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Christmas with the cooking priest

How Fr Leo Patalinghug is changing people's 'hearts and minds' through their stomach.

Fr Leo Patalinghug is not your typical priest. In one hand he holds a cross, in the other a cooking spatula. With his own international TV show, YouTube channel and cookbooks, this apron-wearing minister is on a mission 鈥 to share his faith through food.

Growing up on an island in the Philippines, where money was tight, Leo and his family sometimes struggled to put food on the table. It was after moving to the United States that they got a start in life and, from a young age, Leo was always passionate about cooking. But his other great passion in life was his Catholic faith. And when he finally made the decision to enter religious life and become a priest, he was determined to use cooking to tell people about Christ. As he puts it: 鈥淚 want to change hearts and minds by going through your stomach.鈥

Presenter Colm Flynn travels to Baltimore in the US to meet Fr Leo in his kitchen and at the food van where he and a team of volunteers feed the homeless of their hometown. He explains how he believes Jesus was a foodie, and how a good meal, made with love, can nourish our souls as well as our bodies.

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27 minutes

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Boxing Day 2022 00:32GMT

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  • Fri 23 Dec 2022 04:32GMT
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  • Christmas Eve 2022 16:32GMT
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  • Christmas Day 2022 09:32GMT
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  • Boxing Day 2022 00:32GMT

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