Thursday, May 5, 2011
US House approves ban on taxpayer funding for abortion
The “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” approved on May 4 by a 251- 176 vote, would make permanent the ban on public funding for abortion known as the “Hyde Amendment,” which now requires annual renewal. The bill would bar the use of federal funds to pay for abortions under the new national health-care plan. The legislative also includes a “conscience clause,” preserving the right of health-care workers to refuse to be involved in abortions.
The proposed bill was passed by the House on a mostly partisan vote, with every Republican member supporting the legislation and Democrats opposing it by a 175- 16 margin. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is Catholic, argued against the bill and especially against the conscience clause.
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act now moves to the Senate, where analysts expect that it will be defeated.
Of the 125 Catholic lawmakers who voted on the bill in the House, 60 supported it (all 60 Republicans and 8 Democrats), and 57 Catholic—all of them Democrats--opposed it.
Outrage of the Day
Another example of "zero tolerance" stupidity. A kid brings a BROKEN BB gun to school property while the school was CLOSED and for that he gets time in jail. Ridiculous.
Today on Kresta - May 5, 2011
Talking about the "things that matter most" on May 5
4:00 – The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know -- and Men Can't Say
What if everything you've been told about women in America is wrong? What if what your college professors taught you - along with television, movies, books, magazine articles, and even news reports - have all been lies or distortions? Since the 1960s, American feminists have set themselves up as the arbiters of all things female. Their policies have dominated the social and political landscape. The "spin sisters" in the media (aptly named by Myrna Blyth in her book of the same name) and their cohorts in academia are committed feminists. Consequently, everything Americans know -- or think they know -- about marriage, kids, sex, education, politics, gender roles, and work/family balance, has been filtered through a left-wing lens. But what if conservative women are in the best position to empower American women? Suzanne Venker is here to discuss it.
4:20 – The Life of a Warrior
Sergeant David Hack is an Army Veteran who served in Vietnam and has marshaled his love of country, love of the military, and love of his faith into his company US Wings, the only official licensee for government-issue aviator jackets. He joins us in studio to discuss his life and mission.
4:40 – Inside the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
For many years, Michael Scheuer headed the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit. He has been in high demand this week for analysis of the Bin Laden operation, death, burial, photographs and more. He joins us today.
5:00 – The Catholic Church and Science; Answering the Questions, Exposing the Myths
In The Catholic Church and Science, Ben Wiker takes on the most common errors that modern materialistic thinkers, convinced that faith and science must be mortal enemies, have foisted into popular culture. With great learning, clarity, and wit he tackles stubborn confusions many people have about the relationship between Christianity especially Catholicism and the empirical sciences, and separates truth from lies, the factual from the fanciful. He joins us.
5:40 – There Be Dragons
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life. The film is There Be Dragons and it explores a part of the life of St. Jose Maria Escriva. Steven Greydanus represented Ave Maria Radio at the premiere and press junket for There Be Dragons. Today he gives us his formal review.
4:00 – The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know -- and Men Can't Say
What if everything you've been told about women in America is wrong? What if what your college professors taught you - along with television, movies, books, magazine articles, and even news reports - have all been lies or distortions? Since the 1960s, American feminists have set themselves up as the arbiters of all things female. Their policies have dominated the social and political landscape. The "spin sisters" in the media (aptly named by Myrna Blyth in her book of the same name) and their cohorts in academia are committed feminists. Consequently, everything Americans know -- or think they know -- about marriage, kids, sex, education, politics, gender roles, and work/family balance, has been filtered through a left-wing lens. But what if conservative women are in the best position to empower American women? Suzanne Venker is here to discuss it.
4:20 – The Life of a Warrior
Sergeant David Hack is an Army Veteran who served in Vietnam and has marshaled his love of country, love of the military, and love of his faith into his company US Wings, the only official licensee for government-issue aviator jackets. He joins us in studio to discuss his life and mission.
4:40 – Inside the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
For many years, Michael Scheuer headed the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit. He has been in high demand this week for analysis of the Bin Laden operation, death, burial, photographs and more. He joins us today.
