Pope Benedict's Legacy, Minimalist Hacks, & Outsourcing to China | The Simpleton Podcast

The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman

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Pope Benedict XVI, formerly Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, passed away on December 31, 2022. Clark and Laura discuss the monumental impact Benedict had on them, and in the starting of A Simple House.

In this episode:

• Why you need to read Benedict's works

• NEW SEGMENT: Simple Living Hacks

• JP2 vs. Benedict in style and legacy

• Controversy: how Benedict handled sex abusers, the media, and SSPX

• The purpose of the Catholic Church

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Chapters:

0:00 Start

0:55 Intro to Pope Benedict segment

2:52 Benedict's contributions before papacy

5:08 Differences between Benedict and JP2

6:52 We went to Benedict's Mass in DC

7:55 Why retiring from being pope was a monumental move

11:41 Benedict's great theological contributions

16:45 "Introduction to Christianity"'s profound impact

20:07 Benedict's contributions to the Catechism

21:57 The three interviews

24:42 Encyclicals, Catholic Charities, & Love/Truth

31:26 Benedict's role in forming A Simple House

33:40 No one reads!!

42:09 The Historical-Critical Method and its faults

45:25 The "Jesus of Nazareth" books

46:56 Controversy: how Benedict handled sex abusers

53:10 Benedict's "bulldog" media portrayal

56:48 SSPX and Benedict

58:36 The Vatican Bank scandal

59:54 Seminarians at ASH

1:03:29 What's the purpose of the Church?

1:07:21 Flawless transition

1:08:20 NEW SEGMENT: Simple Living Hacks

1:14:44 Is it wrong or right to outsource?

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A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Our Catholic missionary work involves meeting people in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor. While missionaries serve at A Simple House, they live a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.

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