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

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

Update: 2025-11-11
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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. 

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

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

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