5:00 – The Catholic Church and Science; Answering the Questions, Exposing the Myths
In The Catholic Church and Science, Ben Wiker takes on the most common errors that modern materialistic thinkers, convinced that faith and science must be mortal enemies, have foisted into popular culture. With great learning, clarity, and wit he tackles stubborn confusions many people have about the relationship between Christianity especially Catholicism and the empirical sciences, and separates truth from lies, the factual from the fanciful. He joins us.
5:40 – There Be Dragons
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life. The film is There Be Dragons and it explores a part of the life of St. Jose Maria Escriva. Steven Greydanus represented Ave Maria Radio at the premiere and press junket for There Be Dragons. Today he gives us his formal review.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Shock Report: Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can’t Read
WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, Karen Tyler-Ruiz, who explained exactly what this means.
“Not able to fill out basic forms, for getting a job — those types of basic everyday (things). Reading a prescription; what’s on the bottle, how many you should take… just your basic everyday tasks,” she said.
“I don’t really know how they get by, but they do. Are they getting by well? Well, that’s another question,” Tyler-Ruiz said.
Some of the Detroit suburbs also have high numbers of functionally illiterate: 34 percent in Pontiac and 24 percent in Southfield.
“For other major urban areas, we are a little bit on the high side… We compare, slightly higher, to Washington D.C.’s urban population, in certain ZIP codes in Washington D.C. and in Cleveland,” she said.
Tyler-Ruiz said only 10 percent of those who can’t read have gotten any help to resolve it.
The report will be used to provide better training for local workers.
View a copy of the report
Oh Nancy
Here’s Nancy Pelosi from a press conference on September 7, 2006:
[E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he has done . . . is done. And even to capture him now I don’t think makes us any safer.
And here’s Nancy Pelosi yesterday:
The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qaida. . . . I salute President Obama, his national security team, Director Panetta, our men and women in the intelligence community and military, and other nations who supported this effort for their leadership in achieving this major accomplishment. . . . [T]he death of Osama bin Laden is historic. . . .
[E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he has done . . . is done. And even to capture him now I don’t think makes us any safer.
And here’s Nancy Pelosi yesterday:
The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qaida. . . . I salute President Obama, his national security team, Director Panetta, our men and women in the intelligence community and military, and other nations who supported this effort for their leadership in achieving this major accomplishment. . . . [T]he death of Osama bin Laden is historic. . . .
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
'Playing Jesus wrecked my career': Passion of the Christ actor said Hollywood has shunned him
Actor Jim Caviezel has claimed his Hollywood career was wrecked by playing Jesus.
He said he was ‘rejected in my own industry’ after taking on the lead role in Mel Gibson's controversial movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’.
Since playing the son of God in the 2004 film he said offers had dried up and he is shunned by many within the industry.
Although a box office hit taking more than $400 million worldwide it was condemned as being anti-Semitic.
Gibson, the film's director, was later accused of making anti-Jewish remarks after being arrested for drink driving.
Caviezel said he was warned against taking the part by Gibson who warned him he would never work in Hollywood again.
'He said, "You'll never work in this town again." I told him, "We all have to embrace our crosses".' Caviezel told an audience of churchgoers in Orlando, Florida.
Since Passion of the Christ, the 42-year-old has only appeared in a handful of films.
Prior to playing Jesus he was considered one of Hollywood rising stars and appeared in The Count of Monte Cristo’ and ‘ngel Eyes with Jennifer Lopez.
One of his biggest hits was in 2000 with time-travel thriller Frequency opposite Dennis Quaid.
Caviezel, a devout Roman Catholic, said he knew playing Jesus would be risky.
'Jesus is as controversial now as he has ever been,’ Caviezel said. ‘Not much has changed in 2,000 years.’
He said he wasn't worried about the stalling of his career.
During his 20 minute talk, Caviezel spoke of the troubles that have dogged Gibson.
‘Mel Gibson, he's a horrible sinner, isn't he?’ Caviezel said. ‘Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers.’
Caviezel said that his faith is his guide, both personally and professionally.
He said it was no coincidence that ‘in my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus,’ and joked about his initials also being the same as Jesus Christ.
The actor spoke about the film and its negative effect on his career while at a megachurch in Orlando to promote a new audio book of the Bible.
Pointing to a DVD of his famous film, Caviezel said ‘This is The Passion of the Christ.’
