Fox’s first appearance —Bishop Robert Barron, one of the most popular Catholic clergymen in the United States, met for the first time with Democratic lawmakers on social issues important to the Catholic faith.
California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna spoke with the bishop on the latest episode of “Bishop Barron Presents,” which will be released this week.
Khanna and Barron discussed difficult topics such as religious freedom, Big Tech, and abortion to bridge the ideological gap.
Khanna, a Hindu whose father was arrested in India for supporting Mahatma Gandhi, has expressed passionate support for the role of faith in the public square and the need for religious beliefs to shape good policy. .
In an interview, he praised the shared values found in both Hinduism and Christianity: a reluctance to respond to violence with violence.
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California Congressman Ro Khanna, pictured, speaks to Bishop Robert Barron about the importance of his Hindu faith to him and his family when he was young, and that religion plays an important role in moral and political systems. Told. (Word on Fire)
“We need to convey faith in politics, otherwise someone hits you, someone hits you, and the human response is you want to hit them back,” Khanna said. Ta. “The best faith is to stop and ask, “What is the ideal way to live?”
“That doesn’t mean we can always live ideally in a fallen world.” […] But certainly it should help shape behavior and give us pause,” he added.
Barron, who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester and previously served as auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, asked Khanna about the hostility toward religion coming from Democrats.
“What I’ve noticed here, over, say, 30 years, is that the left has become increasingly hostile to religion,” Barron told Khanna. “I don’t even mean indifferent to it; I mean actively hostile to it. And that worries a lot of us.”
Khanna recounted an incident when his family moved to town when he was young. She said she was worried that her new Hindu family might not want to extinguish the traditional Christmas candles that other families used to light up the neighborhood. This was a tradition that the Khannas were happy to erase. participate.
“In my opinion, really engaging with people’s faith is a better way than saying to people, ‘Don’t have your faith in the public square,'” Khanna told the bishop.
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California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (left) speaks with Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester on the latest episode of his bishop interview series. (Word on Fire)
Barron also pressed Khanna on major social issues such as immigration and abortion.
On immigration, Khanna said there needs to be a recognition that immigrants are valuable to the United States, but that some Democrats may have lost touch with basic border policy.
“I think that’s what some people think, and I don’t want to be unfair about it, but maybe some people on our side are not doing enough to protect our borders. There’s a sense that we haven’t done it,” Khanna told Barron. “In my opinion, we should fund border patrol agents, we should fund immigration agents, we should fund technology. We need a nation to have a safe and secure border. We should be clear that we need Border Patrol, not demonize or defund it.” ”
Abortion proved to be the most controversial issue during the interview, with a calm but tense exchange about the humanity of the fetus.
“California, the framework of my position is that you can have an abortion until it’s viable. And then after that, it’s an exception for the health of the mother under those circumstances, which is very rare. ,” Khanna told Barron. This is a response to the bishop’s assertion that abortion is the number one cause of Catholics leaving the Democratic Party.
The representative continued, “In my opinion, the decision to receive that medical care should be made by the woman and her doctor. But the challenge is to start talking about these very rare cases as well. I think that’s the conversation to have. It’s not the majority of abortions by any means, it’s probably less than 1 or 2 percent.”
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Bishop Robert Barron has interviewed actors, filmmakers, political activists and intellectuals about the role of faith in society. (Word on Fire)
“Even so, from our perspective, many babies are still being killed. How can that be accepted in a sane society?” Barron asked.
Bishop continued, “Now that things have moved to the state level, that’s fine, but I’m willing to accept as many restrictions as possible. So if Democrats are willing to say, ‘We’re going to limit.'” [abortion] Both here and there.” It’s great. And I think the church will accept that and say, ‘At least we’re moving in the right direction.’ But I think we need to talk about life and humans. ”
The “Bishop Baron Presents” interview will premiere on February 22nd.
