Changing views on marriage and sexuality. Many, many other challenges too. During these and other periods of stress, especially over the last few centuries some have thought and argued the Catholic Church might become irrelevant. Disappear into the dust of history. My guess is says instead of being overwhelmed by modern times come the churches not only survived as it clearly has, but is actually key agent of change for the whole world. He is george whiteoak, catholic scholar and distinguished fellow with ethics policy centerpiece also wrote more than two dozen books and closing his latest the irony of catholic history how the church rediscovered itself and challenge the modern world to reform. George thank you for being here. Lets start with the book and pick this up right with the title. Whats ironic about the church, the churchs response. Whats ironic about it jerry, is a relationship that started with a lot of mutual head knocking. Vote tear, crying, crush the infini, folks hurling
Electronic devices you may have and also to not use any cameras during the course of this evening. Official photographers are entitled to take pictures. It is my pleasure to introduce justice breyer. He has had a distinguished career, starting as a law clerk to goldberg and going on to have many important positions in the department of justice and working for the Senate Judiciary committee. He was appointed to the First Circuit court of appeals and he and was thears chief judge of that court. Clinton tapped him to be a justice here and he turned out to be one of six people who, law clerk and a justice at this court. Here, he said at the far end of the bench for 11 years. It was the secondlongest time that anybody has sat as the most junior justice. More years had 11 and he has moved around on the bench. We are pleased to have him here tonight for this lecture. Justice breyer. Breyer 11 days or something. I was thinking about asking tice alito for not taking to not take the oath or 11 d
Only the official photographer is permitted to take photographs. It is my pleasure to introduce Justice Stephen breyer. He has had a distinguished career, starting as a law clerk to goldberg and going on to have many important positions in the department of justice and working for the Senate Judiciary committee. In 1980, president carter appointed him to the first appeals and hef served 14 years and was the chief judge of that court. Clinton tapped him to be a justice here and he turned out to be one of six people who, during their career, served both as a law clerk at this court and asked a justice at this court. When he got here, he said at the sat at the far end of the bench for 11 years. It was the secondlongest time that anybody has sat as the most junior justice for the long a period. Now, he has had 11 more years and he has moved around on the bench. We are pleased to have him here tonight to host this evenings lecture. Justice breyer. [applause] Justice Breyer i think i missed
Guest that is a big one. Theodore roosevelt would be not surprised because he battled the very conservative views that are now prevalent all his life. He was republican and terribly popular but not with the right wing of his party. He built a great democratic machine which has largely broken up waiver, much weaker than it was before, and he had always the solid south. Very different. I think that they would both be surprised at what has happened to there party. Franklin would probably recognize. He would feel more at home in all its constituent parts and diversity of minority and said he can progressive and all of that. I think theodore would also recognize and understand. Founded in 1856 with two missions in mind, to free the slaves and get rid of this monumental hypocrisy, the toleration of slavery, and they went about doing that with their second candidate. The other was to level the playing field. The interested already begun to take over and there was big business. People who were
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