Pointing to the CD boxed set of the new audio book of the Bible, Words of Promise, he said: ‘This is The Passion on Steroids."
U.S. House readies for vote on No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
HR 3, known as the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, would codify the Hyde amendment that is renewed every year in the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bills, making it permanent and applicable to the entire federal government. The Hyde amendment prohibits use of federal funds for abortions except in cases of rape or incest.
Sources on Capitol Hill say the bill is likely to be introduced on Wednesday. The bill has 218 sponsors in the House.
Ending taxpayer funding for abortion has proven consistently popular in American polls. A CNN poll this month showed that 61 percent of respondents opposed public abortion funding, a number consistent with data in recent years.
Faith Family Freedom Fund, a political action committee associated with Family Research Council Action, launched a radio ad campaign in 12 congressional districts today, calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to approve H.R. 3
“On Election Day, the American people made clear their opposition to using their hard- earned dollars to pay for abortions and most especially during a time of such economic turmoil,” said Faith Family Freedom Fund Chairwoman Connie Mackey.
“We call on these House Members to vote to ensure that American taxpayers are not complicit in a lethal assault on the most fundamental of all human rights - the right to life.”
Passage of a government-wide Hyde amendment became particularly urgent after President Obama’s health care reform was passed in March 2010; it deviates from the Hyde principle by allowing premium assistance credits to be directed to health insurance coverage that includes abortion.
In addition, the health care reform sets up new structures by which taxpayer funds could be channeled to abortion if the original Hyde amendment is eliminated in any budget bill - an explicit goal of the abortion lobby.
“The Obama administration has tried to muddle the message when it comes to ObamaCare’s coverage of abortion and his Administration’s support of taxpayer funding of abortion on demand,” said Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. “H.R. 3 sends the message that Americans are tired of these games: No taxpayer money for abortion, not here, not now, not ever. It is long past time that taxpayers get out of the abortion business.”
Some critics have accused the bill of attacking small businesses and others by disallowing tax credits for insurance plans that cover abortion.
“H.R. 3 is simply a slap in the face to the millions of small businesses now offering health insurance to employees and eligible for the new tax credits,” wrote Frank Knapp, President and CEO of The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, in an op-ed for The Hill on Monday.
However, pro-life leaders on the Hill point out that H.R. 3 is considered tax neutral, and was scored as having a negligible tax impact by the Joint Committee on Taxation. Americans for Tax Reform, a group that opposes tax hikes, has acknowledged that the lobby has “no problems or issues with H.R. 3,” which has “no net tax change whatsoever.”
Another of the arguments against the bill was voiced by NARAL Pro-Choice America, which blasted the legislation as “the rape-audits bill,” claiming that the bill’s language would “force sexual-assault survivors who choose abortion care to prove the assault occurred to the IRS.”
Pro-life leaders on the hill, however, say that the “rape audit” argument is a stretch, since tax returns do not prompt individuals to disclose the nature of a medical expense, and that other federal agencies such as Medicaid have not required special reporting to distinguish an abortion due to rape from other abortions.
Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, urged the passage of the bill, pointing out that it would save countless lives. “By conservative estimate, more than one million Americans are alive today because of the Hyde Amendment,” he said. “If the principles of the Hyde amendment are applied in permanent, government-wide fashion, the lifesaving effects we have already seen will be multiplied.”
US Supreme Court declines to hear Catholics' bias case against San Francisco city officials
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a lawsuit brought by Catholic activists against San Francisco officials who had condemned Catholic teaching as “hateful and discriminatory.”
The city supervisors passed a resolution in 2006 denouncing a statement by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which said that placing children for adoption by same-sex couples “would actually mean doing violence to these children.” Led by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, several Catholic plaintiffs joined in a suit, arguing that the resolution breached the separation of Church and state, and asking the courts to force its repeal. Lower federal courts rejected that suit, and the Supreme Court, by declining to take up the case, has let those decisions--and the supervisors' non-binding resolution--stand.
The city supervisors passed a resolution in 2006 denouncing a statement by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which said that placing children for adoption by same-sex couples “would actually mean doing violence to these children.” Led by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, several Catholic plaintiffs joined in a suit, arguing that the resolution breached the separation of Church and state, and asking the courts to force its repeal. Lower federal courts rejected that suit, and the Supreme Court, by declining to take up the case, has let those decisions--and the supervisors' non-binding resolution--stand.
