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10/16/19 • 42 min
Judy Coode is the project coordinator for the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative (CNI) and a staff member of Pax Christi International. She organized two conferences at the Vatican on Just Peace and Nonviolence (in 2016 and 2019), the first of which was likely a major impetus for Pope Francis writing his World Peace Day message in 2017: "Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace." She joins us to tell us about the goals and outcomes of those two conferences, to answer a few critics, and to talk about where the Initiative will go from here.
0:00 Judy's background
2:12 Link between 2016 conference and the 2017 World Peace Day message
5:20 Idea behind 2016 conference
7:44 Unique "fishbowl" set-up for plenary conferences
11:12 Beyond academics and theologians
15:53 Vocabulary lesson
17:12 April 2019 conference
21:02 Where does CNI stand on Just War Theory?
22:52 Is this just another kooky "Pope Francis thing"?
25:37 Judy responds to a critic of the Initiative
33:06 A message about nonviolence
35:06 Ellen has a message for the Pope!
41:06 What's next for CNI?
Find Judy at:
Catholic Nonviolence Initiative
https://nonviolencejustpeace.net
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Also mentioned on the podcast:
"Nonviolence: A Style of Politics for Peace"
https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20161208_messaggio-l-giornata-mondiale-pace-2017.html
Appeal to the Catholic Church (2016)
https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/final-statement-an-appeal-to-the-catholic-church-to-re-commit-to-the-centrality-of-gospel-nonviolence/
Videos from the 2016 Conference
https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/videos-nonviolence-conference-fishbowl-sessions/
Statement following 2019 Conference
https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/nonviolence-nurtures-hope-can-renew-the-church/
Guadium et spes
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html
"Just War? Enough Already," op-ed in Commonweal
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/just-war-0
"The Pacifist Temptation," op-ed in First Things
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/04/the-pacifist-temptation
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05/26/19 • 73 min
John Carmody served as a 2nd Lieutenant Platoon Commander in Vietnam from 1967-68 in an area called Leatherneck Square, nestled near the DMZ. He talks about the "unbridled brutality of war" and explains why it is "a sick process." He also talks to us about his work with PeaceTrees Vietnam, his thoughts on PTSD and Just War Theory, and how he came to be the Founder and Director of the Center for Christian Nonviolence.
Rank: Captain
Read the commendation for his Silver Star here:
http://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com...
Decorations/Medals (awarded):
Silver Star (Only the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross are more prestigious.)
Purple Heart w/2*
Combat Action Ribbon
Presidential Unit Citation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Serice Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
1:00 Growing up
7:00 Parris Island and Treasured Friendships
11:00 Shipped out
13:30 Faith vs. Service to Country, and the Role of Catholic Chaplains
16:00 Three Irreducible Dimensions of "Agape"
20:56 Coming home, protesting, and thoughts on PTSD
27:00 Frustration, Destruction, and War Crimes
35:00 Story of 2 Purple Hearts
42:30 PeaceTrees Vietnam
47:00 Agent Orange and his resulting bout with cancer
54:45 Turn to Christian Nonviolence
1:00:00 Starting the Center for Christian Nonviolence
1:08:00 Advice for young people thinking about enlisting
Find him at: www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org
Find us at: www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.com
Also mentioned in the podcast:
www.peacetreesvietnam.org
Just War Theory, the Logic of Deceit, by Rev. Emmanuel McCarthy (can be found on Amazon)
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01/01/25 • 53 min
On this World Day of Peace, Jack Gilroy (guest Ep. 6) and Mark Scibilia-Carver (guest Ep. 34) return to the podcast to give us an update on the project to get Ben Salmon recognized a saint, and Mark's new initiative to start a nationwide Catholic Conscience Objector registry. Featured song/video by Martin Kerr (used with permission!)
www.bensalmon.org
www.thecatholiccostofwar.org
Featured song/video: "Away in Bomb Shelters" by Martin Kerr
www.martinkerrmusic.com
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Episode 108: Men of "Little Violence"
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10/19/24 • 48 min
JOIN THE 2024 PRE-ADVENT ONLINE RETREAT with Fr. McCarthy and me in NOVEMBER: https://bit.ly/3SqtUP8
This is part 3 of 3. See Episodes 104 & 1065for Parts 1 and 2.
