Kresta in the Afternoon

Do you want to grow in your marriage and your relationship with both God and your spouse? Dan and Amber Dematte join us with secrets and tips for a thirty-three day at-home study for couples who want to improve their entire family's walk with Jesus and incorporate the virtues of poverty, chastity and obedience to become the spouse, parent and Catholic you've always wanted to be.

What do most Americans think about miracles? How many people have had an experience that can only be explained as divine intervention? How many of us believe miracles are possible today? Bestselling author Lee Strobel has done the leg work on an extensive study of American's opinions of the miraculous. He joins us.

In a recent article at First Things, Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki wrote, “it is not uncommon today to hear Catholic leaders affirm unorthodox views that, not too long ago, would have been espoused only be heretics.” He then lays out Church teaching on matters of heretics and sexuality, and how the Church defines and handles heresy. We take a closer look at his comments with Matthew Bunson.

Bola Tinubu, candidate of the incumbent All Progressives Congress Party, has been named by Nigeria’s electoral commission the outright winner of the country’s presidential election, but the results are already being questioned. Ed Clancy has updates on this and the earthquake relief in Syria.

This Sunday’s Gospel gives us Matthew’s account of Jesus’ Transfiguration. Peggy Stanton joins us with a dive into this monumental event.

Haiti has frequently been listed as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and among the poorest in the world. Sean Forrest went there more than 20 years ago and was heartbroken by how many children lacked basic medical care or even attention. Since then, he has started Haiti180 to form leaders who will ensure every child in Haiti has a life of love and joy. He joins us.

On March 3, 1923, TIME magazine published its first issue. For the last century, it has notably covered many religious events and stories and has always taken religion seriously. Al looks at some examples.

Chuck Gaidica has been in the TV business for more than 40 years, telling the stories of Detroiters as a well-known figure in the community. Now, he’s sharing his own story: his road to the Catholic Church. He joins us.

Yesterday Dr. Greg Popcak pointed out the failure of many Catholic parents to connect faith and relationships, and that their kids often instead see the faith as simply a set of rules and structures. The principal relationship in faith is that with Christ; in the words of St Paul, the believer is one who lives “in Christ.” Pope Benedict was fond of saying that to live in Christ as a disciple was an adventure. We talk more about it with Msgr. Michael Heintz.

We’ve talked before about the 1619 Project and its allies, which claim that Washington and other Founding Fathers thought the protection of slavery was the most important issue in the Revolution. But there is another group who criticize Washington and his contemporaries, on the grounds that America’s problems today can be directly traced to the form of Liberalism on which the nation was founded. Jerome Foss gives us a defense of the Founding Fathers.