Coffin of Blessed John Paul II moved to chapel in Vatican basilica
The coffin was moved on Monday night, May 2, after the basilica had been closed to the public. Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the archpriest of the basilica, presided at a short ceremony as the coffin was placed below the altar of the chapel. Among the other prelates who participated in the ceremony were Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the former Secretary of State; Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the current Secretary of State; Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the former prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; and Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, the former secretary to Pope John Paul II. Also in attendance were Archbishop Mieczyslas Mokrzycki, another former secretary to the Pontiff; and Msgr. Slawomir Oder, the postulator for his cause of beatification.
The final resting place of the newly beatified Pope is marked with a simple marble tombstone, inscribed Beatus Ioannes Paulus PP II. The chapel of St. Sebastian is located near the main door of the basilica, just past Michelangelo's Pieta.
Australian bishop removed from office, blasts Pope, Curia
A day after Bishop William Morris of Toowoomba said he would retire early following an apostolic visitation, Pope Benedict XVI removed him from office.
The May 1 retirement announcement and May 2 removal followed an apostolic visitation led by Archbishop Charles Chaput. In a 2006 pastoral letter, Bishop Morris had expressed support for women’s ordination.
Following his removal, Bishop Morris blasted the Vatican for conducting an “Inquisition.”
“I believe there is creeping centralism, a creeping authoritarianism and fallibility in the way the church operates and discusses issues,” he said. “It is not just Pope Benedict: it is the whole Curia, with Benedict as the leader.”
“It was like the Inquisition,” Bishop Morris added. “He [Pope Benedict] was immovable. There was no dialogue.”
“It has been my experience and the experience of others that Rome controls bishops by fear, and if you ask questions or speak openly on subjects that Rome declares closed, . . . you are censored very quickly, told your leadership is defective . . . and are threatened with dismissal,” the prelate told the priests of his diocese.
The May 1 retirement announcement and May 2 removal followed an apostolic visitation led by Archbishop Charles Chaput. In a 2006 pastoral letter, Bishop Morris had expressed support for women’s ordination.
Following his removal, Bishop Morris blasted the Vatican for conducting an “Inquisition.”
“I believe there is creeping centralism, a creeping authoritarianism and fallibility in the way the church operates and discusses issues,” he said. “It is not just Pope Benedict: it is the whole Curia, with Benedict as the leader.”
“It was like the Inquisition,” Bishop Morris added. “He [Pope Benedict] was immovable. There was no dialogue.”
“It has been my experience and the experience of others that Rome controls bishops by fear, and if you ask questions or speak openly on subjects that Rome declares closed, . . . you are censored very quickly, told your leadership is defective . . . and are threatened with dismissal,” the prelate told the priests of his diocese.
Pakistan’s bishops react to bin Laden’s death; schools closed, churches guarded
“They have put us on alert, calling for the closure of our institutions and placing more police personnel in front of churches,” said Father Mario Rodrigues, director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan. “Christians in Pakistan are innocent victims, even in this situation: any excuse is good to threaten or to attack.”
In Abbottabad, the town where Osama bin Laden had apparently lived quietly for several years, a small Catholic community was on high alert after the US raid. The pastor of St. Peter Canisius church cancelled several services, and four police were on guard outside the building.
“I had two meetings with the civil and military authorities to discuss security measures to Christian sites in South Punjab, after the death of bin Laden,” added Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan. “What I brought to them was the example of Blessed John Paul II, a man of dialogue, peace, role model for Muslim-Christian relations in Pakistan.”
“Today it is important for us to point out his shining example of openness to others, dialogue with Islam, recognized and appreciated by Pakistani Muslims to stop any fundamentalist drift and any attempt to incite hatred among religious communities,” he added.
“In the soul of a Christian there is never joy for the death of a man, even if he is an enemy,” said Archbishop Anthony Rufin of Islamabad. “On the occasion of the death of bin Laden I would like to remind the supreme commandment of the Christian message: love your enemies.”
“I would also like to express our absolute respect for Islam and all Muslims of Pakistan,” he added. “We are called by God's will to live in this country and do good in this country. We live our vocation and mission with faith and hope, even in difficult situations.”
Boston Globe Cover-Up?
Yesterday, Boston Globe reporter Kevin Cullen said that Pope John Paul II "presided over a church that was guilty of one of the biggest institutional coverups of criminal activity in history." He also gave credence to the charge that "Priests were raping children all over the world with impunity." There are four errors in these two sentences.
• The John Jay College of Criminal Justice report on this issue shows very clearly that the period when most of the incidents occurred was 1960-1985. Since John Paul II was not elected until 1978, it is factually wrong to suggest that the scandal took place mostly on his watch.
• Charol Shakeshaft, the nation's leading authority on the sexual abuse of minors in education, estimates that the rate of abuse in the public schools is approximately 100 times greater than found in the Catholic Church. Since most of those cases were never reported to the police, and since most of the offending teachers were moved from one school district to another, it is factually wrong to suggest that the Catholic Church has had a bigger problem with this issue than the public schools. Indeed, there is no evidence that the rate of abuse is any different in the Catholic Church than exists in other institutions, religious or secular.
• It is factually wrong to say that most of those abused by priests were raped: the most common infraction was "inappropriate touching."
• Most of those abused by priests were not children—they were postpubescent males. The John Jay report found that "81 percent [of the victims] were male," and that "more than three-quarters of the victims were post pubescent, meaning the abuse did not meet the clinical definition of pedophilia." Amazingly, Cullen wrote this in 2004, so even he knows that the problem is homosexuality!
It's hard to say whether Cullen is simply wrong on the facts, or whether he is the one engaged in a coverup. Maybe a little of both.
Contact Cullen: cullen@globe.com
Here's the New CBS News Anchor
On the January 2, 1996 edition of CBS Evening News Scott Pelley compared Republicans to terrorist Timothy McVeigh. He now will be the face of CBS News.
Today on Kresta - May 3, 2011
Talking about the "things that matter most" on May 3
4:00 – Bin Laden Dead: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam
Since the dreadful events of September 11, 2001, America has waged an international war on terrorism. Now Bin Laden has been killed, but the fight certainly continues. There have been dozens of terrorist attacks and attempted attacks since 9/11, and they will not end with the death of Bin Laden. But while the Fort Dix terrorists were stopped in their tracks, an Islamist terrorist at Fort Hood unleashed hell on American servicemen and their families, shooting 45 and killing nearly a third that. Despite Maj. Nidal Hasan's shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he pulled the trigger, the official Pentagon report refused to mention Islam or use the word Muslim. And said the army chief of staff, "As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse." Seth Leibsohn is here to show how, for lack of clarity, conviction, and determination, America is on the verge of declaring preemptive cultural surrender in the war on terror.
4:40 – "There Be Dragons"
Roland Joffé, director of The Mission and There Be Dragons, calls himself an agnostic, but he seems to be a remarkably God-haunted one. Steven Greydanus represented Ave Maria Radio at the premiere and press junket for There Be Dragons. Joffé, the writer-director, reflected on what drew him to There Be Dragons Joffé — a film set during the Spanish Civil War that has predictably elicited media controversy for its positive treatment of St. Josemaria Escrivá, played by Charlie Cox, and Opus Dei, the personal prelature he founded. There Be Dragons opens in the US on Friday and Steven is here to discuss what he learned from the interviews and how the film portrays Opus Dei and St. Jose Maria Escriva.
5:00 – Usama Bin Laden Brought to Justice: What Does This Mean for the War on Terror
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. message to al-Qaeda remains the same today, but it "might have even greater resonance" in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. Clinton said bin Laden's death was a milestone in the war on terrorism, but stressed that the "battle to stop al-Qaeda and its syndicate of terror" is not over. Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch is here to look at Bin Laden and the future of the War on Terrorism.
5:20 – Blessed John Paul the Great’s Vision for Our Mission
Blessed John Paul the Great focused in a special way on what he described as the “new evangelization” called for by “the new and unique situation in which the world and the church find themselves at the threshold of the third millennium, and the urgent needs which result.” The pope's call to a new evangelization is a prophetic and revolutionary calling to the Roman Catholic Church. He saw the need for a "great relaunching" of evangelization in the present life of the Church in a variety of ways. Peter Herbeck is Vice-President and Director of Missions at Renewal Ministries and joins us to look at Blessed John Paul the Great’s vision for our mission.