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https://www.youtube.com/@emmanuelcharlesmccarthy3292
https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
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11/22/19 • 57 min
Jim Douglass, author, Catholic Worker, and lifelong peace and justice activist, explains the importance of Christ's command to "love your enemies" (MT 5:44), recounting an experience he had with an "enemy" within the Church during the Second Vatican Council. He also explains how John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev's own version of love of enemies allowed them to work together to avert nuclear war. He shares with us the three things Dorothy Day told him before she died, and he talks about the connections between John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Dr. King and Malcolm X, and why they died, and why it matters. But most of all, Jim reminds us of the Good News!
0:00 Jim's background
2:50 Two "enemies" (frenemies?) in Rome during Vatican II
--pieces of truth and clarification of thought
--The "Peace Lobby" and Dorothy Day
--fruits in the Catechism
14:50 Why we need enemies
19:30 Dorothy Day's idea of personalism
--The advice she gave to Jim before she died
23:00 The Capitalist and the Communist
--secret correspondence
--Noah's Arc
--Trust in a time of crisis
--Resurrection
31:30 Killed the first time: assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X
--"The Dulles Commission"
--propaganda and brainwashing
34:00 Systemic evil and the "Unspeakable"
--Thomas Merton
--Risk and truth
38:16 Killed a second time
40:30 Connections between JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X
48:35 Question about 9-11
--David Ray Griffin
53:28 Jesus wept
Find Jim Douglass's books here:
https://www.amazon.com/James-W-Douglass/e/B001JS2XF2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1574291557&sr=8-1
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Also mentioned in this podcast:
CCC (2314): "Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation."
"Right and Reason: Ethics Based on the Teachings of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas," by Fr. Fagothey
https://www.amazon.com/Right-Reason-Teachings-Aristotle-Aquinas-ebook/dp/B00ZMNBKPE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=right+and+reason&qid=1574302024&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
"Loaves and Fishes," by Dorothy Day
https://www.amazon.com/Loaves-Fishes-Inspiring-Catholic-Movement/dp/1570751560/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=loaves+and+fishes+dorothy+day&qid=1574302129&s=books&sr=1-1
"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," by Jim Douglass
https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Unspeakable-Why-Died-Matters/dp/1439193886/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=jfk+and+the+unspeakable&qid=1574303160&s=books&sr=1-2
"The Kennedy - Khrushchev Letters," published by Top Secret (New Century)
https://www.amazon.com/Kennedy-Khrushchev-Letters-Secret-Century/dp/0930751183/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kennedy+khrushchev+letters&qid=1574303287&s=books&sr=1-1
"Raids on the Unspeakable," by Thomas Merton
https://www.amazon.com/Raids-Unspeakable-New-Directions-Paperbook/dp/0811201015/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HCWPCDCY3DBO&keywords=raids+on+the+unspeakable&qid=1574303371&s=books&sprefix=raids+on+the+u%2Cstripbooks%2C172&sr=1-1
"Dear Gandhi, Now What? Letters from Ground Zero", by Jim and Shelley Douglass
https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Gandhi-What-Letters-Ground/dp/0865711259/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dear+gandhi+now+what&qid=1574303418&s=books&sr=1-1
"The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis," article by Jim Douglass
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2010/04/jim-douglass/the
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Episode 61: Advent Meditation Week 1
CAM podcast
11/28/22 • 13 min
Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy reads a reflection he wrote on Advent.
Find Fr. McCarthy here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhM...
https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
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08/06/20 • 171 min
Seventy-five years ago, during the Second World War, Fr. George Zabelka was the Catholic chaplain for the 509th composite group, the group that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the mid-1970's, Fr. Zabelka repented for the role he played in the Second World War and became a public advocate of Christian nonviolence. No Catholic publication in the late '70s was interested in publishing the story of his conversion. Even after his story became internationally known in the '80s and a documentary was made, no American t.v. station, either Catholic or secular, was interested in televising it. This podcast tells the story of George Zabelka from the perspective of his friend, Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. Hear about the rocky start to their relationship, George's virtues of faithfulness and courage, their lunch with Charlie Sweeney (the Catholic who dropped the bomb on Nagasaki), and some of the fruits that came from Fr. Zabelka's work towards the end of his life. Note: Parts 1, 3, and 5 focus on George. Parts 2 and 4 digress but provide helpful context and more food for thought.
