CrosierCast

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes."

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes."

When a quick video clip emerged in late January that supposedly showed a group of Catholic high school students engaging in harassment of Native Americans, celebrities, news outlets and social media were quick to pile on with condemnations, threats, and outrage. But within 24 hours, a different picture emerged - one that put the entire encounter in a starkly difference context.

But the Covington Catholic incident is merely a symptom of a society that no longer understands true virtue. Virtue signalling, instead, has arisen. Public shaming, outrage, and anger seem to have replaced human discourse and decency, especially online and in virtual spaces.

In this episode, Bishop Wall examines the consequences of pretend goodness, and recommends some practices for cultivating true virtue.

The New Mexico legislature is considering two radically anti-life bills that, if enacted, would carry devastating consequences for the state's citizens.

The New Mexico legislature is considering two radically anti-life bills that, if enacted, would carry devastating consequences for the state's citizens.

The first, NM HB51, removes conscience protections for doctors, nurses and healthcare workers who refuse to perform or refer for abortions. It would also protect human traffickers, rapists, and those who prey on children by allowing abortions on minors without parental notification.

NM House Bill 90 would legalize assisted suicide in New Mexico, allow non-physicians to prescribe lethal drugs, allow non-residents to come to NM to receive euthanasia, and much more.

Contact your legislators to make your voice heard on these issues right here: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/find_my_legislator

The Little Sisters of the Poor are women religious who operate nursing and hospice homes for the elderly poor throughout the world.

The Little Sisters of the Poor is an order of women religious who operate nursing and hospice homes for the elderly poor throughout the world. In December of 2018, they celebrated 150 years of service in the United States.

In the Diocese of Gallup, the Little Sisters have operated their home, Villa Guadalupe, for 35 years.

In this episode, Bishop James Wall speaks with Sr. Maria Christine, the Mother Provincial for the western province of the Sisters in the U.S.; Sr. Sarah Maria of Jesus, Mother of the home in Gallup; Sr. Mildred Mary of St. Paul; and Sr. Mary William.

Has anything been done to address the improper and sometimes criminal conduct that has been reported happening in the Church in recent months?

At the National USCCB meeting in November, the American bishops were set to vote on several action items that would address abuse among high-ranking prelates...until a last-minute directive from the Vatican required them to table the voting.

So has anything been done to address the improper and sometimes criminal conduct that has been reported happening in the Church in recent months? In this first episode of our second season, Bishop Wall gives his perspective, one that comes from experiencing the November meeting firsthand.

Bishop Wall sits down with his newest priest, Fr. Mitchell Brown, who was ordained in June of 2018 and was born and raised in the Diocese of Gallup. They compare notes on their first days as priests - their first time hearing Confessions, offering the Mass, and having someone address them as "Father".

Growing up, Bishop Wall and his two brothers played football for their dad's teams, and the lessons they learned from their father carried over into adulthood.