This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac sit down with Dean Detloff, a research and advocacy officer at Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, to talk about the importance of foreign debt relief in the Jubilee Year.

Ashley, Zac and Dean discuss:

- The biblical roots of forgiving debts in a jubilee year

- How foreign debt stunts the development of poor nations

- Why framing matters when it comes to debt forgiveness versus relief and justice

In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac discuss Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, including the stark juxtaposition of Erika Kirk’s and President Trump’s messages. They also talk about the recent execution of Father Mathew Eya in Nigeria, where 7,000 Christians have been killed so far this year. 

Zac and Ashley also react to the recent escape attempt by three elderly Austrian nuns and the retirement of Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean.

In “As One Friend Speaks to Another,” Zac catches Ashley up on what he’s been up to and the perspective of being a new father.

Links for further reading: 

Dean’s writing for America

Caritas Canada’s Jubilee Debt Campaign

Jubilee People’s Forum at the G7 in Kananaskis, Alberta

Peruvian Cardinal speaks at People’s Forum in Alberta

Pope Francis lifts suspension imposed on Nicaragua’s Ernesto Cardenal

Charlie Kirk’s widow says she forgives husband’s alleged killer at memorial attended by Trump, Vance

Who is being served by making Charlie Kirk a saint: God or Caesar?

‘Nuns on the run’ in Austria offer a complex picture of aging in religious life

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