Part 1 0:00 - 1:14:55
Part 2 1:14:56 - 1:39:30
Part 3 1:39:31 - 2:09:47
Part 4 2:09:48 - 2:43:47
Part 5 2:43:48 - end
To further explore this topic, the following are recommended:
"Blessing the Bombs," article by George Zabelka
"A Military Chaplain Repents," interview by Fr. McCarthy (originally published in Sojourners)
"The Reluctant Prophet" documentary (1989)
"August 9," booklet by Fr. McCarthy
"Conversation on Christian Nonviolence" with Fr. George Zabelka, Fr. McCarthy, and Mairead Corrigan McGuire
"The Church a Fold of Lambs," talk given in "Behold the Lamb" by Fr. McCarthy
"The Miracle of Edith Stein," Episode 13 of the CAM podcast
Find Fr. McCarthy and "Behold the Lamb" here:
www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org
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06/30/20 • 37 min
In this episode, Ellen analyzes sixteen lines from Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex, and wonders if the pagans understood the nature of violence better than we do.
0:00 Intro
2:08 Background to the play
5:03 Oedipus's narration of what happened at the place where three roads meet
20:41 Oedipus's later claim of self-defense
24:59 Key points of reflection
30:03 Two personal anecdotes
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Episode 44: Jesus and Gandhi
CAM podcast
06/07/20 • 61 min
How are they alike? How are they different? Is Gospel Nonviolence an option or an obligation? Does one have to be a Christian to love like Christ?
0:00 Intro
3:20 Gandhi, Jesus and Tolstoy
8:41 The problem that arises
13:46 Love and fear
16:58 What is fear?
21:11 Jesus and fear
27:46 A lesson from the life of St. Theresa of Lisieux
31:14 The two big differences
37:27 Ending on a controversial note
40:05 Questions and Thoughts
---Participation in police/military and conscientious objection
---The Infallibility Decree of 1870
---Is Gospel Nonviolence an option or an obligation?
---Can only Christians love like Christ?
Find Fr. McCarthy here:
https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org
https://www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org
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Mentioned in the podcast:
"The Kingdom of God is Within You," by Leo Tolstoy
"Gandhi on Nonviolence," by Thomas Merton
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Episode 40: Interview with Jim Forest
CAM podcast
04/17/20 • 53 min
In his recently published memoir "Writing Straight With Crooked Lines" (2020), Jim Forest writes about growing up during the Cold War the child of two Communists, his struggles with marriage, and his spiritual quest, which led him to working with Dorothy Day at the Catholic Worker in the early sixties and to befriending some of the twentieth century's most famous spiritual leaders, including Thomas Merton, Phil and Daniel Berrigan, and Thich Nhat Hanh. Jim spent over a year in jail for protesting the Vietnam War, and he co-founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship with Tom Cornell (still in operation today), which helped thousands of Catholics to register their dissent as conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War. But that's just the beginning. This interview wasn't nearly long enough, but Nancy had made dinner, and well, it was growing cold, so we covered what we could! He joins us from his home in Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
Find Jim Forest and his wife Nancy here:
https://jimandnancyforest.com
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Also mentioned on this podcast:
"Writing Straight with Crooked Lines" by Jim Forest (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Straig...
"The Ladder of the Beatitudes" by Jim Forest
https://www.amazon.com/Ladder-Beatitu...
"Catholics and Conscientious Objection" (1966) by Jim Forest
https://jimandnancyforest.com/2015/08...
"The Root of War is Fear," by Jim Forest
https://www.amazon.com/Root-War-Fear-...
"The Root of War is Fear," article by Thomas Merton can be found in "The New Seeds of Contemplation"
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CAM podcast currently has 114 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Catholic, Peace, Christianity, Society & Culture, Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, War and Military.
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The episode title 'Episode 68: Abortion and War' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on CAM podcast is 51 minutes.
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The first episode of CAM podcast was released on Apr 30, 2019.
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