Man,gled, that every everywoman he meant everyone that regardless of their station in life, regardless of whether or not you agree with him, is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. That the used to say greatest sin of all was the whether power, economic, political, psychological, or physical. I wrote theason why violence against women legislation. He abhorred the notion of the abuse of power. Totally consistent with what his holiness talks about now in our Roman Catholic faith has taught us for over 2000 years. As taught by my family and my faith, that a good life, at its core, this is why i truly like john, is about the personable. It is all getting down to being personable. Being engaged. I was taught by my family and my faith to look beyond the caricature of a person, resist the temptation, when you disagree, to ascribe a negative motive. Because when you do that, number one, you do not truly know what that persons motive is. And number two, and makes it virtually imposs
I was raised by parents who were the embodiment of catholic social doctrine. And i was taught by the sisters of st. Joseph in high school. Everyone is always welcome in my home. Always welcome in my home. I was taught by my mother that no one was better than me. But that everyone was my equal. I was taught by my father, who man,gled, that every everywoman he meant everyone that regardless of their station in life, regardless of whether or not you agree with him, is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. That the used to say greatest sin of all was the whether power, economic, political, psychological, or physical. I wrote theason why violence against women legislation. He abhorred the notion of the abuse of power. Totally consistent with what his holiness talks about now in our Roman Catholic faith has taught us for over 2000 years. As taught by my family and my faith, that a good life, at its core, this is why i truly like john, is about the personable. It is all getting dow
Why were they selected, and what is the meaning of the metals . Father jenkins it was founded in 1883 to honor a catholic in america who was made a contribution in some way to broader american society. We have awarded musicians, poets, political leaders, business leaders. Religious leaders with this medal. And these two men who have given such distinguished service to our country, people of two different parties, it is important that we had that. They have been distinguished political leaders in our country. We thought they were very deserving of this medal. It has been presented to john f. Kennedy, tip oneill, the singer aaron neville. What was the commonality between Speaker Boehner and Vice President joe biden . What did you hear in their message that struck a similar tone . Father jenkins at our time in this country, as we all know, such acrimony and divisive this. Divisiveness. A lot of cynicism about government leaders. What i found so inspiring is that the two men expressed grea
George had a desk in 1939, 1940, 41, close to george orwell. George had lived through the story i tell on both sides of the atlantic. When i think about the book, and i am sorry you didnt live. He died a few months ago. He didnt live to read the book, but he was a kind of inspiration for the book. His life story and his world, the world of literature and learning through politics and society. The mac i can say without argue you wouldve liked the book. Mark, thank you. Congratulations. Guest thank you. Hell sell professor richard gamble, when did the phrase city on the hill originate . Guest at originate the new testament in the gospel of matthew and it made its way into American History by way of a speech or discourse written by a puritan governor John Winthrop back in 1630 and he wrote what became later a very famous speech called the body of Christian Charity and gradually the phrase, city on a hill, came to describe america. One of the things that most interest you then is how ameri
And the film was filled with subliminal messages. How did it become a bigger kick came . And the tendency is for politicians or journalist to assume that americans from the earliest colonial periods always thought of themselves as the city on the hill but it turns out after more than 200 years before a historian started to pick up the of phrase to apply it to america is a devotee. What is the concept quick. It comes from serving on the about and there to the disciples did the context of a light to the world you will be a city upon the hill that cannot be headed. For one century and through the service that is understood the minister is of the Christian Faith would be conspicuous that wine Church Father said creatures of the gospel would be spectacles to the of world. So the way that they behavior and what they taught it is out on display in a thread of the whole world for good or bad. If they best up or if they lived a scandalous life they would also be a city on a hill. And that is th