including the fact that the annulment process will now always be offered without monetary cost to those seeking annulment. Length: 0:12:45 -- First aired on: 10/26/2015…
Bishop Conlon teaches us about the qualities sought out when selecting a bishop. He interweaves some of his personal story in with the teaching. Needs academic credentials in canon law, scripture, theology. Outstanding in solid faith, good morals, human virtues, good reputation, pastoral experience, good at working with people, qualities of a good leader. The priest is free to accept or decline. First aired on: 3/3/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: How did I end up as a bishop? Details of event: Bishop Conlon leads us in reflecting on our fundamental vocation during this Lenten Season. He reflects on how we discern a call, how we respond to it and how we are living it out. In this episode, Bishop Conlon reflects on his own call to be a bishop. He does this by explaining the process of selecting a bishop. First aired on: 2/23/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus's Teaching on the Creed part 2. Details of event: Bishop Conlon leads us through the second half of St Peter Chrysologus's teaching on the Creed. First aired on: 2/16/2015
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus's Teaching on the Creed part 1 Details of event: Bishop Conlon gives the liturgical context of the teaching of St Peter Chrysologus in regard to welcoming the catechumens into the Church and passing on the Creed to them. First aired on: 2/9/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus's Sermon on Sacrifice. Details of event: Bishop Conlon teaches on sacrifice and mercy, sharing the insights of St Peter Chrysologus's Sermon 108 on Romans 12. First aired on: 2/2/2015
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: Preparation for the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on Marriage and the Family. Details of event: Bishop Conlon goes over the upcoming synod on the family in October. He explains some of the preparation and process of the synod. First aired on: 1/26/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: Saint Peter Chrysologus Sermon on Law and Grace. Details of event: Bishop Conlon reflects on sermon #114 of Saint Peter Chrysologus. The sermon is on the law and grace (Salvation through the old law and salvation that comes through Christ). First aired on: 1/19/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: From Romans on Law and Grace. Details of event: Bishop Conlon shares a homily of St Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 112, which gives a commentary on the text from the Letter to the Romans on the Law and Grace. Living in a fallen state, we are subject to sin that courses through our bodies and destroys us and the law reveals the problem. We are now a new creation, reborn in Christ, and helped by his grace we can now fulfill the law. First aired on: 1/12/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: Saint Josephs Love and Gods Will. Details of event: Bishop Daniel Conlon instructs us regarding the need for us to pray before making decisions; rather than making decisions based upon our first impulse. To assist in this reflection, Bishop Conlon uses a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, which reflects upon Matthew Chapter 1, where Saint Joseph reflects upon Mary being found with Child. First aired on: 1/5/2015…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: Christmas Sermon of St Peter Chrysologus. Details of event: Bishop Conlon speaks about the Birth of Christ and the Peace of Christians. St Peter Chrysologus hails the peace that comes through the victory of Christ over heretics and those who would attack the Church of Christ. Ultimately, the peace that Christ brings is a peace of heart. First aired on: 12/29/2014…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus on Mystery of Incarnation. Details of event: Bishop Conlon shares some insights of St Peter Chrysologus on the Incarnation. God raises up the dignity of human flesh by becoming flesh with us. The Birth of Christ brings about a whole new creation. First aired on: 12/22/2014…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: On a sermon of St Peter Chrysologus regarding Parables from Matthew Chapter 13. Details of event: Bishop Conlon reflects on 2 parables from Matthew 13, the parable of the pearl and the parable of the net cast into the sea. In Saint Peter Chrysologus sermon he focuses on the parable of the net cast into the sea and explains how it teaches us to let God be the Judge. First aired on: 12/1/2014…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus on 1 Corinthians. Details of event: Bishop Conlon presents a Sermon of St Peter Chrysologus on 1 Corinthians, speaking of the first Adam and the second Adam, Christ. Christ was the fruit that came from the ""human earth"" of the Virgin Mary. Let us bear the image of our Creator in a perfect reproduction--humble, meek, etc. First aired on: 12/15/2014…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus on the Birth of St John the Baptist. Details of event: Bishop Conlon reads the Gospel of the Annunciation to Zechariah from Luke 1:5-20. Sometimes God blesses us with a gift that is actually an answer to the prayers of others. St Peter Chrysologus also gives a litany of praise for St John the Baptist for all the gifts he received without earning them. Bishop Conlon applies the same logic to babies who receive baptism and he encourages parents to give the gift of Baptism as soon as possible. First aired on: 12/8/2014…
