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10 Questions with Tod Worner | From Physician-Assisted Suicide to Human Suffering

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

December 23, 2024

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Dr. Tod Worner, Editor in Chief of Evangelization & Culture, joins Matthew Petrusek, Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute, for a game of 10 Questions. In a world filled with ambiguity, guests are tasked with answering questions with precision and clarity: Yes or No.

01:29 | Is sustaining life the most important thing for a patient near death?
05:05 | Should physician-assisted suicide be legal or considered permissible?
09:39 | Does witnessing another’s suffering challenge your faith?
12:03 | Are physical books still relevant?
14:16 | Should we consider an author’s sociological categories when evaluating work?
17:00 | Is reading things that challenge or impugn the Catholic Faith worthwhile?
19:22 | Should parents allow content that challenges or impugns the Catholic Faith?
21:43 | Should we seek to cancel or prevent hateful or harmful viewpoints?
24:53 | Should Catholic publications platform people who challenge Catholic teaching?
27:50 | Is it possible to possess too many books?

Matthew Petrusek

About the author

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

Matthew R. Petrusek, PhD is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity, The Search for a Meaningful Life; Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries; and Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human DignityPetrusek lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.