Kresta in the Afternoon

It looks as though God is shaking the heavens and the earth. The Church is facing severe crises. Our nation is more divided than at any time in recent memory. Western culture continues to forget the Church that birthed her. Trust in our institutions is at its lowest recorded levels. But we are a people who have inherited an unshakeable Kingdom and serve an unshakeable King. How do we live faithfully and bear witness to what cannot be shaken? Scott Hahn joins us to invite you to the Defending the Faith Conference, where we'll be talking about this.

Dr. Scott Hahn is the author of more than 40 books including Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body. He’s the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990. He is the Founder and President of the St. Paul Center, an apostolate dedicated to teaching Catholics to read Scripture from the heart of the Church. Learn more about the Defending the Faith Conference at steubenvilleconferenes.com

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For Dr. Carlos Eire, the protests in Cuba aren't just of academic interest - they are personal. He was born there and fled the country at age 11 with 14,000 other Cuban children who were brought to the US to escape the Castro regime. He gives us his take on what's been happening there.

Dr. Carlos Eire is Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University, where he specializes in the history of late medieval and early modern Europe. He was born in Cuba in 1950 and at the age of 11 he fled to the US without his parents as one of the 14,000 Cuban children airlifted by Operation Peter Pan. He tells his story in his memoirs Waiting for Snow in Havana and Learning to Die in Miami. He is also the author of Reformations: Early Modern Europe and other books.

Al shares his thoughts on Pope Francis' recent motu proprio Traditionis custodes.  What does it mean for most parishes?  Is the traditional Latin Mass better than the norvus ordo?  Al Kresta comments.

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Holly Ordway was raised in a nonreligious home and for years was an atheist academic firmly convinced that faith was nothing but superstitious nonsense. She was well-educated and had no use for Christianity's thoughtlessness and triviality. Her views of the faith began to change when she studied the writings of JRR Tolkien and the great Christian poets. This started her down a path that eventually led her to the Catholic Church. She joins us with her story.

As the world descends into chaos, Christians are thinking deeply about how to stem the tide. Many options and suggestions have been presented to deal with Christian persecution and cultural decadence, but none can hold a candle to The Marian Option. Carrie Gress joins us to explain what this is and how it works.

Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and the author of several books including the Theology of Home, The Theology of Home II, and The Anti-Mary Exposed. She is the editor at the Catholic Women’s online magazine Theology of Home. Visit carriegress.com and theologyofhome.com

Al comments and defends the editors of the Pillar, Ed. Condon and JD Flynn, for their reporting on Monsignor Jeffery Burrill.  Unlike other online Catholic outlets, they broke a real investigative piece.  However, the mainstream media isn't happy.  They are accusing the Pillar of yellow journalism or exposing the "private life" of an individual.  Al explores how a priest, high up in the USCCB, is no longer a private individual.

We’ll be looking with Fr. David Meconi at the first 500 Years of Christ’s Life. But wait – didn’t Jesus’ time on earth only last 33 years? Well, the early Christians understood the Church not as a set of teachings but as an extension of Christ Himself. Fr Meconi has more.

Father David Meconi, S.J., is the author most recently of Christ Unfurled: The First 500 Years of Jesus’ Life. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University, England and the Pontifical Licentiate in Greek and Latin Patristic Theology from University of Innsbruck, Austria. He currently teaches as Assistant Professor of Patristic Studies at Saint Louis University. He is the editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and his articles have appeared in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Augustinian Studies, International Philosophical Quarterly, and New Oxford Review.

Will classic literature be the next victim of the “Woke Culture” mob? Last year the University of Lancester proposed that authors prior to the year 1500 be dropped from the English curriculum in favor of “a selection of modules on race, ethnicity, sexuality and diversity” and a “decolonized curriculum.” What makes the Classics worth studying? Robert Kirkendall joins us.

Robert Kirkendall is an instructor in the Humanities at St Thomas More Academy in Raleigh, NC. He is inspired by a notion theologians call the “Divine Pedagogy,” the way God educates mankind throughout Salvation History. Visit stmacademy.org.