Kresta in the Afternoon – July 9, 2020 – Hour 1
Listen Now:
+ The Mission of the Next Pope (2 segments)
- Description: We have no idea who the next pope may be and there’s no reason to believe he may be elected soon. But one thing we can predict is he will likely have been very young, perhaps even a child, during the period of the Second Vatican Council. Unlike the last several popes, he will not have experienced the debates over its meaning and reception. What kind of qualities will we need from our next pope? We’ll talk with George Weigel.
- Segment Guests:
-
-
George Weigel
George Weigel is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, most recently The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission as well as Witness to Hope and The Irony of Modern Catholic History. He's a distinguished senior fellow of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center. Visit EPPC.org.
-
-
-
The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission
The Catholic Church is on the verge of a transition of great consequence. As Catholic theologian, historian, and papal biographer George Weigel notes, the next pope will probably have been a teenager or a very young man during the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965); he may even have been a child during those years. Thus the next pope will not have been shaped by the experience of the Council and the immediate debates over its meaning and reception like Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis. The next pope, Weigel writes, "will be a transitional figure in a different way than his immediate predecessors. So it seems appropriate to ponder now what the Church has learned during the pontificates of these three conciliar popes—and to suggest what the next pope might take from that learning." Drawing on his personal discussions with John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, as well as his decades of experience with Catholics from every continent, George Weigel examines the major challenges confronting the Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion believers in the twenty-first century: challenges the next pontificate must address as the Church enters new, uncharted territory. To what is the Holy Spirit calling this Church-in-transition? What are the qualities needed in the man who will lead the Church from the Chair of Saint Peter? Taking lessons from the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, George Weigel proposes what the Catholic leaders of the future, especially the next pope, must do to remain faithful to the Holy Spirit's summons to renewed evangelical witness, intensified missionary fervor, and Christ-centered reform in the wake of grave institutional failures, mission confusion, counter-witness, and the secularist challenge to biblical faith. (learn more)
$21.95Add to cart
-
+ Breaking the System: Real Steps to Police Reform
- Description: We often hear that American cops kill far more people than their European counterparts, but this doesn’t tell the full story. But it’s an important part of the wider discussion on police reform. Rachel Lu has studied the matter and joins us with her conclusions.
- Segment Guests:
-
-
Rachel Lu
Rachel Lu is a writer, moral philosopher and mother of five. She writes for Law and Liberty, America Magazine and many others. She has researched criminal justice reform as a Robert Novak Fellow. Follow her on Twitter at rclu.
-
Food for the Journey – July 9, 2020
Listen Now:
Christian Classics – July 9, 2020
Listen Now:
Catholic Connection – July 9, 2020 – Hour 2
Listen Now:
Catholic Connection – July 9, 2020 – Hour 1
Listen Now:
More2Life – July 9, 2020: Feeling Grateful!
Listen Now:
+ Intro & Dr. Greg and Lisa take your calls
+ Dr. Greg & Lisa talk to their guest
- Segment Guests:
-
-
Damon Owens
Executive Director , JoytobDamon Owens, international speaker and evangelist, is the founder and executive director of joytob “Joy To Be” a 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry of Stewardship: A Mission of Faith. Following four-years as the first executive director of the Theology of the Body Institute and serving as Chairman of the 2016 International Theology of the Body Congress, Damon founded joytob to encourage and educate couples to understand and live marriage and family life with joy through St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. He previously founded Joy-Filled Marriage New Jersey and New Jersey Natural Family Planning Association, served as Natural Family Planning Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Newark NJ, and taught NFP for 14 years with his wife Melanie. A Certified Speaker for the Theology of the Body Institute, presenter at the 2015 World Meeting of Families, and the 2017 USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders, Damon keeps a full international speaking schedule at conferences, seminars, universities, high schools, seminaries, and parishes on the good news of marriage, sexuality, Theology of the Body, Theology of the Family, adoption, and NFP. In 2018, Pope Francis honored Damon with his Benemerenti Medal in recognition for his work in support of marriage and family. Damon lives outside Philadelphia with his wife Melanie and their eight children.
- Resources:
-
- Website(s):
- Joytob (http://www.joytob.org)
- Website(s):
-
+ Dr. Greg & Lisa take your calls
+ Close
Fire on the Earth – July 9, 2020: You Will Live!
Listen Now: