Podcast appearances and mentions of John L Allen

Today we cover a more modern book. In this episode we look at what Bishop Barron says about proclaiming the Gospel in a secular age. Bishop Robert Barron is an excellent commentator on the intersection of the Church with modern life. This is and his other works are definitely worth digging into. https://www.amazon.com/Light-Fire-Earth-Proclaiming-Secular/dp/152475952X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3317WQFYXPEOA&keywords=to+light+a+fire+on+the+earth+robert+barron&qid=1663276706&sprefix=To+Light+a+Fire%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1 Barron, Robert, and John L. Allen. To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age. Image Books, 2017.

A webinar lecture with John L. Allen, Jr. (Crux) The pandemic of 2020 has disrupted the sacraments and public worship, scattered communities, and put local churches into new, sometimes strained, relationships with civil authorities. The Church has also been a significant actor in the crisis, offering relief services and spiritual care on a massive scale. What does all this mean for the worldwide Church, now and in the years to come? This event is organized by the Harvard Catholic Forum, co-presented with the Lumen Christi Institute, and co-sponsored by the Saint Benedict Institute, the Collegium Institute, the Institute for Faith and Culture, the Nova Forum, and St. Paul's University Catholic Center. This event was presented as a live webinar November 14, 2020

Pope Francis took a major step in his ongoing reform of Vatican finance on June 1 by putting in place a centralized system to approve who gets contracts to work with the Vatican. The change amounts to what Crux editor John L. Allen, Jr. called a “direct frontal assault on Vatican nepotism.” This week on the Inside the Vatican podcast, America’s veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and I explain how the former system had led to corruption and how the new system aims to stamp it out.  Beginning in July, Vatican offices will have their contracts and budgets approved by a central authority, which will then oversee accepting bids from an approved group of contractors. The contractors will be vetted for ethics violations, tax evasion, and illegal activities before they are approved. Despite limiting Vatican entities to pre-approved contractors, the new system aims to increase competition for Vatican contracts and thus drive down prices—an important priority for the financially struggling institution. After that, Gerry and I discuss Pope Francis’ Pentecost messages, which focused on ensuring justice for those on the margins of society during the Covid-19 pandemic. I connect them with the ongoing protests in the United States sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, and Gerry says it is likely that the pope will comment on the unrest. Links from the show: In major reform, Pope Francis issues new regulations on awarding contracts in the Vatican In his Pentecost homily, Pope Francis asks Christians to reject narcissism and pessimism How can Catholics help lead the fight against racism? To fight racism, Catholics must hunger for justice like we do for the Eucharist

O Come Let Us Adore Him Happy Christmas from us here at Risking Enchantment   Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson Follow me on social media: @seekingwatson Follow the podcast on Instagram: @riskingenchantmentpodcast Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com Works mentioned: [Christmas Carols discussed in bold]   'Christmas Ballad', Spirit of Christmas by G.K. Chesterton Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Homily of his Holiness Benedict XVI, Monday, 24 December 2012 In the Bleak Midwinter 'Into the Dark with God' by Hans Urs Von Balthasar 'Journey of the Magi' by T.S. Eliot Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 'The Importance of Singing Carols' by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski We Three Kings 'A Letter About Christmas' by Ronald Knox Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar Good King Wenceslaus 'A day to honor 'Good King Wenceslas', National Catholic Review by John L. Allen Jr. Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella   What we're enjoying that the moment: Our handmade mice from Maria Connolly Phoebe: Handel's Messiah Rachel: Klaus (film)

John L. Allen Jr., editor and president of the independent Catholic news website Crux and author of a dozen books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, has been called the most respected English-language Vatican watcher by both secular and religious media. "I believe I can speak from personal experience when I say this: The Capuchins are, in many ways, the Denver Broncos of religious life in the Catholic Church." John resides in Rome, Italy.

In EPISODE FORTY THREE we continue with our two-part Summer Reading Series and finish our review of  John Kirtland Wright’s  1946 Presidential Address Association of American Geographers.  In this canonical text, Wright outlines his ideas for  geosophy . How was this address received by his colleagues? What would the study of geosophy look like? Professor John L. Allen joins us to explore these questions- and others -It’s our first major exploration of this key text.

"The New Christian Martyrs" Lecture given by John L. Allen, Jr. on Fri, April 22, 2016. Presented by the Bishop Keane Institute, a Ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. About This Lecture: More Christians are being persecuted for their faith than any other religious community in our world today. Thousands are imprisoned, killed, or forced to flee each year. Allen will tell this important and largely unknown story, offering insights into its causes with ideas on how to work for change. John L. Allen Jr. is the editor of Crux, an independent Catholic news site in partnership with the Knights of Columbus, and previously served both as a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and later as associate editor of the Boston Globe. He’s the senior Vatican analyst for CNN, the author of ten books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, and a popular speaker both in the United States and abroad. The Bishop Keane Institute, a ministry of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, takes its name and animating spirit from the fifth bishop of Richmond and the founding rector of Catholic University, John J. Keane (1839 – 1918). The Institute serves as a gathering place for learning, conversation and community. Its primary effort, the Bishop Keane Institute Lecture Series, brings the leading voices in Catholic thought, ministry and education to Hampton, VA, as a way of engaging and energizing the Hampton Roads community to participate fully in the mission of Christ’s Church. Learn more at keaneinstitute.org

