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Feb 2025
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The Tablet Podcast with Ruth Gledhill an...

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Ruth Gledhill and Liz Dodd kick off the first podcast in our new season, a series of ten, with a discussion on women in the Catholic Church, Donald Trump – and top Catholic movies.

Ruth Gledhill, assistant editor of The Tablet and former religion correspondent of The Times and Liz Dodd, a former Tablet journalist who is now a sister with St Joseph of Peace (CSJP), discuss the latest developments on women in the Catholic Church, Donald Trump in the US and recent content in The Tablet such as the top Catholic movies.

Liz’s latest Tablet column, on The Traitors and more. https://www.thetablet.co.uk/columnists/i-read-recently-the-traitors-is-edited-backwards-which-is-what-makes-it-so-compelling/

The Tablet spread on top 20 Catholic movies https://www.thetablet.co.uk/arts/the-top-20-catholic-movies/

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