Health and Society
Study: Transmission of River Blindness May Be Reduced When Vegetation is Removed
The World Health Organization has set a goal to eliminate river blindness, a neglected tropical disease found mostly in African villages near fast-flowing rivers and streams, by...
Read ArticleNew Study Unravels the Complexity of Childhood Obesity
The World Health Organization has estimated more than 340 million children and adolescents ages 5-19 are overweight or obese, and the epidemic has been linked to more deaths...
Read ArticleSuffering and Hope with Lindy Wynne
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Lindy Wynne, founder of “Mommas in Spirit”, to talk about her ministry, suffering, hope, and how to be present to each other....
Listen to PodcastPoverty in America: Is Progress Possible in our Polarized Times?
LEO’s Managing Director Heather Reynolds joined the American Enterprise Institute and other poverty experts for a panel discussion on “Poverty in America: Is Progress Possible...
watch videoOn Democracy and Difficult Questions
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: We invite scholars, makers, and professionals out to brunch for an informal conversation about their work, and then we turn those...
Listen to PodcastDecember Films and Top 3 with Guest Don Crafton
Ted and Ricky run through the Browning Cinema’s compact December schedule, which includes Robert Zemickis’s take on The Christmas Carol, a stunning new production of A...
Listen to PodcastHarrison Ayre on Social Media and Communion
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Father Harrison Ayre to discuss the question: is social media a means of isolation or an instrument of communion? Father Ayre is...
Listen to PodcastPracticing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods ft. Jonathan “Pastah J” Brooks
Where am I supposed to be and where will I be most transformed? Jonathan “Pastah J” Brooks challenges us with this question in today’s episode. Jonathan currently serves as...
Listen to PodcastFighting to Build on Tradition
On the Navajo Nation, a territory encompassing 27,000 square miles across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, sits a lone Catholic school — Saint Michael Indian School. There, 400...
watch videoRecognizing the Dignity of Work in the Appalachian Region ft. Brandon Dennison
Listening to those closest to both the challenges and the beauty of the Appalachian region is critical to the success of a more diversified and stable local economy. Brandon...
Listen to PodcastArchbishop Charles Scicluna in Conversation with Students
In the second major event of the 2019-20 Notre Dame Forum series, Malta Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the...
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