Bishop Daniel Conlon, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, IL. Pertaining to: On a sermon of St Peter Chrysologus regarding Parables from Matthew Chapter 13. Details of event: Bishop Conlon reflects on 2 parables from Matthew 13, the parable of the pearl and the parable of the net cast into the sea. In Saint Peter Chrysologus sermon he focuses on the parable of the net cast into the sea and explains how it teaches us to let God be the Judge. First aired on: 12/1/2014…
On Sermon 40 of St Peter Chrysologus regarding John 10 on the Good Shepherd. Details of event: Bishop Conlon teaches on St Peter Chrysologus's 40th Sermon regarding Jesus's teaching on the Good Shepherd in John 10. St Peter Chrysologus questions how it could be advantageous to the sheep that the Shepherd would lay down his life. The resolution is that by dying he also captures the aggressor, the devil and thus frees his sheep from the threat. Jesus does not abandon us--He goes before us and prepares a place for us. First aired on: 11/17/2014…
Sermon 20 of Saint Peter Chrysologus regarding Matthew 8:23-27. Details of event: Bishop Conlon teaches on St Peter Chrysologus's 20th Sermon regarding Jesus's calming of the storm in Matthew 8: 23-27. St Peter points out how the Church needs to trust in Christ who will calm all storms. First aired on: 11/10/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus's Sermon on Turning the Other Cheek. Details of event: Bishop speaks about the preaching of St Peter Chrysologus on the Sermon on the Mount and turning the other cheek. Insults and difficulties are training that toughen us up for facing life. The one who bears insults with love also serves the one who is insulting him to come to conversion. First aired on: 11/3/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus on Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Details of event: Bishop Conlon leads us through a Sermon of St Peter Chrysologus on Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving. Fasting is a way to become acquainted with the needs of the hungry, associating ourselves with others' deprivations. These practices elevate us to almost angelic status like Moses, Elijah and John the Baptist. First aired on: 10/27/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus on the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Details of event: Bishop Conlon begins by reading the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16). He explains the beginning of the parable and opens it up to really reflect on the state of the Rich Man. First aired on: 10/20/2014
St Peter Chrysologus on the Parable of the Mustard Seed Details of event: Bishop Conlon explains the Sermon of St Peter Chryologus on the Parable of the Mustard Seed. In particular, St Peter interprets the mustard seed as being Jesus in the womb of Mary--He becomes the tiniest creature in the virginal conception. Yet, the tiniest creature is also the greatest in all the world. St Peter Chrsyologus also connects the mustard seed with the Church which begins in a small and hidden way and expands to take care of all the people of the world. First aired on: 10/13/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus on the Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat Details of event: Bishop Conlon begins by reflecting on parables in general, as explained by St Peter Chrysologus. He goes on to share St Peter Chrysologus's exposition of the weeds and the wheat. He focuses on one point which is that the world was created good. No evil came forth from the hand of the Creator. The weeds, then, are sown by the Enemy. Bishop Conlon gives St Peter Chrysologus's treatment of the Enemy. First aired on: 10/6/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 6 on the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Teaching #8) Details of event: Bishop Conlon reflects on the 6th Sermon of St Peter Chrysologus on the Prodigal Son. St Peter Chrysologus speaks about the Merciful Father who is an Awesome God and later appears as a gentle Shepherd. Furthermore, St Peter Chrysologus teaches us that this is not because God changes but rather because we change and we are to become lambs in our dealing with each other. This explains how we sometimes have the idea that the Church, too, is severe and other times merciful. First aired on: 9/29/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 5 on the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Teaching #7) Details of event: Bishop Conlon reflects on St Peter Chrysologus' 5th Sermon on the Prodigal Son. St Peter Chrysologus' 5th sermon is on the Mystical or Allegorical aspect of the Prodigal Son Parable. First aired on: 9/22/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 4 on the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Teaching #6) Details of event: Bishop Conlon speaks about St Peter Chrysologus' 4th Sermon on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. And the focus is on the Envy of the Brother who protested the feast and celebration for the return of the Prodigal Son. First aired on: 9/15/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 3 on the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Teaching #5) Details of event: Bishop Conlon briefly introduces St Peter Chrysologus and his times as he presents the Sermons on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. This Sermon is entitled, ""The Welcome of the Father"". ""In the forgiveness of the Father, the child rises higher by pardon than he fell low by guilt."" He welcomes us with love - there is no desire to humiliate us. First aired on: 9/8/2014…
St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 2 on the Prodigal Son (Teaching #4) Details of event: Bishop Conlon continues his series on St Peter Chrysologus. He begins with a brief introduction about St Peter Chrysologus and then gives an exposition on his 2nd Sermon on the Prodigal Son. In this Sermon, St Peter Chrysologus focuses on how the prodigal son came back to himself, his senses, he had lost track of his identity. First aired on: 9/1/2014…
Pertaining to: St Peter Chrysologus Sermon 1 on Prodigal Son (Teaching #3) Details of event: Bishop Conlon gives a brief introduction to St Peter Chrysologus' Sermons and then delves into some insights from St Peter Chrysologus' 1st Sermon on the Prodigal Son and helps to apply this to our own lives. In particular he focuses on the departure of the son and the way we can depart from Mother Church and God our Father. First aired on: 8/25/2014…
Bishop R. Daniel Conlon prepares to speak about the sermons or homilies of St. Peter Chrysologus. He begins with an overall explanation of the style and goal of his preachings and explains the historical setting in which St. Peter preached. In so doing he prepares us to receive the teaching that will be coming in subsequent episodes.…
Bishop R. Daniel Conlon introduces a new series of teachings on St. Peter Chrysologus. He begins the series, in this episode, by giving some biographical information about St. Peter Chrysologus.
Growing toward perfection. We should strive for perfection, recognizing we are also human. We have to claim what we get when we receive during baptism - that we put on Christ. We have to claim that new identity. We have to work on this image of life and love in the world. The world needs strong Christian couples who love intensely and forgive each other and pray together.…
Gratitude. Husband and wife need to recognize each other a as a great gift and grateful to God for that gift. We need each other and marriage is the most intimate of human communities and so gratitude comes from people being married and in the day-to-day living in the married life. Couples should give thanks for the blessings in their lives. When couples are self giving to each other, that is a sign of gratitude of couples to each other. Gratitude is also a school for kids for them to learn about it from their parents’ expressing it.…
Temperance means keeping things in good balance. Marriage should be free and self-giving and a mutuality, not just a passivity in the acts between husband and wife. Chastity means there has to be an openness to children. A chaste relationship between husband and wife is intended to elevate their overall commitment and beauty of their marriage. Pornography and adultery are violations of marital chastity.…
People will have to keep learning how to relate to one another and how to grow individually and with each other. There needs to be growth in the virtues. Faith, hope and charity are the graces given to us during our baptism.
How do married couples live out marriage? The wedding is just the beginning. Marriage is a sharing in the life of Christ. The holy trinity is alive in them and is a the center of their lives is vital, because a couple can’t provide for each other everything they want or need without the Holy Spirit.
Bishop tells his vocation story. Marriage is a vocation too. There are three things that should be present when considering a vocation. The person has to feel comfortable with the idea for being married. Other people have to confirm or affirm that the marriage is right and the person has to have the right qualities to be a spouse or parent in marriage. A young person has a chance to know what married life is like by living with their married parents. Parents can be a good example in their marriage and should reflect what married life is like to their kids. It’s important to pray to get guided by the holy Spirit to see if marriage is right for them.…
Marriage is a charism from God. We respond in love and to give our lives by living our baptismal call. The call to the priesthood or marriage are concrete ways in which we go about loving God or neighbor. It is how we live out our baptism. People have to discern that they are called to marriage.
Marriage is a calling from God. God calls a particular man and woman to a marriage. The call grows out of our baptism. It is a fulfillment from our call in baptism.
