https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/angelo-bottone-s-podcast--4587515enSociety & CultureCopyright Angelo Bottonehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0604f8073262d43c69ca6933617cbec3.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/angelo-bottone-s-podcast--4587515Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:17:46 +0000Angelo BottoneAngelo Bottonefeeds@spreaker.comPodcast by Angelo Bottonecleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/synod-on-synodality-process-and-outcomes--68486526tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2209564766Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:27:41 +0000Angelo BottoneSynod on Synodality: process and outcomes by Angelo Bottone3104cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gk-chesterton-defender-of-the-family-a-talk-by-dale-ahlquist--68194135tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2193179679Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:17:32 +0000Angelo BottoneGK Chesterton Defender of the family. A talk by Dale Ahlquist by Angelo Bottone2218cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/haywood-and-daphe-robinson-talk-to-healthcare-professionals--66877808tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2125628712Sun, 06 Jul 2025 21:50:24 +0000Angelo BottoneHaywood and Daphe Robinson talk to healthcare professionals by Angelo Bottone1966cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chesterton-day-2025-matteo-mazzariol-the-actuality-of-distributism-3-authors-and-4-pillars--66566282tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2113786407Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:40:30 +0000Angelo BottoneChesterton Day 2025. Central Catholic Library, Dublin. 14 June 20253160cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/james-bradshaw-could-distributism-work-and-should-we-try--66564654tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/2113723530Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:17:40 +0000Angelo BottoneJames Bradshaw: Could Distributism work? And should we try?2147cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maria-steen-on-the-two-referendum--58911558tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1764315222Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:09:53 +0000Angelo BottoneMaria Steen addressed a meeting of The Iona Institute about the two upcoming referendums on the family and carers.2149cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/discussing-proposals-for-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia-in-ireland-30-july-2023--56416900tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1588708131Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:43:18 +0000Angelo BottoneThis is an extract from the Come and See Inspiration podcast, where I discuss the proposals to introduce "medically assisted dying" in Ireland. The full podcast can be found here:...1960cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/europe-and-the-faith-a-talk-by-prof-richard-rex--56309929tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1578250610Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:13:43 +0000Angelo BottoneProfessor Richard Rex of Queens' College, Cambridge, discusses 'Europe and the Faith'. He describes how Christianity has helped to shape Europe down to the present day and what will happen to Europe as the faith fades from the continent. The talk was...3022cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christians-in-a-post-human-world-a-talk-by-dr-gerard-casey--56034619tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1559287618Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:24:47 +0000Angelo BottoneDr Gerard Casey, former head of the Department of Philosophy at UCD recently addressed a meeting organised by The Iona Institute called ‘Christians in a post-human world: a sneak look at our near future’. Dr Casey described how our world is changing...2160cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prolife-doctor-speaks--50593302tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/1306317154Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:31:48 +0000Angelo BottoneDr. Dermot Kearney speaks to Family Solidarity about his heroic prolife work at an event prior to the Rally for Life in Dublin, 2 July 2022.2869cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ireland-is-experiencing-a-demographic-catastrophe--48234311
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It says assisted suicide makes the act of suicide even worse by involving another person in it, namely the health workers and anyone else involved in the decision]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/904833952Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:30:59 +0000Angelo BottoneThe Vatican has published a new document decrying euthanasia. It is very timely as an assisted suicide bill currently before the Dáil. The document describes euthanasia as “an intrinsically evil act, in every situation or circumstance”, as it...The document describes euthanasia as “an intrinsically evil act, in every situation or circumstance”, as it directly causes the death of an innocent human being. It says assisted suicide makes the act of suicide even worse by involving another person in it, namely the health workers and anyone else involved in the decision]]>303cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-leading-doctors-oppose-assisted-suicide--41035788tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/896694430Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:00:38 +0000Angelo BottoneThe last time when assisted suicide was discussed in Leinster House, three years ago, some of the strongest opposition came from the members of the medical profession and disability advocacy groups. It’s worth recalling what they said because it is...412cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assisted-suicide-bill-is-fatally-flawed--41008714tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/895300087Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:22:23 +0000Angelo BottoneThe debate about assisted suicide is heating up in Ireland.251assistedsuicide,bioethics,ethics,euthanasia,ireland,politicscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/growing-support-among-doctors-for-infanticide--41008722tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/890226898Wed, 09 Sep 2020 07:29:24 +0000Angelo