Thursday, February 16, 2012

Today on Kresta in the Afternoon - February 16, 2012

Talking about the "things that matter most" on Feb. 16

4:00 - A Place of Martyrdom: A Monastic Witness
On March 10th the Holy Trinity Apostolate will hold their 15th Annual Lenten Symposium. The theme this year is “The Christian Vocation: The Call to Martyrdom.” Speakers include Cardinal Raymond Burke, Bishop Bernard Hebda, Mother Olivia Frances Arnold and Mother Margaret Georgina Patton, granddaughter of General George Patton. We talk today with Mother Arnold and Mother Patton and about the Monastic Witness of Martyrdom.

4:20 – Kresta Comments

5:00 – Rep. Issa Holds Hearing on HHS Mandate / Religious Liberty
Republican Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing today called “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?” The lead witness was Bishop William E. Lori, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty. We talk to Eric Kniffin of the Beckett Fund who has been following the hearings.

5:20 – Kresta Comments

5:40 – Kresta Comments - Two-Part Television Miniseries Set To Re-Air on “Pope Joan: The Incredible Legend of the Only Female Pope”
Beginning this weekend, REELZ channel will be re-airing a two-part miniseries “Pope Joan.” They describe it as “a sweeping historical drama about a woman whose existence has been denied for a thousand years. Pope Joan is the story of a controversial figure of historical record who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule the Catholic Church in the 9th century as the first and only woman to sit on the throne of St. Peter.” Al responds.

3 comments:

  1. It would appear that the HHS mandate is only the beginning. Call it a testing of the water for more to come. After all, it’s a pretty easy spin from mandating contraception (and abortion) to having many confused people think that the Church is trying to deny some "right" to women. It is working very well.

    This Administration is ambitious and has many irons in the fire. They want to make sure three and four year old children have good food in school. (Three and four year olds are in school?) They are very concerned about environmental sustainability but not all that worried about financial sustainability, just to list a few.

    Under these conditions it may be hard to see what’s on the horizon and on a collision course for the pro-lifers; euthanasia for seniors and the weak. End of life care is not only expensive but the suffering and misery of the dying is ugly and unnecessary. What rational person would want to see their loved one in pain or suffering from dementia for 2 years? Who would put themselves through such a trial if a compassionate solution was available? And then there are all those expenses, the consuming of precious resources otherwise needed to the poor.

    We better fight now and we better fight hard against this mandate and anything close. Remember the State is educating the generation behind us starting at three.

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