This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac chat with Daniel Corrou, S.J. Father Corrou is a Jesuit priest from the USA East Province who is currently the regional director of Jesuit Refugee Service Middle East & North Africa. Father Corrou lives and works in Lebanon, where Pope Leo XIV will visit from November 30 to December 2, 2025.

00:00 "Da Pope" beer
3:45 Debriefing the U.S. Bishops annual meeting
6:50 Who are the new leaders of the bishops conference?
10:12 The bishops' statement on immigration
15:33 Pope Leo responds to U.S. deportations
17:40 How Lebanon is preparing for Pope Leo's visit
21:27 Lebanon's diverse religious culture
31:12 The story of Lebanon's Christians
37:42 The refugee crisis in Lebanon
44:19 How cuts to foreign aid are hurting people in Lebanon
47:50 Life as a Catholic migrant worker in Lebanon
59:56 Faith sharing: praying with the U.S. Bishops

Support Father Corrou’s work at the Jesuit Refugee Service: https://www.jrsusa.org
Analysis: The U.S. bishops showed their unity on behalf of immigrants—and may have repaired their relationship to Rome: https://www.americamagazine.org/news-analysis/2025/11/13/analysis-the-u-s-bishops-showed-their-unity-on-behalf-of-immigrants-and-may-have-repaired-their-relationship-to-rome
U.S. bishops release rare message on Trump’s immigration crackdown in show of ‘fundamental unity’: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/11/12/us-bishops-message-immgration-trump
Pope Leo backs U.S. bishops in opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/11/18/pope-leo-us-bishops-statement-trump-immigration

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