BottoneThe vast majority of pro-abortion doctors working in neo-natal units in Flanders, Belgium, support being allowed to kill a newborn baby if it has a serious disability. This can only be described as a further descent into barbarism as the culture of...299abortion,belgium,bioethics,euthanasia,flanderscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-debate-on-how-to-tackle-a-shrinking-population-is-long-overdue--41008718tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/878871676Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:32:16 +0000Angelo BottoneThe world population will peak and then decline by the end of this century, according to a new study. Countries with low fertility rates will suffer economically. We are running out of options to stop this "demographic winter".452africa,demography,europe,immigration,populationcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-restrictive-abortion-laws-reduce-abortion-rates--41008736tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/875407936Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:00:35 +0000Angelo BottoneA new study claims that more restrictive abortion laws do not reduce the incidence of abortion. In fact, the opposite may be the case, it says. If true, this would be a big blow to the pro-life movement which obviously fights for more restrictive...166abortion,legislation,prochoice,prolifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-victories-for-religious-freedom--41008733tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/865256068Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:19:58 +0000Angelo BottoneDoes a religious school have the right to employ only staff who will uphold the school’s ethos? Should a religious employer be forced to pay for contraception and the ‘morning-after pill’? In two separate rulings considering these matters, the US...311religion,religiousfreedom,scotus,uscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-religious-will-inherit-the-earth--41008715tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/863626912Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:15:34 +0000Angelo BottoneDemographic trends are increasingly showing that it is the religious, not the secular, who will inherit the Earth. This is very different to the popular impression.274africa,america,asia,christian,christianity,demography,europe,islam,religioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-failure-to-protect-our-nursing-homes--41008719tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/860233267Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:24:05 +0000Angelo BottoneSomething went very wrong with Ireland’s Covid-19 policy for nursing homes. Five months from the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis, the failure of the health authorities to properly protect the care homes has become evident. It is now seems clearer...274coronavirus,covid19,ireland,nursinghomescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marriage-in-ireland-continues-to-decline--41008720tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/857031064Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:23:09 +0000Angelo BottoneMarriage continues to change and decline in Ireland as the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show. Fewer marriages are taking place, fewer are taking place in churches, more are taking place between people who were married before and...201cohabitation,divorce,ireland,marriagecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6666-abortions-performed-in-ireland-last-year--41008740
If we allow for (a high estimate) that about 5000 Irish women had abortions in 2018, the last year before the liberal new law was introduced, it means that there has been a 40 pc increase in the number of Irish women opting to terminate their pregnancies. The number is almost 20 per day.]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/852522205Sun, 05 Jul 2020 13:15:04 +0000Angelo BottoneWe now know how many women had an abortion in Ireland last year; 6666. If you add in the 375 women who went to England for an abortion in 2019, despite our new law, it adds up to 7,041, a horrible figure. The official figures were published today. If...
If we allow for (a high estimate) that about 5000 Irish women had abortions in 2018, the last year before the liberal new law was introduced, it means that there has been a 40 pc increase in the number of Irish women opting to terminate their pregnancies. The number is almost 20 per day.]]>290abortion,england,ireland,prochoice,prolife,ukcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/programme-for-government-will-ban-pro-life-vigils-outside-hospitals--41008743
The Programme includes other measures of concern. For example, it promises yet another Citizens’ Assembly, this time on the future of schools. Will this have denominational education in its sights? It wants to strengthen ‘hate crime’ legislation. Will this overreach and attack free speech, including that of religious believers?]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/842749273Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:32:20 +0000Angelo BottoneThe newly agreed Programme for Government includes a commitment to impose ‘exclusion zones’ which would stop even silent pro-life vigils outside hospitals and GP surgeries where abortions take place or are facilitated. This is an extreme measure and,...
The Programme includes other measures of concern. For example, it promises yet another Citizens’ Assembly, this time on the future of schools. Will this have denominational education in its sights? It wants to strengthen ‘hate crime’ legislation. Will this overreach and attack free speech, including that of religious believers?]]>240abortion,ireland,prochoice,prolifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/safety-above-all-things-is-not-a-christian-virtue--41008735
We would have no Christianity if those living under persecution, from the first centuries until now, put their own health and safety before preaching the Gospel.]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/838532926Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:49:20 +0000Angelo BottoneThe Christian world view never equates the good life with self-preservation and excessive risk aversion. Obviously, in the face of a real threat, we have to respond with prudence and respect the gift of life but, on the other hand, the accomplishment...
