Kresta in the Afternoon

Few passages in the Hebrew Bible have been subject to more scrutiny than Genesis 1 and 2. Kyle Greenwood joins us with a review of the different ways the passages have been interpreted from the earliest times to the present.

The toymaker Mattel recently announced it would release a “nonpartisan” edition of Uno without any red or blue cards. It’s a silly example of a larger, more troubling problem – we’d rather avoid our differences entirely rather than engage and understand each other. When society loses its focus on Christ, we lose the value we see in others. A society that rejects Christ doesn’t simply become post-Christian; it inevitably becomes anti-Christian. Al breaks it down.

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It’s human nature for us to yearn for something beyond this world. But many people today are skeptical of organized religion and declare themselves to be spiritual but not religious. How can we find meaning in a material world? Why are we attracted to things beyond? We talk with Fr. John Bartunek

The false notion that man is the measure of all things has permeated the culture and even influenced Christian thought. It reduces the faith to an inordinate concern for “social justice,” radical political change, and an increasingly fanatical egalitarianism, stripping it of its transcendental reference points. Humanitarians, secular or religious, confuse peace with pacifism, equitable social arrangements with socialism, and moral judgment with utopianism and sentimentality. Daniel Mahoney joins with with a counter to this type of thought.

We spoke on Friday with Canadian journalist Joe Warmington about the Truck convoys headed to the capital. He gives us a report on what happened.

Today is the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas. We often call him “the dumb ox,” but his mentor Albert the Great once observed that “he will yet make his bellowing heard to the uttermost parts of the earth.” We talk more with Kevin Vost.

A New York Times column recently suggested that Dorothy Day’s cause for sainthood may be delayed because Church leaders are uncomfortable with her politics. Al responds and asks if “right” and “left” can be used to describe our political divisions.

As misinformation continues to swirl regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, Pope Francis is calling on journalists, especially Catholic media professionals, to verify the facts they report while adopting a respectful attitude toward those who produce and consume fake news. Meeting with members of the International Catholic Media Consortium today, he reflected on these themes of Communication and Truth. We’ll talk about it with Teresa Tomeo.

As we speak, truckers from all over Canada are convoying to Ottawa to protest a mandate that requires them to be vaccinated in order to cross the border. Joe Warmington has been following them all week and lets us know what's going on.