What the Left (and everyone else) can learn from conservatives. Ep. 118

We’ve all heard Jesus’ command to “love your enemy.” But can you
love your enemies if you don’t know who they are? On the podcast
“Know Your Enemy,” hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam
Adler-Bell—self-described Bernie Bros—try to understand their
political rivals on the right’s own terms, providing “a leftist’s
guide to the conservative movement.” We sat down with Matt, an
associate editor at the Catholic magazine Commonweal, to talk about
his own political conversion (he was a conservative well into his
20s), what the left can learn from the conservative movement and
how the Trump era is reshaping Catholic politics. In Signs of the
Times, we discuss the decision of a South Carolina priest to deny
Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Marco
Rubio’s challenge to Republicans to take up the cause of working
people and to build a “common good capitalism.” Plus, seven
anti-nuclear activists are convicted for their acts of civil
disobedience and a church in Arizona has its first sensory-friendly
Mass for people with disabilities. Tell us what you think about the
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Cardinal Dolan: I would not have denied Joe Biden Communion
Explainer: When can someone be denied the Eucharist? Marco Rubio
calls for an ‘economics of the common good’ Catholic peace
activists Kings Bay Plowshares 7 convicted Chandler Catholic church
to host first sensory-friendly Mass What’s on tap? Bulliet Bourbon
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