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Jesuitical

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  • U.S. Bishops are finding their voice. What will they say about A.I.?

    September 17, 2026 · 42 min

    On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Sebastian Gomes speak with America’s President and Editor in Chief, Sam Sawyer, S.J. to discuss the impact that U.S. bishops are having on politics, AI, and more. Bishops are speaking…

  • SSPX Excommunicated: History, Pope Leo and why it all goes back to Vatican II

    September 10, 2026 · 59 min

    Schisms don’t happen often in the Catholic Church. Which makes Pope Leo’s recent excommunication of the Society of Saint Pius X big news. This week on Jesuitical, hosts Zac and Ashley speak to Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology…

  • Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes

    June 25, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    When President Trump took to Truth Social earlier this year and attacked Pope Leo for being “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” most Catholics were understandably shocked. But a clash between a secular leader and the bishop…

  • What the Lost Sheep parable says about individuality, tribalism and communion

    June 18, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley sit down with Luke Burgis, the director of the Cluny Institute at The Catholic University of America and the author of The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion…

  • What is it like to teach a future Pope?

    June 11, 2026 · 56 min

    This week on “Jesuitical”, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis talk to Dianne Bergant, C.S.A.,  who taught Scripture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for 44 years. She also served as America’s Word columnist from 2002 to 2005. During…

  • The Archdiocese of New York's Good News Strategy

    June 4, 2026 · 53 min

    This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley speak with Mary Kate Polanin, the executive editor of The Good Newsroom, the digital news outlet of the Archdiocese of New York. They discuss the important and changing role of diocesan…

  • Should the church encourage Catholic influencers?

    June 2, 2026 · 47 min

    On this bonus episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac speak with two digital evangelization experts who helped create the Vatican’s study group report on the digital environment as part of the Synod on Synodality. Kim Daniels directs the…

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About the show

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