Jesuitical is a podcast from America Media for saints and sinners. Tune in every week for honest conversations about the Catholic Church and our world today—sometimes over drinks. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.
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Jesuitical
Claim This PodcastHosted by Ashley, Zac, Zac Davis, Ashley McKinless, Sebastian, Sebastian Gomes
Published by America Media
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Jesuitical is a podcast from America Media for saints and sinners. Tune in every week for honest conversations about the Catholic Church and our world today—sometimes over drinks. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis. AMDG
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Recent Episodes
September 17, 2026
U.S. Bishops are finding their voice. What will they say about A.I.?
Jesuitical hosts Zac Davis and Sebastian Gomes interview America's President and Editor in Chief, Sam Sawyer, S.J., exploring the growing influence of U.S. bishops on politics and their perspectives on artificial intelligence.
September 10, 2026
SSPX Excommunicated: History, Pope Leo and why it all goes back to Vatican II
Hosts Zac and Ashley interview Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, exploring the history and implications of the SSPX excommunication.
June 25, 2026
Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes
Hosts Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless interview Miles Pattendens about historical papal power clashes between feuding leaders.
449 total episodes available with 87 transcripts
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U.S. Bishops are finding their voice. What will they say about A.I.?
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[…] The answer can't be do the bad thing faster so that you do it first. Or we all need to slow down on building this tool because it might kill us all. Also, we're going to open as a public company at a quadrillion dollar valuation. To have both of those things happen at the same time feel a little, as you say, morally absurd. I also think just like getting back to what does this moment present to the bishops in terms of an opportunity is that we're in this place where The degree to which AI has developed has put the fundamental principles of Catholic social doctrine at the forefront of all of these issues in a way that if we paid the best, you know, the Catholic Church paid the best marketing company to get those issues on the table in people's minds and getting them thinking about those issues, we couldn't do. […]
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