Deacons Pod: When Politics Hurts Your Church Life – Paulist Fr. Bruce Nieli
February 11, 2025

Paulist Fr. Bruce Nieli is the guest on this episode of Deacons Pod about how threshold Catholics are dealing with issues ignited by the new presidential administration in Washington, D.C.
Fr. Bruce discusses the status of refugees and migrants in the United States; the abrupt federal funding cuts for Catholic Relief Services; and how believers in non-violence should react when faced with political violence.
He also considers how families might respond when some family members stop going to Church in the wake of the presidential election.
Fr. Bruce is a Paulist missionary based in Austin, TX, who leads parish missions and retreats in both English and Spanish. Ordained a priest in 1973, he also is a Papal Missionary of Mercy.
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