This week Simone Rizkallah and James O’Reilly are joined by George Weigel for episode 12 of Beyond Rome. In this episode, George argues that Eastern Catholics offer six special gifts to the Universal Church and shares how we can learn from their faithful witness in the 21st Century.

George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.

From 1989 through June 1996, Mr. Weigel was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he led a wide-ranging, ecumenical and inter-religious program of research and publication on foreign and domestic policy issues.

Mr. Weigel is perhaps best known for his widely translated and internationally acclaimed two-volume biography of Pope St. John Paul II: the New York Times bestseller, Witness to Hope (1999), and its sequel, The End and the Beginning (2010). In 2017, Weigel published a memoir of the experiences that led to his work as a papal biographer: Lessons in Hope — My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II.

George Weigel is the author or editor of more than thirty other books, many of which have been translated into other languages. His essays, op-ed columns, and reviews appear regularly in major opinion journals and newspapers across the United States. A frequent guest on television and radio, he is also Senior Vatican Analyst for NBC News. His weekly column, “The Catholic Difference,” is syndicated to ninety-one newspapers and magazines in five countries.

Be sure to tune into this episode to hear from George Weigel about Eastern Christianity, and how Catholics can better understand our eastern roots in the Holy Land.

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00:00-01:12 - Introduction & 6 Gifts of the Eastern Church to the Western Church
01:12-03:00 - George Weigel’s Exposure to Eastern Churches
03:00-04:35 - Beauty of Eastern Liturgy & Mystery of Eastern Spirituality
04:35-05:20 - RCIA vs OCIA
05:20-08:40 - Roman Catholic Roots vs Other Rites & Adoration
08:40-14:47 - Icons & Evoking the Transcendent in Art
14:47-18:43 - Theosis
18:43-20:39 - Culture Reformation
20:39-25:23 - Holy Spirit Emphasis
25:23-29:32 - the Early Fathers & Chair of St. Peter
29:32-30:36 - Conclusion

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Resources:

➡️ Eastern Catholics and the Universal Church (George Weigel on First Things): https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/06/eastern-catholics-and-the-universal-church

➡️ Ethics and Public Policy Center: https://eppc.org/

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