Faith & Politics – South Dakota Catholic Conference
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Roman Catholic Church's Ambassador to the Public Square in South Dakota
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F&P Episode: 83 – The Solemnity of Christ the King and Religious Liberty
November 16, 2021 14:30 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by past guest Dr. Aaron Weldon, program director for the USCCB Committee on Religious Liberty. Aaron explains why this great feast is linked to our religious freedoms. Instituted in 1925, the 16th centenary of the Council of Nicea, by Pope Piux XI, the feast Read more…
F&P Episode: 82 – Who was Fr. DeSmet?
November 09, 2021 19:28 - 38.4 MBFr. John Paul Trask joins the show to share about the life of Fr. Pierre Jean DeSmet, a Belgian Jesuit who dedicated his life to mission among the native peoples of the west. Fr. DeSmet’s nineteenth century missionary journeys took him from Belgium to St. Louis, up the Missouri, and Read more…
F&P Episode: 81 – South Dakota Pro-Life Litigation
October 26, 2021 21:34 - 63.2 MBOn this episode, we get a front row seat to an interview by Dale Bartscher with Harold Cassidy, the attorney representing Alpha Center as intervenor in the state of South Dakota’s lawsuit with abortion giant Planned Parenthood. The facts of this case are incredible! Most South Dakotans don’t know the Read more…
F&P Episode: 80 – The South Dakota Right to Life Update
October 19, 2021 11:00 - 38.4 MBChris is joined by Dale Bartscher, executive director of SD Right to Life. Dale recaps SDRTL’s recent 50th Anniversary Convention in Sioux Falls, shares about the process for reviewing legislation in the lead up to the winter legislative session, and updates us on the growth of local RTL chapters throughout Read more…
F&P Episode: 79 – Pro-Abortion Policies at Health and Human Services
October 12, 2021 17:00 - 43.1 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Rachel Morrison, a lawyer from the Ethics and Public Policy Center and member of its HHS Accountability Project. Rachel unpacks recent moves by the federal HHS department to give Title X dollars to Planned Parenthood, disregard a separate-payment for abortion requirements for health Read more…
F&P Episode: 78 – Respect Life Month: Alpha Center
October 05, 2021 18:20 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Leslee Unruh, founder of Alpha Center, a pregnancy help center based in Sioux Falls. Leslee shares Alpha’s mission to “clear the confusion with a message of hope.” Founded in 1984, Alpha offers warm, loving counseling to women and men in crisis pregnancy situations. Alpha introduces its clients Read more…
F&P Episode: 77 – The Formative Power of Music
September 28, 2021 14:01 - 53 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by music-lover, Fr. Tony Klein. They discuss the South Dakota state anthem, singing the Mass, how to discern beauty in music, music’s role in shaping the heart and mind, sacred music, the common music of a people (think Hobbit songs), what’s on Fr. Tony’s Read more…
F&P Episode: 76 – F&P Mini
September 21, 2021 11:00 - 23.3 MBChris Motz gives a news round-up (SD education policy, federal “Women’s Health Protection Act,” and call to prayer on the Dobbs case) and shares “Doing the Truth,” an excerpt on the virtue of prudence from the Josef Pieper book being read by the SDCC study group.
