Ave Maria in the Afternoon

Guest host Jerry Usher looks at Christian persecution in Mozambique and talks with JD Flynn about the resignation of bishop-elect Michel Mulloy.

Guest host Jerry Usher talks with Mindy Belz, who has just returned from Lebanon, and Reggie Littlejohn shares how meeting Mother Teresa inspired her to fight for womens rights in China.

We talk with Brett Beasley about the future of work in an age of AI and Al looks at what Rerum Novarum says about the worker.

For Labor Day we talk with John Abbate about daring to be Catholic in today's business world.

We talk with John Cavadini about the "priests we want" and Adam Gaglio of Schwartz Investment Counsel looks at the COVID economy, Also, Al continues his look at Faithful Citizenship and has an update on Nick Thomm.

We talk with Fr Mitch Pacwa about Christ's plan for priests and Al looks ahead to the Sunday readings.

Al continues his look at Faithful Citizenship and we look over several Church stories with Matthew Bunson, including some confusing ones in Germany and New York.

What made Pope Gregory so Great? Bill Cook explains.

Al talks with Pastor James Ward, pastor for Jacob Blake's mother Julia Jackson, and begins a series of commentaries on the USCCB's Faithful Citizenship document.

Stephen Rasche discusses an Iraq War documentary that overlooks the plight of persecuted Christians and Patrick Parr weighs in on what Martin Luther King would say today.