Kresta in the Afternoon

As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, and at the heart of their psychology, hatred of God is the principal driving force, more fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions.” This is certainly true of the leaders of the Communist “dynasty” that currently rules China. As we commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, we talk with Stephen Mosher.

One of Jesus’ most famous parables is the tale of the Prodigal Son, and its message of God’s repentance and forgiveness. This encounter with God’s mercy receives special expression in sacrament of Reconciliation, through which God’s wayward children are forgiven and restored by God’s grace to life in the household of God, which is the Church. James Prothro joins us with more.

Marcus looks at the life and teachings of St Boniface, whose feast we celebrate today.

St. Robert Bellarmine writes that a person may be “compelled, when unprepared, oppressed by disease, and scarcely possessed of reason, to give an account of those things on which when in health, he had perhaps never once reflected.” This is the foundation of Bruce Green’s new book: Now and at the Hour of Our Death: Making Moral Decisions at the End of Life. Bruce joins us.

Last week Monica Miller learned that the Department of Justice has begun legal proceedings against her and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society. She joins us to continue the story.

The concept of the Free Will is essential to the Christian understanding of the world - but could principles of neuroscience "disprove" it? Dr. EJ Neafsey joins us.

The Devil is Real. Evil is Real. Easy things to say, but what does it mean to believe it? Marcus discusses.

When St Thomas Aquinas addresses the mystery of the Eucharist, he makes an analogy between what is necessary for our bodily life and what is necessary for our supernatural life. Dr Lawrence Feingold joins us with more.

Contemporary relativism is difficult to pinpoint or define. This is why theological education at the level of our times must turn to the subject, executing a new natural theology that operates as an existential anthropology. Roberto De La Noval joins us.

The word Martyr comes from a Greek word meaning “witness.” In its basest form, all of us who witness the Gospel are martyrs, but the word is usually used to mean witness to the point of bloodshed or death. It is often misconstrued that martyrs “seek suicide.” Marcus discusses.