The family is referred to as the domestic Church. It means the church at home. Jesus was born into a family. Christian couples are configured to Christ’s love for the Church. The communion of persons formed by the couple and their family is a microcosm of the Church. It draws its sustenance from the larger Church, the whole body of Christ, and reflects the Church to provide a summary of it. It is a communion of the virtues of faith, hope and love.…
Couples model the Trinitarian love that the Church participates in and models too. Marriage is a form of giving and receiving of love and this communion reflects the communion of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Marriage is a communion of love between co-equal people. Marriage is a participation and reflection in the life of the Holy Trinity.…
The married couple share in their marital life their deep relationship they have with Christ in their baptism. Couples are called to be in imitation of Christ. The bond is unbreakable. There is still sin and human frailty, but there is an ideal of the covenant between Christ and the Church and married couples reflect that. Couples need to constantly claim the power of the sacrament. The Holy Spirit and Christ are present in their relationship.…
Christ is at the center of the marriage relationship. Spouses are fortified for the duties of their marriage because they are infused with hope, faith and charity. The sacrament of marriage is a mutual sanctification that should lead to the glory of God. Union and transformation with Christ should occur within the marriage. It is a call to give oneself to one’s spouse as fully as Christ gave Himself to the Church.…
Original sin has had negative consequences for marriage. There has been a rupture of communication between man and women. Through baptism, we are transformed into new life and elevates us to share in God’s divine life. Marriage is then elevated to the dignity of a sacrament. It is the permanent self giving of one flesh. When people are transformed by baptism and united to someone else similarly transformed, then the union of these two people results into something wonderful. Marriage, thus, is the visible embodiment of Christ’s love for the Church. Jesus is the spouse and takes the Church as His bride.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage, and he talks about living together without marriage. Research has shown that co-habitation can harm a couple’s chances for a stable marriage. Co-habiting has nothing to do with self giving love and sacrifice.
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage, and he talks about divorce in this episode. There can be healing and reconciliation in marriage. Society makes it difficult when there is talk of "starter marriages." Couples in crisis can turn to the Lord for help and ministries offered by the Church that can help marriages. Divorce is not the solution for difficulties.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage, and he outlines some of the fundamental challenges that face marriages today, including contraception, same-sex marriage, and divorce. Marriage is a union between men and women. Society for millennia has accepted that understanding of marriage, for the good of others and for the procreation of children. There is no philosophical argument that would allow for a same-sex marriage.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage, and he outlines some of the fundamental challenges that face marriages today, including contraception, same-sex marriage, and divorce. Contraception is all about a self gift and doesn’t involve love, while openness to life means it involves two people and love. There are methods of family planning that are in accord with nature and gives the couple an opportunity to not involve drugs or other instruments that interrupt the natural relationship of the married couple.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage, and he outlines some of the fundamental challenges that face marriages today, including contraception, same-sex marriage, and divorce. The bishops want to help others and promoting marriage is good. Love has to be a blessing for others and that love is going to be expressed in giving birth to kids. Contraception is opposed to God’s plan and is not unitive and procreative.…
Bishop Conlon talks about what is essential in the recipe for marriage. It starts with a man and woman. There has to be a commitment or consent. There has to be a decision to give themselves to each other. There should be an openness to having children. There has to be an ability to fulfill the commitment.…
Bishop Conlon talks about the two purposes of marriage: Unitive (the good of the spouses - the love they have for each other) and procreative (the good of others - the continuation of the human race). Humans are geared toward relationships, union with others. There should be mutual giving and receiving in marriage. The spouses are true help mates.…
Bishop Conlon talks about the two purposes of marriage: Unitive (the good of the spouses - the love they have for each other) and procreative (the good of others - the continuation of the human race). Humans are geared toward relationships, union with others. There should be mutual giving and receiving in marriage. The spouses are true help mates.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage and this segment deals with the importance of marriage between a man and a woman. There is a uniqueness to a male and a uniqueness to a female that makes each different and yet they are also complimentary.
Bishop Conlon continues to talk marriage and that marriage should be between a man and woman and should last for life. It's a gift from God. It's a foundation for the family, and it's an important part of social life.
Bishop Conlon starts a series of talks about the gifts and beauty of marriage between a man and a woman. He will specifically be focusing on a recent U.S. Bishop's Pastoral Letter on marriage, called "Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan." He said that marriage is a great blessing from God, and that's the attitude the bishops wanted to say in their pastoral letter. He will talking about marriage as a natural gift and as a supernatural gift (as a sacrament) in the next upcoming podcasts.…
Bishop Conlon continues to talk about St. Augustine and passages from the saint's book, "Confessions." He finishes the series on the saint by talking about the concept of memory.
Bishop Conlon continues to talk about St. Augustine and passages from the saint’s book, "Confessions," some of which involves the subject of time. The bishop said time was created by God, even though God is eternal, but this concept is also true: eternity is not time. He wonders, "What is time?" If we want to live for the present, we have to live for eternity because that is where God exists.…
Description: Bishop Conlon continues to talk about St. Augustine and passages from the saint's book, "Confessions," some of which involves the subjects of time and eternity.
