Beliefs

Ethics for humans: Professor Christine Firer Hinze

Asking how ethics occur naturally, or emerge through faith takes us to speak to Professor Christine Firer Hinze.  Hinze is a professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham University and the director of the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies.  

The Dorothy Day Story: A conversation with documentary filmmaker Martin Doblmeier

     This week's guest, Martin Doblmeier, is a documentary filmmaker specializing in content touching on faith, religion, and spirituality. He joined me for a discussion on his recent PBS film: "Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story”. 

     'Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story' traces Dorothy Day's journey from a young communist journalist, to a Catholic convert, to the co-founder of The Catholic Worker newspaper and the first "houses of hospitality," which sheltered New York City's homeless during the Great Depression.

Bishop John Michael Botean and the Romanian Catholic Church

Bishop John Michael Botean is the head of the Eparchy of St. George in Canton, Ohio. Botean's diocese, which permits priests to marry, is the only one of its kind outside of Romania. This week on Beliefs, host Bill Baker interviews Botean at his cathedral in Ohio.

How to be uncomfortable: faith and toxic perfectionism

Jana Riess is a senior commentator and author of the popular column, Flunking Sainthood for Religion News Service.

Sharing her personal experience with writing critical commentary on an aspect of her Church’s teachings, Riess stumbled into a strong backlash and an opportunity to re-think her opinion.

Then she did what sometimes seems unthinkable in the public sphere – she apologized and reconsidered. 

Jana Riess spoke with Beliefs producer Jay Woodward to sort through the experience.