F&P Episode: 75 – A Spiritual Biography of Marx
September 14, 2021 19:07 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Paul Kengor, Senior Director and Chief Academic Fellow for The Institute for Faith & Freedom and Professor of Political Science at Grove City College. They discuss his recent book, “The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration”, Read more…
F&P Episode: 74 – Individualism & Unity
September 10, 2021 19:10 - 45.8 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by thinker and writer Jack Gist (ft. on Ep. 25, Disputatio and the 1619 Project) to discuss a new essay from Jack, “Individualism, relativism, and the most extreme form of idolatry.” Jack unpacks the thought of Nietzsche and Duns Scotus, and helps us understand Read more…
F&P Episode: 73 – The Political Path Forward: Get Married and Have Kids
August 31, 2021 20:21 - 51.9 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined once again by Dr. Jon Schaff, professor of political science at Northern State University. Dr. Schaff unpacks the traditional teaching on the conditions for a just war, first articulated by St. Augustine. He walks through jus ad bellum (justice before making war) and jus Read more…
F&P Episode: 72 – The Political Path Forward: Get Married and Have Kids
August 24, 2021 19:25 - 51.8 MBJessica Kramer joins the show to discuss a recent article she authored on politics and family formation. After briefly sharing her conversion story, she shares her observations from a recent policy conference she reported on, and describes several pro-family policies concerning pornography, contraception, a one-income family wage, and more. In Read more…
F&P Episode: 71 – Unpacking Fulton, and a Half Page of Trouble in the Infrastructure Bill
August 17, 2021 17:00 - 38.4 MBCameo Anders a graduate of the Ave Maria School of Law, has a Masters in Theology and a certificate in Bioethics, joins us this week to take on this hot topic of religious exemptions surrounding the growing concern of COVID vaccine mandates with employers. To read the statement from our Read more…
F&P Episode: 69 – Catholic Adoption in South Dakota
August 03, 2021 20:27 - 38.4 MBThis episode, Chris is joined by Kelli Whartman, the executive director of Trinity Pregnancy and Adoption, a Catholic agency serving the whole state. Kelli shares her own witness to faith and passion for serving the adoption “triad” — adoptive parents, birth parents, and kids! Kelli mentions these links: https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/our-programs/adoption-friendly-workplace/ www.trinityadoption.org Read more…
F&P Episode: 70 – Unpacking Fulton, and a Half Page of Trouble in the Infrastructure Bill
August 03, 2021 20:27 - 44.6 MBChris is joined on this episode by David Trimble, Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Center for Religious Freedom Education at the Religious Freedom Institute. David breaks down the 9-0 Supreme Court decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia, and then shares some religious freedom concerns with the infrastructure Read more…
F&P Episode: 68 – Individualism, the Decline of Institutions, and Friendship
July 27, 2021 20:44 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Fr. Justin Brophy, O.P., professor of political science at Providence College, Rhode Island. In a short diagnosis of our present moment as Americans, Fr. Brophy points to (among other points not discussed) a tension between Lockean individualism and a Puritan ethic, and a Read more…
F&P Episode: 67 – Taxpayer Funded Abortions? What??!
July 20, 2021 18:21 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Kat Talalas, the associate director for communications at the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities at the USCCB. For those who haven’t been closely following the debate over the Hyde Amendment, and its enormously significant consequences even at the state level, Kat brings us all Read more…
F&P Episode: 66 – 2020 SD Abortion Report
July 12, 2021 17:00 - 38.4 MBChris is joined by Dale Bartscher, executive director of South Dakota Right to Life, to discuss the state Department of Health’s annual abortion report, published on July 1. They also recap the 2020 pro-life bills that went into effect on July 1, talk about potential future legislation, and preview SDRTL’s fall convention, which commemorates Read more…
F&P Episode: 65 – Sacrificial Love: Adoption & Foster Parenting
July 06, 2021 18:47 - 38.4 MBChris is joined by Jeff Wald, a Minnesota-based lawyer and writer (but who is quick to tell us he’s a North Dakotan). Jeff shares about his and his wife Jackie’s journey with adoption and foster parenting, the result of a call they discerned together to give of themselves to the Read more…
F&P Episode: 64- What is the Purpose of Government?
June 29, 2021 17:00 - 38.4 MBHost Chris Motz is joined this week by Dr. Chad Pecknold, professor of theology at Catholic University of America (and prolific tweeter — @ccpecknold). Chris tosses a listener question to the good professor: What, according to the Church, is the purpose of government? What’s it’s aim, its end, its goal? Also, what are the Read more…
F&P Episode: 63 – Religious Freedom Jurisprudence and Fulton v. Philadelphia
June 22, 2021 19:16 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Christopher Dodson, J.D., executive director of the North Dakota Catholic Conference. Christopher unpacks the development of Free Exercise clause cases in the 20th century, culminating in the Smith v. Employment Division decision in 1990. Chris then gives a high-level overview of the recent Fulton v. Read more…
F&P Episode: 62 – St. Thomas More Society
June 15, 2021 19:14 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Nick Michels, a Catholic attorney in South Dakota, who is starting a St. Thomas More Society — an organization for Catholic lawyers and politicians. With the feast day of St. Thomas More approaching on June 22, Nick shares how the New Evangelization has Read more…
F&P Episode: 61 – Distributism
