Kresta in the Afternoon – October 12, 2018 – Hour 2
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+ Register Recap: Pope Francis Accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s Resignation
- Description: This morning Pope Francis officially accepted the resignation Cardinal Donald Wuerl submitted upon turning 75 in November 2015. Wuerl has faced harsh criticism since the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report and the revelations about former Cardinal McCarrick and last month submitted a request for Francis to accept his resignation. He will remain on as an Apostolic Administrator until a replacement can be found. Matthew Bunson joins us with the latest.
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Dr. Matthew Bunson
Matthew Bunson is a Senior Contributor to EWTN News and the National Catholic Register and a Senior Fellow at St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter at MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 7 pm and Sundays at 11 am.
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+ God's Pursuit of Walter Ciszek - and Each of Us
- Description: Friday is the anniversary of Fr. Walter Ciszek's return to the US from the Soviet Union, where he spent 15 years in labor camps and another eight with restricted freedoms. We look at his story and the state of his Cause for Canonization with John Dejak.
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John Dejak
John DeJak is President of Father Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor. He's the author of "With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit." Visit Ciszek.org. - Resources:
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- Cause for the Canonization (http://ciszek.org/)
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With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit
In 1963, following twenty-three years of hard labor and abuse in Russian prison camps, Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., finally returned to America. Had he come back a bitter man, or a man of diminished faith, it would have been hard to fault him. But he didn’t. For the remainder of his years, until his death in 1984, Fr. Ciszek’s grace, faith, and wisdom touched—often in profound and lasting ways—everyone who came into contact with him. With God in America is a collection of previously unpublished writings on Ciszek’s post-imprisonment life and thoughts. The contents—which include articles he wrote, speeches he delivered at retreats, letters he sent to people he was counseling, and interviews with individuals who knew him personally—present a man unbroken by all that he had endured and eager to share God’s love with others. From Ciszek’s first days back home in the States to his final words before his death, With God in America demonstrates that saintliness isn’t primarily about acting heroically in dramatic or devastating circumstances, but about honoring the ordinary, everyday aspects of life as treasured gifts from God. (learn more)
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+ "We Need to Buckle Down on the Word of God"
- Description: This past Sunday, Archbishop Allen Vigneron addressed how the Church became so grievously wounded by the crimes of child sexual abuse and explored how the faithful are called to respond. In his homily, he declared "We need to buckle on the word of God as the sword by which to fight against evil." The Archbishop joins us.
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Archbishop Allen Vigneron
Archbishop Allen Vigneron has been the Archbishop of the Detroit Archdiocese since 2009. He was formerly the bishop of Oakland, CA and rector-president of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Visit unleashthegospel.org.
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