5:40 – Money, Greed and God
Does capitalism promote greed? Can a person follow Jesus' call to love others and also support capitalism? Was our recent economic crisis caused by flaws inherent to our free market system? Jay Richards presents a new approach to capitalism, revealing how it's fully consistent with Jesus’ teachings and the Christian tradition, while also showing why this system is our best bet for renewed economic vigor. Jay is here to discuss Money, Greed, and God.
4:00 – Bin Laden Dead: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam
Since the dreadful events of September 11, 2001, America has waged an international war on terrorism. Now Bin Laden has been killed, but the fight certainly continues. There have been dozens of terrorist attacks and attempted attacks since 9/11, and they will not end with the death of Bin Laden. But while the Fort Dix terrorists were stopped in their tracks, an Islamist terrorist at Fort Hood unleashed hell on American servicemen and their families, shooting 45 and killing nearly a third that. Despite Maj. Nidal Hasan's shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he pulled the trigger, the official Pentagon report refused to mention Islam or use the word Muslim. And said the army chief of staff, "As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse." Seth Leibsohn is here to show how, for lack of clarity, conviction, and determination, America is on the verge of declaring preemptive cultural surrender in the war on terror.
4:40 – "There Be Dragons"
Roland Joffé, director of The Mission and There Be Dragons, calls himself an agnostic, but he seems to be a remarkably God-haunted one. Steven Greydanus represented Ave Maria Radio at the premiere and press junket for There Be Dragons. Joffé, the writer-director, reflected on what drew him to There Be Dragons Joffé — a film set during the Spanish Civil War that has predictably elicited media controversy for its positive treatment of St. Josemaria Escrivá, played by Charlie Cox, and Opus Dei, the personal prelature he founded. There Be Dragons opens in the US on Friday and Steven is here to discuss what he learned from the interviews and how the film portrays Opus Dei and St. Jose Maria Escriva.
5:00 – Usama Bin Laden Brought to Justice: What Does This Mean for the War on Terror
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. message to al-Qaeda remains the same today, but it "might have even greater resonance" in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. Clinton said bin Laden's death was a milestone in the war on terrorism, but stressed that the "battle to stop al-Qaeda and its syndicate of terror" is not over. Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch is here to look at Bin Laden and the future of the War on Terrorism.
5:20 – Blessed John Paul the Great’s Vision for Our Mission
Blessed John Paul the Great focused in a special way on what he described as the “new evangelization” called for by “the new and unique situation in which the world and the church find themselves at the threshold of the third millennium, and the urgent needs which result.” The pope's call to a new evangelization is a prophetic and revolutionary calling to the Roman Catholic Church. He saw the need for a "great relaunching" of evangelization in the present life of the Church in a variety of ways. Peter Herbeck is Vice-President and Director of Missions at Renewal Ministries and joins us to look at Blessed John Paul the Great’s vision for our mission.
5:40 – Money, Greed and God
Does capitalism promote greed? Can a person follow Jesus' call to love others and also support capitalism? Was our recent economic crisis caused by flaws inherent to our free market system? Jay Richards presents a new approach to capitalism, revealing how it's fully consistent with Jesus’ teachings and the Christian tradition, while also showing why this system is our best bet for renewed economic vigor. Jay is here to discuss Money, Greed, and God.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Today on Kresta - May 2, 2011
Talking about the "things that matter most" on May 2
4:00-6:00 - The Beatification of Pope John Paul the Great
Today we present a special edition of Kresta in the Afternoon – the day after the beatification of Blessed John Paul the Great. A commemorative look at his life and legacy. Guests include Bishop Earl Boyea, Matthew Kelly, Doug Bushman, Christopher West, Charles Colson, Fr. Michael Scanlan, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Robert Fastiggi and Teresa Tomeo.
4:00-6:00 - The Beatification of Pope John Paul the Great
Today we present a special edition of Kresta in the Afternoon – the day after the beatification of Blessed John Paul the Great. A commemorative look at his life and legacy. Guests include Bishop Earl Boyea, Matthew Kelly, Doug Bushman, Christopher West, Charles Colson, Fr. Michael Scanlan, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Robert Fastiggi and Teresa Tomeo.
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