Kresta in the Afternoon

Al has thoughts on today's Gospel reading and the importance of the family. Then Al interviews Rachel Bovard about Facebook's ban of former President Trump. Then Matthew Bunson joins Al to discuss the Church news from the week. In the second hour, Al interviews Jody Bottum, author of An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America. Do we live in a post-Christian society? Has th...

Al interviews Paul Patton about how Catholics consume media. In the second hour, Al interviews Mark Miravalle about Marian apparitions. You can find all of the books, articles, and guests featured on today's program online at AveMariaRadio.net Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give us five stars so more people can find Kresta in the Afternoon!

Al comments on a letter written go the German bishops by a Protestant pastor at Martin Luther's former Church. He told them der synodale Weg is not going to help the Church at all. Then Ronald Vasek is interviewed by Al about his experience in the cover up of abuse in the Crookston, MN diocese by former Bishop Joseph Hoeppner. In the second hour, Al shares his thoughts on a police interaction with...

Al has more comments on President Biden and how he talks about race in America. Then Dr. Paul Kengor is interviewed by Al about socialism and why Catholic should emulate St. Joseph the Worker, whose feast day was Saturday. In the second hour, EWTN COO and President Doug Keck joins Al to talk about President Biden and the Bishops. Then Brian Pedraza, Associate Professor in Theology at FranU in Bato...

St. John Paul II once noted that at Fatima, “Our Lady summed up the whole of the 20th century.” What was world like leading up to Marian apparitions at Fatima? Fr. Robert Sirico, founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty of Grand Rapids, Michigan, joins Al Kresta to discuss the Great War, the Bolsheviks, and more. You can find all of the books, articles, and guests featu...

Al Kresta takes your calls on President Biden receiving communion in the first hour. In the second hour, Al Kresta takes your calls on RCIA and your experiences. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give us five stars so more people can find Kresta in the Afternoon!

Al has thoughts on President Biden and eucharistic coherence. Then Al interviews Dr. Peter Williamson about St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Then in the second hour Al interviews Fr. Thomas McDermott on St. Catherine of Siena. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give u...

Al interviews Jim Papandrea from Northwestern University about his book, How Christianity Saved Civilization: And Must Do So Again. Then Al interviews Daniel Keating from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit about discipleship. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give u...

Al takes your calls on race in America. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give us five stars so more people can find Kresta in the Afternoon!

Al has more comments on the Derrick Chauvin conviction. Then Al interviews Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch about the imprisonment of Catholic media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Then Al interviews Terry Mattingly of GetReligion.org about why the media doesn't get religion stories, particularly persecution stories. In the second hour, Al interviews Dr. Matthew Bunson from EWTN News about an upcoming science...

Al has thoughts on the Derrick Chauvin conviction. Then he looks back at an interview with Robby Gallaty about how to truly understand Jesus. In the second hour, Al looks back at an interview with Bill Cook about Pope St. Leo IX who guided the Church through the great schism. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Li...

Al shares his thoughts on the Mother Angelica's birthday. Then Al interviews Rachel Bovard on the increasing size of Big Tech. Then Al interviews Chad Garcia from the Ave Maria Family of Funds about the status of the market. In the second hour, Al has live updates on the trial of former Minneapolis police officer, Derick Chauvin, who was found guilty on all counts today. In the first segment, Al i...

Jerry Usher from EWTN Radio's Take 2 with Jerry and Debbie is our guest host today. He is joined by Steve Ray to discuss what it would have been like to be on the road to Emmaus. Then in the second hour, Jerry interviews Jonathan Liedl on the state of the Church and how to get Catholics back to Mass. Then he interviews Michael O'Neil, the Miracle Hunter, about the beatification of a few Cistercian...

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Al interviews Dr. Wilfred Reilly from Kentucky State University about hate crimes and race. Then Al takes your calls on what your parish has done with the topic of race. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave us a review and give us five stars so more people can find Kresta in the Afternoon...

Al has comments on an atheist columnist in the British newspaper, The Guardian, who recognizes what he is missing out on without religion or belief in God. The Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN News joins Al to have a Church news roundup. Then Sister Misericordia from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles joins Al to talk about the recent string of hate crimes aimed at their abbey in rural Gowe...

Al comments on the problem of evil in the world particularly on this anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 people were killed in 100 days by their friends and neighbors for simply being from a different ethnic group. Then Al looks back at an interview he had with Heidi Hess Saxton, the co-author of Fr. Ubald Rigirangoga's biography about his experience in the Rwandan g...

Al has comments on Secretary of State Antony Blinken's decision to end a Trump era policy that held religious liberty above other rights. Then, Teresa Tomeo from Ave Maria Radio's Catholic Connection joins Al to talk about her upcoming Listening for God Conference. You can register for free for this conference online at AveMariaRadio.net. Then Al has comments on the death of dissident theologian F...

Al interviews Dr. John Bergsma from Franciscan University about his new book about the Old Testament roots of the priesthood. Holy Thursday is often seen as the birthday of the priesthood since it is the day of the Last Supper. No second hour due to EWTN special programming. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Lik...

Al has comments on the "doctors" who are promoting falsehoods about the COVID-19 vaccines. Then Al interviews Shane Kapler on the his book about letter of St. James. In the second hour, Al interviews Steve Ray from CatholicConvert.com about the Passion narrative of Jesus Christ. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net....

Al interviews Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, former president of Gonzaga University, on his new book Escape from Evil's Darkness. In the second hour, Al has comments on ecumenism. Then Al interviews Connie Regener about her journey into the Catholic Church. Find all the guests, articles, and books mentioned on today's program in the Kresta Guest Archives at AveMariaRadio.net. Like us on Facebook! Leave u...

Al interviews Robert Kirkendall from St. Thomas More Academy in Raleigh NC about cancelling the classics and why they are worth teaching. Then Al interviews Chip Hardy from South Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary about the new fragments discovered of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Then in the second hour Al interviews Dr. Thom McGovern about physical and spiritual sufferings of Christ in His Passion. Fi...