2 - Bishop Toups' Interview: Gen Z, the Church, and Pro-Life

Kat Talalas from the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities interviews Bishop David Toups, S.Th.D., Bishop of Beaumont and member of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities. 

They discuss the recent trend of Gen Z embracing Catholic identity and avenues for formation, including respect for human life and dignity. Bishop Toups also shares what formed his pro-life views from childhood and what it was like to become a bishop.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introductions
• 1:17 Becoming pro-life
• 9:33 Forming youth
• 11:50 Formative moments in seminary
• 13:34 Love, hope, joy, and surrender
• 16:36 Journey to the priesthood
• 20:21 From priest to bishop
• 30:59 God prepares the called
• 34:28 Mary, Mother of the Church
• 36:34 Gen Z and Catholic identity
• 45:30 Pope Leo XIV
• 48:24 AI
• 50:11 “Walking with” Gen Z
• 52:11 New converts & pro-life
• 58:18 Living the Gospel of Life