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Catholic Bishops, Catholic President

For American Catholics, "the election of Kennedy was an important moment in history, where they were recognized and accepted by American society as true Americans," says Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J. But anti-Catholicism continued to linger until JFK’s assassination, when the 34th president became an American martyr, and it was no longer acceptable to be anti-Catholic.
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Season 17 Episodes

Probation for Profit; The Rebbe's Legacy; Comfort Dogs
S17 E52 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 08/28/14

Religious Response to Ferguson; China Orphan Care
S17 E51 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 08/21/14

Atrocities in Myanmar; James Lee Burke; Janmashtami
S17 E50 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 08/14/14

Drugs of Last Resort; The Amanda Lindhout Story
S17 E48 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 07/31/14

Migrant Crisis; Latino Converts to Islam; Carrie Newcomer
S17 E47 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/24/14

Undocumented Child Migrants; India Mental Health Care
S17 E46 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Wounded Priest; Saving Infants in Vietnam; Shinnyo Lanterns
S17 E45 Length 25:39 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Vietnam Trafficking Activist; Endangered Churches
S17 E43 Length 25:39 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Religious Outreach to Veterans; Dhammakaya; Upanayanam
S17 E41 Length 25:38 Premiere Date 06/12/14

Bloodless Surgery; Poet Christian Wiman; Shavuot
S17 E40 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 06/05/14

Pope Trip Report; Pakistan Polio Campaign; Mormon Missions
S17 E39 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/29/14

Pope Francis Middle East Trip; Religious Freedom
S17 E38 Length 25:45 Premiere Date 05/22/14

Rwanda Genocide; Young Gay Men and HIV; Meaning of Yoga
S17 E37 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/15/14

Death Penalty; Women, Religion, Violence; Jordan River
S17 E36 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 05/08/14

Prospects for Pastors; The December Project
S17 E35 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 05/01/14

Papal Canonizations; India's Domestics; Jerusalem Movie
S17 E34 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 04/24/14

Atrocities in Myanmar; Jesus and Resurrection
S17 E33 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/17/14

Micro Preemie Ethics; The Sarajevo Haggadah
S17 E32 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 04/17/14

Biblical Epics; The New Calvinism
S17 E31 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 04/03/14

Pope; Bivocational Pastors; Blind Boys Alabama; Franciscans
S17 E30 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 03/27/14

Contraception Mandate; Story of the Jews; Women's Purim
S17 E29 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 03/20/14

Gun Violence; Dorothy Day; Sikh Children Turbans
S17 E28 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 03/13/14

Philomena; Solitary Confinement; Ash Wednesday

S17 E26 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 02/28/14

Detroit Bankruptcy and Worker Pensions; Secular Ethics
S17 E25 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/21/14

The Ethics of Whistle-Blowing; Jordan, The Other Holy Land
S17 E24 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 02/14/14

UN Report on Vatican Abuse, Coping with Loss, India's Cows
S17 E23 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/07/14

Nuns Versus Pipeline, Living Wage Factory
S17 E22 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/31/14

Jordan's Syrian Refugees, Inoculation Ethics
S17 E21 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/24/14

Camden Priest, Social Entrepreneurship in the Philippines
S17 E20 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 01/17/14

Typhoon Faith, Tu B'Shevat, Jews and Humor
S17 E19 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 01/10/14

Look Ahead 2014
S17 E18 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 01/03/14

Look Back 2013
S17 E17 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 12/27/13

Christmas Peace, Fifty Years after Gideon
S17 E16 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 12/20/13

Mormon Missionary Expansion, El Salvador Abortion Ban
S17 E15 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 12/13/13

Nelson Mandela, Pundits and the Pope, Christmas Gift Giving
S17 E14 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 12/06/13

Methodist Gay Marriage, Civil Rights 50th Anniversary
S17 E13 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 11/29/13

Thanksgivukkah, Relocating the Homeless, Comfort Dogs
S17 E12 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/22/13

Catholic Bishops, Catholic President; Gun Violence
S17 E11 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Legislative Prayer, American Dream, Kristallnacht

S17 E10 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 11/08/13

Pope Francis, Predicting Violence, Reza Aslan's Zealot
S17 E9 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/01/13

Catholic College Identity, Poet Christian Wiman
S17 E8 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/25/13

12 Years a Slave, Lawyers for Justice, Conservative Judaism
S17 E7 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/17/13

James Lee Burke, Solitary Confinement, Children's Hajj
S17 E6 Length 25:45 Premiere Date 10/11/13

The Francis Factor, Supreme Court and Prayer, Pakistan Polio
S17 E5 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 10/04/13

Pakistan's Christians, Implementing Obamacare
S17 E4 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 09/26/13

Methodist Gay Marriage, Chagall's Jewish Jesus
S17 E3 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 09/20/13

Syria Conflict, Birmingham Bombing Anniversary, Kever Avot
S17 E2 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 09/13/13

Debating Intervention in Syria, Guantanamo Ethics
S17 E1 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 09/06/13

J. Peter Pham on Religion and the New Africa
Clip Length 08:29 Premiere Date 08/07/14

Hillary Chapman Extended Interview
Clip Length 10:36 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Martyrdom of the Bab
Clip Length 03:00 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Hobby Lobby Ruling
Clip Length 07:43 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Donor's Gift of Life
Clip Length 08:07 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Endangered Churches
Clip Length 09:37 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Vietnam Trafficking
Clip Length 08:38 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Gun Violence and the Faith Community
Clip Length 08:09 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J.: "A Vote for Continuity"
Clip Length 02:10 Premiere Date 11/15/13

The Long Forgotten Mentally Ill
Clip Length 05:57 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Catholic Bishops, Catholic President
Clip Length 03:44 Premiere Date 11/15/13

John Lewis
Clip Length 07:43 Premiere Date 01/16/04

Sunni/Shiite Relations in Post-War Iraq
Clip Length 02:44 Premiere Date 04/04/03

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