Station XV: Episode 180 — Pastors, Pew, Pope, Prayer, Poland
For the Christmas episode, it’s a typically international look at the life of the Church. The panels globetrot from Australia, where hard choices are being made on pastoral care for those accessing euthanasia, to the Christmas scenes in Rome and a call to prayer in New Zealand. A new Pew Research report assesses how religious practice was affected during COVID, including through violence, and we end with some more violence — by someone dressed up as a Christmas tree. No, seriously. We wish the Station 15 family a happy and holy Christmas.
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Station XV: Episode 179 — Abstinence, Bahrain, Campbell, Dioceses, Enlarging
Don, James and Gavin metaphorically join Pope Francis on his Middle East trip, assessing the impact of his time in Bahrain. In New Zealand, men attending a retreat have been urged to stand up against relativism by a former bishop, while in other parts of the country they’re trying to find new bishops. The Vatican has published the next document in the Synod on Synodality journey, put there doesn’t appear to be any talk of reinstating abstinence from meat on Fridays. Maybe it would save the planet….
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Homily for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
“God, Zacchaeus and Vladimir Putin” – Fr Anthony Trenwith, Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish in Kerikeri and Te Parihi o te Ngākau Tapu at Waitāruke, shares his homily for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Station XV: Episode 177 — 15 Years Young
As The 15th Station team celebrates 15 years of podcasting, it’s a typically global issue as this month’s stories take us to the New Zealand capital, to Canada, Germany and Italy. There are some uplifting stories, some confronting ones and an absolute head-scratcher — so not too dissimilar from many of the 177 episodes over the years. Join Anna, Donald, James and Gavin as they reminisce about the show’s history, but also tackles some of the big stories of today.
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