June 08, 2021 18:36 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris and regular guest Dr. Jon Schaff unpack an economic and social idea known as distributism. Rooted in the social teaching of Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius XI, and others, distributism contains critiques of both unfettered capitalism and socialism, and exhorts society to seek widespread (“distributed”) ownership Read more…
F&P Episode: 60 – Stop Taxpayer-funded Abortions
June 01, 2021 14:44 - 38.4 MBChris Motz is joined by Greg Schleppenbach, the associate director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities at the USCCB to discuss current threats to the Hyde Amendment, which for 45 years has kept any taxpayer dollars from being used to fund abortions. Folks can go to NoTaxpayerAbortion.com to sign a Read more…
F&P Episode: 59 – Catholic Health Insurance and Catholic Identity
May 25, 2021 17:00 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Doug Wilson, CEO of Catholic Benefits Association, an membership-based organization that facilitates health insurance for Catholic entities. Doug describes the birth of CBA in the wake of several of the Affordable Care Act’s (Obamacare) coercive provisions — such as forcing Catholic nuns to Read more…
F&P Episode: 58 – The Harms of Surrogacy
May 18, 2021 17:00 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Grace Melton, author of a recent article titled How Surrogacy Harms Women and Children, published at the National Interest. After Chris recaps the recent history of surrogacy in South Dakota politics, Grace makes the case for why the political and cultural discourse on surrogacy is Read more…
F&P Episode: 57 – An Organic Farmer shares about Laudato Si’
May 11, 2021 18:52 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Dan Denis, a Catholic father and farmer from the Saskatchewan prairie. Inspired by the social teaching of the Church, including Laudato Si’, several years ago Dan felt a call to go “back to the land,” as he puts it, and began farming the land Read more…
F&P Episode: 56 – Political Philosophy
May 04, 2021 19:51 - 38.4 MBOn this episode Chris is joined by Prof. Joe Rutten, director of the Benedictine Leadership Institute at Mount Marty University. Chris and Joe discuss faith and reason, talking about hard topics with our fellow citizens, the necessity of citizens and politicians to have formation in reason, and good philosophy as Read more…
F&P Episode: 55 – Gender Ideology and the Law
April 27, 2021 17:09 - 25.6 MBChris is joined on this episode by Mary Rice Hasson, the Kate O’Beirne Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Mary also directs the Catholic Women’s Forum, a network of Catholic professional women and scholars seeking to amplify the voice of Catholic women in support Read more…
F&P Episode: 54 – Race & Racism
April 20, 2021 19:32 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined again by Dr. Jon Schaff, professor of political science at Northern State University. Chris and Dr. Schaff discuss race and racism, a topic on the minds of many Americans during the last year. They discuss the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged Read more…
F&P Episode: 53 – National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 13, 2021 13:00 - 38.4 MBApril is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Bishop Donald DeGrood joins us in studio to talk about some of the woundedness that the church has and still experiences.
F&P Episode: 52 – Green Thomism
March 30, 2021 19:41 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Christopher Thompson, professor of theology at St. Paul Seminary, to talk about his book, The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism. Dr. Thompson touches on papal encyclical Laudato Si‘, Church teaching on integral ecology, an ethics of lower creation, what Read more…
F&P Episode: 51 – Gender Dysphoria & the Theology of the Body
March 23, 2021 18:48 - 25.6 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Dr. Andrew Sodergren, a Catholic clinical psychologist with experience with gender dysphoria. Dr. Sodergren unpacks the Theology of the Body, gender dysphoria, gender ideology, and offers some thoughts on the path ahead for Christians in the present culture. The topic is timely for Read more…
F&P Episode: 50 – Freedom and the Equality Act
March 16, 2021 18:25 - 25.6 MBThis episode contains content on loan from the podcast Leedom to Life. The host of that show, Emily Leedom, interviews Faith & Politics host Chris Motz on the meaning of freedom and the substance of the Equality Act, a particularly concerning piece of legislation currently under consideration by the Congress.
F&P Episode: 49 – Pro-Life Legislative Recap
March 09, 2021 17:05 - 38.4 MBAs the 2021 South Dakota legislative session winds down, Chris Motz is joined by SD Right to Life Executive Director Dale Bartscher. Chris and Dale run through the list of pro-life legislation considered by the legislature this year, including Governor Noem’s significant Down Syndrome diagnosis abortion ban bill, which is Read more…
F&P Episode: 48 – Americans United for Life and Rights of Medical Conscience
February 23, 2021 19:50 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Americans United for Life Government Relations Counsel, Katie Glenn. Katie recently testified in support of South Dakota House Bill 1247, known as the Medical Conscience Protection Act. Chris and Katie discuss new threats to the pro-life cause at the federal level, and the Read more…
F&P Episode: 47 – Religious Freedom
February 16, 2021 20:30 - 38.4 MBChris is joined once more by political science professor, Dr. Jon Schaff. On this episode, they tackle the legal background of religious freedom in the United States, and the ways in which religious freedom is under attack today. They trace the legal standards articulated by courts, discuss a hugely-popular act Read more…
F&P Episode: 46 – 2021 Session update
February 09, 2021 19:07 - 38.4 MBOn this episode SD Catholic Conference director is joined by Norman Woods, executive director of Family Heritage Alliance. Chris and Norman give a full run down of all the SD Catholic Conference-supported bills under consideration by the state legislature.
