How a punk rock journalist found healing in the Catholic Church Ep. 106

Dawn Eden Goldstein was born into a Jewish family, but in her teens
and 20s—dealing with cycles suicidal depression—charted her own
path as a journalist and devotee of the religion of punk rock. In
the early 2000s, as the first round of the sexual abuse crisis was
unfolding in the Catholic Church, Dawn, herself a survivor, began
making her way to that very church. Since converting, she has
written several books, including My Peace I Give You: Healing
Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints and her new memoir,
Sunday Will Never Be the Same. We ask Dawn about her spiritual
journey, how the latest abuse revelations have tested her faith and
what lessons the church can learn from the arduous healing process
of survivors. In Signs of the Times, the U.S. church is reporting a
rise in new sex abuse allegations. What’s being the recent spike?
Next, the bishop in Rhode Island warns Catholics not to take part
in Pride marches and an Irish archbishop tells parents not to give
their kids smartphones for Holy Communion. Finally, relics are
stolen from a church in Italy and the French senate votes to
restore Notre Dame to its former glory. Tell us what you think
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Archbishop Relics of Fatima child saints stolen from Italian church
French senate passes bill for preservation of Notre Dame’s original
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