Episode 132: On Self-Immolation: Suicide, Sacrifice, and The Church

Fr. McCarthy reflects on the life and death of Roger LaPorte, who set himself on fire on November 9, 1965, to protest the Vietnam War, and offers some thoughts on the response of Catholic bishops, priests, and laity to this act, and the choice of Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government in 1963. More recently, Aaron Bushnell immolated himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington shouting "Free Palestine" on February 25, 2024.  Find CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast Find Fr. McCarthy here:    / @emmanuelcharlesmccarthy3292  https://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org. Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast