Kresta in the Afternoon

Last week Deutsche Bank warned that a “major recession” is on the horizon. While it may be futile to try to predict such events, we can still talk about how investors could prepare for such an event. Chadd Garcia has just returned from the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting, known as the “Woodstock of Capitalism.” He joins us.

Millions of people died under Communist regimes in the last century, and among them are many Catholics who were killed for standing up for their faith. Dawn Beutner introduces us to some you may not have heard of, including a few who were killed in Ukraine.

This morning the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Boston violated the First Amendment by refusing to fly a local organization’s Christian flag in front of city hall, though it had flown other groups’ flags. In his opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote Boston’s actions violated the First Amendment because the flags did not represent government speech. Al takes a closer look.

On today’s Feast of Catherine of Siena, we remember a heroic woman who lived in times eerily similar to our own. Fr Thomas McDermott looks at what she can teach us.

Yesterday the Oklahoma legislature passed a heartbeat law similar to the law in Texas. It’s one of many laws that have passed nationwide that could take effect after the ruling in Dobbs v Jackson. Michael New joins us with an overview of how pro-life and pro-abortion laws are shaping up.

Every week, we get together with Matthew Bunson to talk about what’s happening in the church. He joins us again today.

Alfred Hitchcock, considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, died on this day in 1980. His work was also influenced by his faith. We take a look with Steven Greydanus.

April 2022 would have marked Dani Laurion’s thirteenth year confined to a wheelchair. But instead, for the past month or so, Dani has been strolling around Lansing, Michigan as if those dozen infirm years had never happened. She joins us with her story.

Last week Peggy Stanton shared with us a story of her encounter with Jesus and the Divine Mercy. But there is much more to the Divine Mercy story and much to take a way from Jesus' messages to St Faustina. Peggy joins us again.

April 15th was the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the MLB Color Barrier. Both Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey relied on their faith during this time. Al looks at the story the role that Giovanni Papini’s Life of Christ played.