Dr. Chad Pecknold discusses Catholic Just War theory and church teaching on capital punishment. Dr. Ryan Burge on political polarization in U.S. churches and his new book. Fr. Ben Kiely on the persecution of Christians in Africa & the Middle East.

0:34 – Headlines: Just War, U.S. Churches, Persecuted Christians
1:05 – Show Intro: 30 Years of “The World Over”
1:23 – Saint Joseph the Worker Day in Louisiana and Wisconsin
2:08 – Call to Action: Thank a Worker & SaintJosephTheWorker.com
2:17 – U.S.–Iran–Israel War and Just War Debate
2:41 – Guest: Dr. Chad Pecknold on Just War and the Death Penalty
3:10 – Catechism 2309: Four Conditions for a Just War
4:01 – Who Decides? Church Teaching vs. Political Authority
7:01 – Is the Iran War Just? Differing Catholic Views
8:00 – Is the Pope’s Judgment on War Binding on Catholics?
11:51 – Death Penalty vs. Intrinsic Evils like Abortion
15:16 – “Inadmissible” in the Catechism: What Does It Mean?
18:07 – False Mercy, Repeat Offenders, and Justice for Victims
21:03 – Boomer Theology, Moral Laxity, and Younger Clergy
22:37 – Vatican’s “Ecological Conversion” and Boomer Priorities
25:55 – DOJ Targeting Traditional Catholic Nuns
27:15 – Segment Intro: Political Polarization and the Vanishing Church
40:20 – Segment Intro: Persecuted Christians in Africa and the Middle East
54:48 – Nazarene.org: Micro‑finance and Hope for Persecuted Families

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