This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat who has served as a senator from Delaware since 2010. 

Zac, Ashley and Senator Coons discuss: 

How the senator’s Protestant upbringing and the example of his parents shaped his perspective on service

Why Democrats need to be more open about their faith in the public arena 

How Senator Coons feels about having the first American pope

In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss the recent removal of mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik from the Vatican News website and an op-ed in America by Archbishop John Wester on why President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” betrays the poor.  

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Links for further reading: 

Jesuitical Storytelling Retreat

Senator Chris Coons - Press Releases

Prayer, not Politics, on Wednesday Mornings, by Chris Coons 

Mosaics of alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik removed from Vatican News website

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ betrays the poor. The church must oppose it.

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