Kresta in the Afternoon

Do you see your work as simply a job – or does it change who you are as a person on mission? Al discusses.

In 1998, Michael Bay and Bruce Willis teamed up in the action film Armaggedon, in which a team of oil drillers train as astronauts to destroy an asteroid bound for earth, saving all of humanity. Well, according to a recent thought piece by Oxford professor Richard Crisp, they may have made the wrong decision. Crisp wants us to consider, given the suffering caused by humans, if a mass extinction event would really be all that bad. Wesley Smith responds.

Many people, when discussing the challenges we face today, make the mistake of taking a very narrow view of history, which allows them to declare emphatically that things are the worst they have ever been. And we can make the same mistake when discussing the problems facing the Church. But to do so misses the point – the Church has faced great challenges in the past and risen from them stronger than before. Steve Weidenkopf joins us.

Kresta Comments: The World’s Debt to the Catholic Church

If you’re a football fan, you know the term “Red Zone” refers to the final 20 yards a team must pass before scoring a touchdown. As he gets older, Marcus Grodi sees himself entering Red Zone of life. But we shouldn’t wait that long to start preparing ourselves for what comes next. Marcus joins us.

Tonight, Alabama football coach Nick Saban will lead him team against the Georgia Bulldogs in the hopes of winning his 7th national championship. His teams have dominated college football for more than a decade and he is one of the sport’s all time greatest coaches. He attributes his success to his faith – we take a look at him and other famous Catholic coaches.

On Dec. 21 the Hindu nationalist government of the Indian state of Karnataka introduced harsh legislation intended to prevent conversions from Hinduism to other faiths. We take a closer look at the plight of Christians in India with Ed Clancy.

Pope Francis recently remarked that society suffers when its members choose to raise pets over raising children. Matthew Bunson joins us to talk about this and many other stories.

Can we find evidence in the archaeological record to support the stories of Scripture? We talk with Luke Lancaster.

Sunday’s feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a time to reflect on not only the Lord’s baptism, but our own. In an extended sense, when Christ is baptized, so are we, for we are members of his Body. As Christ enters the water, he makes holy the water that will baptize us. He enters the water, and we follow. In these waters, he acquires gifts to give us. Msgr Charles Pope joins us with more.