F&P Episode: 45 – Parents as Primary Educators
February 02, 2021 20:28 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris gives an update on several pending bills, and then is joined by Julie Chrisitan to talk about the Church’s teachings on education , how these teachings can apply to homeschooling policy, and a South Dakota organization — Families for Alternative Instruction Rights SD — (FAIR-SD) that’s Read more…
F&P Episode: 44 – Legislative Session Bill Update
January 26, 2021 20:10 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Deacon Denny Davis to discuss support for Senate Bill 98, a bill to ban capital punishment in most cases in South Dakota. Chris is then joined by Dr. Chris Burgwald to discuss the teaching of the Church on the dignity of life, and Read more…
Faith & Politics – Primordial Justice Owed by Man to God
January 19, 2021 19:55 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris Motz is joined by Brandon McGinley, co-author with Dr. Scott Hahn of a new book titled It is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion. Timely and instructive, their book argues that argues that social justice depends on the primordial justice Read more…
Faith & Politics – Jan. 6 at the Capitol, and the road ahead
January 12, 2021 17:09 - 38.4 MBChris is joined again by Prof. Jon Schaff, professor of political science at Northern State University. They discuss the scenes of chaos and violence in the nation’s capitol last week, then turn to the incoming presidential administration, with a special focus on life and religious liberty.
Faith & Politics – Them Before Us
January 04, 2021 21:03 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Katy Faust, Founder and Director of Them Before Us, an organization seeking to put children’s rights before adult desires. Them Before Us has flipped the script on adult-centric attitudes toward marriage, parenthood, and reproductive technologies by framing these issues around a child’s Read more…
Faith & Politics – Religious Freedom and Rights of Conscience in Health Care
December 29, 2020 14:00 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by Louis Brown, Executive Director of Christ Medicus, an organization focused on sharing Jesus Christ’s healing love in health care, building authentically Catholic health care, defending life and religious freedom, and protecting the poor and vulnerable. Louis and Chris discuss Christian identity in Read more…
Faith & Politics – St. Benedict & St. Francis de Sales
December 21, 2020 21:06 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris is joined by regular guest Dr. Jon Schaff, professor of political science at Northern State University. Chris and Prof. Schaff reflect on some of the problems technology can pose to the family and the faith, how it can contribute to the vice of acedia, and Read more…
Faith & Politics – COVID Vaccines and Catholic Ethics
December 15, 2020 20:16 - 38.4 MBCOVID Vaccines and Catholic ethics. On this episode, Chris is joined by National Catholic Bioethics Center-trained ethicist Cameo Anders. They discuss the development and rollout of COVID vaccines, and an ethical component to be aware of. Summary: The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not developed with aborted fetal tissue cells, Read more…
Faith & Politics – The study of Political Science, English, and liberal arts — AND working for a Senator right after college
December 08, 2020 18:49In this episode, Chris is joined by Aberdeen native Dylan Kessler, who shares about his studies at Hillsdale College, working for a South Dakota Senator after graduating, and more.
Faith & Politics – First Educators: Empowering parents to direct the education of their children
November 23, 2020 19:45 - 38.4 MBChris is joined by Shawn Peterson, South Dakota native and executive director of Catholic Education Partners, a bishops-founded organization that works to share the Catholic teaching in favor of parental choice and empowerment in education, and to promote education policy consistent with this principle. This principle is more important than Read more…
Faith & Politics – Election day Mashup with Ignition
November 17, 2020 19:53On this episode, Chris Motz joins Dr. Chris Burgwald for an episode of Ignition to talk about the results from this years election.
Faith & Politics – Election day recap with Dr. Jon Schaff
November 10, 2020 17:02 - 38.4 MBOn this episode, Chris and Jon discuss some of the take-aways from November 4