Mary Jo McConahay on Why American Catholic Bishops Are a Threat to Democracy
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew talks to Playing God author Mary Jo McConahay about how American Catholic bishops and the big money interests of the religiously fundamentalist far right are a threat to American democracy.
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Mary Jo McConahay is one of the most prominent Catholic journalists in America. In the 1980s she was a legendary war correspondent covering the Central American insurgencies. She is the author of three books, including The Tango War, The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II, (starred reviews Kirkus, Publishers’ Weekly, Library Journal), and Maya Roads, One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest (Northern California Book Awards Best Creative Nonfiction Book, National Geographic Traveler Book of the Month, Independent Publishers Award Best Travel Memoir).
