This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat who has served as a senator from Delaware since 2010.

0:00 Introduction
3:50 Senator Coons' history in Kenya and Divinity School
7:57 Why do Democrats generally seem less religious?
12:30 Neither party fully represents the Catholic Church
17:10 Is it risky for politicians to talk about their faith?
20:50 How does one balance faith and politics?
23:50 Canonization

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