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Pete Buttigieg on Christianity, public life, and the spirituality of fatherhood



Pete Buttigieg –  the 19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation and the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana – joins host James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about his faith journey, including:

  • A high school Old Testament teacher who shaped Pete’s understanding of a faith that does justice 

  • Pete’s appreciation of the liturgy and subsequent conversion to the Episcopal church 

  • Coming out as gay and coming out as Christian in political life

  • How becoming a father has deepened Pete’s lived-experience of the triune God.

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