Kresta in the Afternoon

Spring is here and students around the country are finalizing their college and career plans. What if we taught them to measure success not by the school they attend or the size of their bank account, but by how they follow Christ? On the upcoming Feast of the Annunciation, we'll remember Mary's decision to offer a complete yes to God...what if we taught our kids to do the same? We'll talk with Leonard Delorezno.

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has removed the canonical faculties of Fr James Connell to celebrate the Sacrament of Confession after he published an op-ed in support of laws that would force priests to break the seal of the confessional to report instances of abuse. Matthew Bunson has the details on this and other

In his concurring opinion for the Dobbs decision, Justice Clarence Thomas called the principle of substantive due process an “oxymoron” and said it is not a legal

At last week's National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Ambassador Joe Cella called for Catholics to send spiritual bouquets to Jimmy Lai and Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who have become the faces of modern Christian persecution. He joins us today.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus raises His friend Lazarus from the dead. We see from the Catechism that Jesus links faith in the resurrection to His own person – “I am the resurrection and the life.” Peggy Stanton joins us with more.  

Born March 31, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach is remembered as a titan of the Baroque period and one of history’s great musical geniuses. He did not often speak of his personal life, so some contemporary scholars have concluded he did not have much interest in religion. But these scholars overlook one key source – his

In our discussions on the New Evangelization much has been said about how the Clergy can lead and the laity can take co-responsibility for the Church. But what of the deacons? Deacons occupy a special place in the Church and are in a unique position to evangelize. How can they, in the words of St. John Paul II, be “apostles for the New Evangelization?” We talk about it with Deacon Steve Hilker.

Stephen Gleason was baptized Catholic as a baby, and grew up going to Catholic schools and being an altar server in the years leading up to Vatican II.  In his teens, he began to drift away from the practice of his faith, and surfing became the most important thing in his life, until he had a series of providential experiences that turned his heart toward Jesus. He began to be involved in Protestant Bible studies, and began to pursue a call to ministry as a nondenominational pastor, even planting his own church. However, when he discovered Catholic radio, some of those seeds that had been planted in his youth began to bear fruit, and he was drawn back to his Catholic faith.

In John Chapter 16, Jesus tells us “in the world, you will have trouble, but take courage for I have conquered the world.” Though this can be hard to put into practice, relying on Jesus to strengthen us after a fall is an essential part of the Christian experience. We are not called to be “Averse to Adversity.”  We’ll be discussing this on March 25 at our annual Familiaris Consortio conference. Joe Jordano has more.

More than 30 years ago, John Paul II issued Ex Corde Ecclesiae, his apostolic constitution on Catholic universities. Rather than denounce the problems happening in schools, he sought to invite Catholic school leaders to the adventure of higher Catholic education. What happened? Dr. James Keating joins us.