{"podcast":{"title":"Jesuitical","slug":"jesuitical-1116545","podcast_index_feed_id":1116545,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AMMD2442073612","website_url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/jesuiticalshow","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7da8032e-1e25-11eb-809b-33879b279c21/image/ee1b6ac753e4894598a91ab89e271faa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"America Media","episode_count":442,"summary":"Welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast for young Catholics hosted by two young, lay editors at America—Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless. Each episode features a guest who offers a unique perspective on faith, culture or current events. We also bring you some of the top (and maybe more obscure) Catholic news of the week. And we'll ask: Where do we find God in all this?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T14:20:13.574836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545"},"episode":{"title":"How Catholics became obsessed with sex (and rules)","slug":"how-catholics-became-obsessed-with-sex-and-rules","published_at":"2026-05-21T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/how-catholics-became-obsessed-with-sex-and-rules","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545","url":"https://www.americamagazine.org/subscribe","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AMMD5318476788.mp3","summary":"This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis speak to theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny about why Catholics seem obsessed with questions of sexual morality. They were prompted to dig into the historical development of Catholic sexual ethics after Pope Leo said in a press conference, “We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues…” 00:00 Leo's comments on sexual morality 4:08 What Scripture says 6:05 How Catholic teaching developed 9:30 What is \"natural law\"? 16:37 How Catholics became obsessed with sex 20:26 JPII's \"theology of the body\" 24:41 Sex and justice 28:50 Sex, confession and salvation 36:35 A healthy approach to sex Links: Pope Leo speaks on same-sex blessings, migration and more on plane back to Rome Heaven and hell in post-Vatican II Catholicism: How to move from fear to love You can follow us on X and on Instagram @jesuiticalshow. You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/jesuitical. Support Jesuitical by becoming a digital subscriber to America magazine at americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis speak to theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny about why Catholics seem obses…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2840,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/jesuitical-1116545/episodes/how-catholics-became-obsessed-with-sex-and-rules/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/jesuitical-1116545/how-catholics-became-obsessed-with-sex-and-rules.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}