Hosted by Greg Thompson and Steve DeLaney. John L. Allen Jr. is the editor of Crux, an independent Catholic news site in partnership with the Knights of Columbus. His talk, entitled, "The New Christian Martyrs," addresses the largely unknown story of how more Christians are being persecuted for their faith than any other religious community in our world today. For more, subscribe to "Sounds at ICC" on iTunes, or your preferred podcast app. For tickets to John Allen's lecture in Hampton, VA on Fri, Apr 22, 2016, visit keaneinstitute.org/tickets --- Music Credits: "Jarvic 8" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

John L. Allen, prize-winning Vatican correspondent and CNN analyst on Vatican affairs, delivered the 2006 Archbishop Miller Lecture titled, Megatrends in Catholicism." The lecture is named in honor of University of St. Thomas President Emeritus Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, and made possible through the generosity of the John W. and Alida M. Considine Foundation.

Religious Freedom: Its Roots in Catholic Thought and its Place in Vatican Diplomacy by Fr. Donald Nesti, Charlie Balsam, Joe Tortorice, John L. Allen Jr. The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) marked a sea change in Catholic thought with regard to religious freedom, although the theological roots of the idea go all the way back to Christ and his teaching of “render unto Caesar.” In recent decades religious freedom has emerged as the centerpiece of Vatican diplomacy, which, among other things, has bred a new and far more positive understanding of the United States and its role on the global stage. Today the most creative and passionate Christian reflection on religious freedom is emerging from the Middle East, where Christians are an embattled, and shrinking, minority, and where separation of religion and state amounts to a survival strategy. This lecture will sketch the past, present and future of the Catholic approach to religious liberty, both in theory and in concrete geopolitical situations.

John L. Allen, Jr. is the Senior Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and author of, "The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution." Allen tells us why the current Pope is rising in popularity. He adopted a tough new anti-money-laundering law and discusses its impact. Allen believes Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world. He gives some representative examples of the kinds of suffering Christians around the world endure and common myths about the global war on Christians. Visit the National Catholic Reporter at www.ncronline.org.

I Sotenäs har politikerna kört över rektorerna och bestämt att skolavslutningarna måste firas i kyrkan de kommande fem åren. Kan kyrkliga skolavslutningar krocka med principen om icke-konfessionell skola och vem äger egentligen frågan om var skolavslutningen ska hållas? Ny statistik visar att kyrkorna i USA tappar medlemmar och allt fler unga amerikaner säger att de inte tillhör någon församling alls. Men med den entrepreneurs-anda som råder i USA tror experter att en ny och mer alternativ kyrkorörelse håller på att växa fram. Petra Socolovsky besöker en alternativ kristen grupp som håller sin söndagsgudstjänst på ett fik i Washington. Människor och tro följer händelseutvecklingen i Libyen. Sören Wibeck analyserar islamisternas möjligheter i Libyen och berättar om hur Muammar Khadaffi använt sin egen islamiska ideologi för att styra landet. Den katolska kyrkans kris är så djup att något måste göras snabbt. Det skriver över 260 katolska teologer, de flesta tyska, i ett upprop med krav på reformer. Inte minst vad gäller celibatet, kvinnliga präster och synen på homosexualitet. Dessa frågor diskuteras livligt i den teologiska världen, men kyrkan rör sig inte, säger talesmannen, professor Gerhard Kruip vid universitetet i Mainz, som ser paralleller mellan uppropet och revolutionen i den arabiska världen: - Människor har tappat rädslan och börjat prata och protestera. Auktoritära regimer, dit också kyrkan räknas, fungerar bara om människor är rädda. Kyrkan har inga vapen för repression som en stat, men i ett modernt samhälle kan människor lämna kyrkan. De som är kritiska och som kan driva på reformer försvinner, vilket är katastrofalt, säger Gerhard Kruip i Människor och tro. Journalisten och Vatikanspecialisten John L. Allen analyserar vad uppropet kan få för betydelse. Länk till de katolska teologernas upprop: För en vecka sedan, vid fredagsbönen, framträdde för första gången på 30 år den muslimske globale ledaren Yusuf al-Qaradawi på Tahrirtorget i Kairo. Al-Qaradawi som har ett förlutet i egyptiska Muslimska brödraskapet hyllade revolutionen och gav den en religiös betydelse samtidigt som han manade till sammanhållning mellan Egyptens muslimer och kristna. Paul Katsivelis vid Stockholms universitet analyserar al-Qaradawis symboliska framträdande. Utrikeskrönikan är signerat Hanna Sahlberg och kommer från Kina. Programledare: Åsa F Vestergren Producent: Anneli Rådestad anneli.radestad@sr.se