We would have no Christianity if those living under persecution, from the first centuries until now, put their own health and safety before preaching the Gospel.]]>426christian,christianity,courage,covid19,fear,mlk,safetycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-religious-sisters-are-the-real-founders-of-modern-nursing--41008728Recently, for example, we celebrated International Nurses’ Day, which coincides with the birthday of Florence Nightingale. She is regarded as a founder of modern nursing after she became famous for her work during the Crimean War of the 1850s. What has been largely forgotten is that she took inspiration from the works of medical nuns, who are really the founders of modern nursing.]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/833829019Thu, 04 Jun 2020 08:05:07 +0000Angelo BottoneWe suffer from a big case of historical amnesia when it comes to the massive and positive Christian contribution to society down the ages. We are deluged by news of scandals, but the good news is left out. Recently, for example, we celebrated...Recently, for example, we celebrated International Nurses’ Day, which coincides with the birthday of Florence Nightingale. She is regarded as a founder of modern nursing after she became famous for her work during the Crimean War of the 1850s. What has been largely forgotten is that she took inspiration from the works of medical nuns, who are really the founders of modern nursing.]]>285crimea,crimeanwar,nightingale,nursingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-germany-and-france-judges-ruled-against-covid-bans--41008744tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/831127123Sat, 30 May 2020 15:14:58 +0000Angelo BottoneGerman and French high courts have ruled that restrictions to public worship during the Covid pandemic are unconstitutional.243covid19,france,germany,religioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-two-countries-with-liberal-regimes-abortion-rates-have-increased--41008742tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/828921940Wed, 27 May 2020 06:51:30 +0000Angelo BottoneAccording to the most recent official report from the Netherlands, and from England and Wales, abortions rates have increased.218abortion,netherlands,prochoice,prolife,ukcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ireland-will-be-one-of-the-last-countries-to-restore-public-worship--41008734tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/827327695Sun, 24 May 2020 23:36:17 +0000Angelo BottoneWhile Ireland plans to keep the ban on public religious ceremonies until July 20th, other European countries are allowing public worship again much sooner.153catholic,chrisitanity,christian,covid19,ireland,religioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/religious-practice-reduces-death-by-despair--41008729tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/824731468Wed, 20 May 2020 22:08:13 +0000Angelo BottoneHarvard study shows the benefit of religious practice for mental health.292health,mentalhealth,religion,sciencecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-law-takes-an-axe-on-natural-ties--41008745tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/822500329Sun, 17 May 2020 19:24:19 +0000Angelo BottoneThe final parts of the Children and Relationship Act 2015 have come into operation. This legislation has changed profoundly the legal arrangement of family relationships but in a way that downgrades the importance of the natural ties.392bioethics,ireland,ivf,parenting,surrogacycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/safely-restore-public-worship--41008737tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/818495167Mon, 11 May 2020 22:07:47 +0000Angelo BottoneA discussion on protocols and measures for a safe public liturgy.154christian,christianity,covid19,medicine,religioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-should-get-priority-treatment--41008732tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/812671990Sun, 03 May 2020 14:43:06 +0000Angelo BottoneWho Should Get Priority Treatment by Angelo Bottone616bioethics,covid19,ethics,medicine,politicscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/religious-practice-in-lockdown--41008723tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/812631292Sun, 03 May 2020 13:24:17 +0000Angelo BottoneA new poll commissioned by the Iona Institute looks at what happens to religious practice in a lockdown situation.239catholic,christian,christianity,covid19,europe,ireland,lockdown,politics,religioncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ethical-questions-in-a-pandemic--41008739tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/806848255Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:11:17 +0000Angelo BottoneWhy do we need a debate about ethics now? In the current exceptional circumstances, it seems that many decisions are not free choices, but they are rather dictated by necessity. Nonetheless, practical deliberations are always inspired by values....515bioethics,covid19,ethics,medicine,pandemic,philosophycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-balance-of-goods--41008725tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/806848252Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:11:16 +0000Angelo BottoneIn the current health crisis, many goods have to be balanced. The big question is whether the good done by the lockdown is proportionate to the harm caused by it.275bioethics,covid19,ethics,ireland,medicine,philosophy,politicscleanfull