Bishop Conlon talks about St. Augustine's wrestling with his theological development, as detailed in the saint's book, "Confessions." St. Augustine was trying to understand the issue of creation of the world and time and eternity, trying to understand why God made the earth.
Bishop Conlon talks about St. Augustine's theological struggles, as detailed in his book, "Confessions." St. Augustine's search for truth is something many people can identify with. The book was written 10 years after his conversion and six years after he was ordained a priest and two years after he was named a bishop. St. Augustine addresses the topic of time and eternity.…
The sacred sciences are studied in a very academic way. People who take these studies turn out to be priests, or teachers, or work in apostolates. There are canon lawyers who are lay people who study the sacred sciences, along with professional lay theologians.
The Church respects the different areas of education that contribute to the well being of society. There’s a convergence of faith and reason in higher education. Higher education has to have high standards, while the bishops also feel that Catholic schools should not only be for the rich.
Catholic school teachers need to help teach students in a community of education about God and religion. Catholic parents are reminded to send their kids to Catholic schools, if possible. For Catholic education to work, it has to be a community effort. The formation of children in Catholic schools is very important, which involves cooperation between parents, teachers, priests and volunteers, and is a benefit to the Catholic Church.…
The Church needs to help those who are has a grave obligation to the moral education of all children - even those who go to non-Catholic schools. There are teachers in public school who are Catholic and need to be encouraged to give a good example in the work place as Christians and they need to be leaven in the public schools. Children need to understand the importance of Christ. Catholic schools are preparing disciples of Jesus but also citizens of the world.…
The Church has a grave obligation to the moral education of all children - even those who go to non-Catholic schools, of which there are more of these kid than go to Catholic schools. This can be done by living examples of those who teach and don’t teach and by their fellow students, especially those who teach Christian doctrine, such as those in religious education programs. The bishops dance around the separation of Church and state, and the Church encourages education officials to allow religious instruction in schools.…
Schools are really important for young people. Parents should have educational choice of schools and a fair distribution of resources - distributive justice.
The church has a role in education because Catholics are supposed to teach all nations and to reveal Christ to others. Catechetical instruction is important because it illumines and strengthens the faith. There’s a need for a prayer life and liturgical action.
Civil society has the proper role in the education of its citizens, as does the Church. The Church has a significant role in education of children because the Church can offer catechesis to parents and children. The Church also offers a service to all of human society through its message of hope and reconciliation (in the name of Christ).…
Parents have an important role in the education of their children. The parent is the primary school, the first and best educators of the children as families are the best place to receive human formation. The church needs to help parents become the educators of their children. So the state comes in third - after the family and the church - in terms of educating a child, and with the concept of subsidiarity, shouldn’t see itself as the primary vehicle of education, but more as a supporting role.…
Children and young people need to develop their physical, moral and intellectual qualities. They need to develop a responsibility of developing their own lives. Young people need to be helped with self-determination and make responsible decisions through helping to form their consciences. As they grow older, the young children should receive prudent education in matters relating to sex. The whole human person needs to be developed and stand within society and interact within society, and they have the right to make sound judgments and have a well-formed conscience and to know and love God more perfectly. Young children need to be formed as disciples of Christ, to learn how to pray and to learn how to serve and active in society, as evangelizers.…
Education is of paramount importance. The greater need and availability of education is necessary to understand the complexities of the world. Education is seen in terms of the dignity of man. Every person has an inalienable right to have an education. True education forms the human person and helps the benefit of society and to help the person get to heaven.…
The Church is saying that Christ has come for the renewal of the human race and its eternal salvation so the Church has positioned itself to look at the whole human person and the end of the human person and so it makes sense that the bishops are concerned with education of all people and in all circumstances. Education is for youth, but also adults. It is far more than formal education than going to a school but the broadening of one’s mind and outlook on the world.…
Bishop Conlon talks about Pope Francis’ call for prayer and fasting on Sept. 7, the vigil of the feast of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Pope’s call for prayer and fasting is in response to the possibility of violence and war in Syria. Bishop Conlon talks about the background of the issue in Syria and the importance of prayer and fasting to implore God to help everyone find a solution in favor of peace. The Bishop also quotes Pope Francis, who is in favor of dialogue, rather than violence.…
