The context of the incident, the Vatican’s response, and the implications for L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are live at Xavier University in Cincinnati with their spiritual director, Eric Sundrup, S.J., sharing their own experiences discerning their paths as young adults and offering insights from Jesuit spirituality to young people navigating big life questions.

Statistician Ryan Burge set out to learn how many Catholics agree with church teachings on three key pro-life issues: abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty. The answer? Fewer than 1 percent.

On Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley speak with Andrea Von Kampen about her new album “Sister Moon,” which draws on the spiritual and ecological wisdom of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’.”

This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley share their conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory—the archbishop of what he calls “the epicenter of division”—on the role of a church in a polarized society.

Few events inspire a media spectacle quite like the election of a pope. Zac and Ashley talk with church historian Miles Pattenden to learn how conclaves evolved—and how they might change in the future.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are joined by Megan Nix, the author of Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother's Pursuit of the Truth.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Professor Amir Hussain, a theology professor at Loyola Marymount University, about life and teaching as a Muslim at a Catholic university.

In 2014, the American journalist James Foley was beheaded by ISIS terrorists. His mother Diane joins ‘Jesuitical’ this week to discuss his vocation, her enduring faith and a radical act of mercy.

A conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory on synodality, the dangers of social media and the role of young people in overcoming divisions in our church and country.