Kresta in the Afternoon

In an appearance before the Senate on Tuesday, General Frank McKenzie said he had recommended to President Biden that the US leave a few thousand ground troops in Afghanistan, contradicting Biden's interview with George Stephanopoulos this summer. We discuss the situation with James Carafano.

James Carafano is the Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, where he is an EW Richardson Fellow. His areas of expertise include homeland security, terrorism, and missile defense. Follow him on Twitter @jjcarafano.

Fr. Emil Kapaun was a priest of the Diocese of Wichita who served as a military chaplain during both the Second World War and the Korean War. After he was taken prisoner, he served and ministered to other soldiers in a prison camp, where he died May 23, 1951. His remains were finally returned to his hometown in Kansas this week for a funeral Mass. We talk about him as well as other Church news with Matthew Bunson.

Matthew Bunson is Executive Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for EWTN News and a Senior Fellow at St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter @MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 7 pm and Sundays at 11 am.

In a recent ABC News interview, President Joe Biden said he didn't recall that his top military advisers recommended he leave troops in Afghanistan.  General Mark Milley and Kenneth McKenzie contradicted that on Tuesday.  What should we do when we can't trust our leaders?  Al explains.

Inflation is currently high, with energy prices soaring. Will these trends last? How will the Fed respond? Chadd Garcia joins us.

Chadd Garcia is Vice President & Lead Portfolio Manager for Ave Maria Focus Fund (AVEAX) and co-Portfolio for Ave Maria Growth Fund (AVEGX). Visit avemariafunds.com or call toll-free 1-866-AVE-MARIA

Three years ago, Lynda Rozell sold her house, quit her job, bought an Airstream Trailer, and hit the road. In the time since then, she has gone from the life of a corporate lawyer to the life of a Tin Can Pilgrim. She seeks to live our her faith in her ordinary, everyday life and share it with the friends she makes along the way. Lynda joins us.

Lynda Rozell is the author of Journeys with a Tin Can Pilgrim. She practiced law for many years in a private firm and at the Federal Trade Commission in DC. She writes, gives talks, and provides outreach services wherever she roams. You can keep track of her adventures at tincanpilgrim.com.

Elizabeth Holmes’s Theranos corporation promised a groundbreaking new type of blood test that could rapidly perform a wide variety of tests using only a few drops of blood. Investors rushed to be on the ground floor of this surefire winner. But it was all based on a lie. Holmes is now standing trial for fraud; we’ll talk about the business ethics of the case with Marianne Jennings.

Professor Marianne Jennings served as a professor of legal and ethical studies in business in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University from 1977-2015. In addition to serving as an associate dean and director of the Executive MBA program, she served as director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University from 1995-1999. She continues to teach graduate courses in business ethics and ethical culture at ASU and other colleges around the country. Professor Jennings has hundreds of articles in academic, professional and trade journals and has six textbooks and monographs in circulation, including the Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse. Visit her at mariannejennings.com

Fr. David Huneck of the Diocese of Ft. Wayne-South Bend was removed from ministry last week after the diocese had learned of a credible allegation of sexual abuse with a minor.  Al shares parts of Bishop Kevin Rhoades' press conference and his thoughts.

In ancient mythology, the hydra was a many-headed monster that regrew two heads for every one it lost, making it nearly impossible to fight. We sometimes find ourselves fighting our own hydra today, combating a seemingly unending series of arguments against God. Fr Dwight Longenecker joins us.

Fr Dwight Longenecker is the author most recently of Beheading Hydra: A Radical Plan for Christians in an Atheistic Age. He served for 15 years as an Anglican priest and was ordained a Catholic priest in 2006 under the pastoral provision for married former Protestant ministers. Visit him at dwightlongenecker.com

Al shares his thoughts about why some intellectuals turn away from conservative Catholicism and Christianity.  Often times it has to do with a rejection of divine revelation, the doctrine that God reveals Himself to us through things like Sacred Scripture.  

The new film The Green Knight is based on the 14th-century epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and was directed by David Lowery, son of a devoutly Catholic theology professor. The poem is rich in Christian themes and, while some themes do appear in the film, it largely rejects its Catholic inspirations. Is there a place for Christian imagery in mainstream Hollywood? Steven Greydanus joins us.

Steven Greydanus is the creator of Decent Films and the film critic for the National Catholic Register. He's a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Newark. He co-hosts Reel Faith with David DiCerto. Visit decentfilms.com