The Bishop continues his overview of the Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humane") from Vatican II. In this podcast, he talks about the declaration being based on the dignity of the human of person - which means everyone is created in the image of God and God is calling everyone into a relationship with Him. Christian faith is a free act of the will. If you believe in Jesus, then that means you have free will, which is the essence of religious freedom. The call to faith is an internal one; there is an obligation, but it shouldn't be imposed on the outside. Jesus expected His listeners to accept His teachings as truth, since it came from God and directed by the Holy Spirit, but Jesus would not coerce people on the outside, like the Jewish or Roman authorities, to force others to believe.…
The Bishop continues his overview of the Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humane") from Vatican II. In this podcast, he talks about the importance of religious liberty and the family. Every family is a "society" with its own basic rights, and parents have the right to choose the schools and means of education they want their children to have. It's important for parents to take seriously their roles as leaders of their children's religious formation, and parents need to safeguard that freedom as a family in the civil arena. The protection of religious freedom or other human rights is not left to individuals, but is the responsibility of everyone, even those who are not believers. The government needs to make sure that there is equality in terms of everyone exercising true religious freedom, with all rights being tempered for the common good. It's important for the civil authorities to maintain objectivity so that all religious groups and systems of belief are given equal treatment.…
Religious liberty derives from us being children of God, who are invited to an encounter with God, a search for God. We must be free to engage in that search, both individually and socially. Religious communities are requirements for man, even though we are invited by God, individually. It’s still one God. If we are all moving toward the same person, we are going to have a common experience, and we are going to want to express that and come together. Public order comes into play when that occurs. Any religious group has to abide by basic laws of society. We should be able to worship, to educate and to establish institutions to organize our lives according to our religious principles. We have an obligation to express our faith to engage people in their quest for the truth. This innate freedom is a gift from God.…
The whole point of religious freedom comes from God's invitation to each person to discover Him and to move toward Him. The reason why we uphold religious freedom is an impulse toward the Creator. That impulse needs to be protected. Each person has the right to have the impulse unfold. People often search for truth. People need to give their assent to the truth. Religious liberty comes from God, and is driven by a search for God. Conscience comes about as an inquiry to the truth. Conscience isn’t about convenience, while an inquiry into God is entering into a relationship with God. We are called into relationship with God, but humans are social. There is a need in us to share with others. We have a right to be free to search for God and in developing a conscience and in engaging in a common expression in relationship with God.…
The Bishop continues his overview of the Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humane") from Vatican II. The search for truth - when it includes religious liberty -- has to include free inquiry, teaching, instruction and dialogue. Religious liberty doesn't include the private expression of one's beliefs, but one that involves being able to express one's belief in God, such as acts of charity. Civil authority is there to protect human rights, not to control them. We can't impose anything on the outside on religious liberty since it comes from the internal "magnet" that is within each of us toward God. Religious groups have the right to tell others about their ideas to the rest of society.…
The Bishop continues his overview of the Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humane") from Vatican II. He said the Council Fathers declared in the document that people have right to religious freedom. People should be free from coercion so that people should not act against his religious convictions or have religious convictions imposed on them. The right of religious liberty is based on the dignity of the person as revealed by God and by reason itself. The bishops say we have religious freedom because God is calling us into a relationship with Him. Religious freedom allows us to enter the core of who we are and why we are, even if people don’t want to exercise that freedom.…
The Bishop gives an overview of the Declaration on Religious Liberty, in terms of its place within the Vatican II Council and in how and why Blessed Pope John XXIII found it important to address. In terms of the declaration, man is becoming conscious of dignity of the human person, and in spiritual aspirations, and the bishops address this, but note that everything needs to be set to the context of the Church’s Magisterium and the Truth of the Catholic Church. In other words, not all religions are equal since the Catholic Church has the Truth.…
Bishop Conlon talks about Vatican II Council's Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council: Nostra Aetate ("In Our Age"). The declaration addresses people who belong to world religions. Historically, we Catholics have proclaimed the Gospel and invited people from other religions to see Jesus as Lord and Savior. We looked at people who belong to other world religions as objects of conversion. But, the Vatican II Council bishops wrote that we need to look at them as people who have been given as grace of faith. They share a belief in God, and that belief is to be respected. The bishops mention Hinduism and Buddhism, and the Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. They often have a ray, a truth, that enlightens all men. But the Church proclaims Christ as the way, the truth and the light. It is important that the Church enters into collaborations and discussions with other religions to try for mutual understanding.…
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