Kresta in the Afternoon – October 17, 2017 – Hour 1

+  “Car Trunk Abortionist” Pleads Guilty 

  • Description: Longtime Michigan abortionist Michael Roth, infamously known as the “car trunk abortionist” for his illegal at-home abortions, pleaded guilty yesterday to three felony counts of Larceny. He had stolen equipment and drugs from an abortion facility and used them for his own at-home abortions. Lynn Mills has followed this case in 2015, when police found aborted baby remains in the trunk of Roth’s car. She was at the hearing and joins us with the details.
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    • Lynn Mills
      Lynn Mills is a pro-life advocate based in Livonia, Michigan. She was Norma McCorvey's sponsor during her conversion to Catholicism. Follow her on Twitter @notababykiller.
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+  In Defense of Purity

  • Description: When Dietrich von Hildebrand converted to Catholicism in 1914, he was surprised to find that, despite an abundance of books on the dangers of impurity, there were practically none on the positive values of purity. He set out to fix that in his book In Defense of Purity, which would go on to influence thinkers like John Paul II. 90 years later, its influence lives on. We'll discuss the writings and the defense of Catholic sexual ethics with John Henry Crosby.
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    • John Henry Crosby
      John Henry Crosby is a translator, writer, critic and cultural entrepreneur. With the held of Dietrich von Hildebrand's widow Alice, he spent a year translating Dietrich's book Aesthetics. He established the Hildebrand Project to renew the culture, drawing on the continuing vitality of Hildebrand's thought and witness. He hosted "He Dared Speak the Truth," a 14-part series on the life of von Hildebrand. Visit hildebrandproject.org.
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    • In Defense of Purity: An Analysis of the Catholic Ideals of Purity and Virginity

      A probing meditation on the nature, value, and beauty of purity, In Defense of Purity is not a book of sexual ethics, nor a “how-to” guide to purity—but for readers with open minds and hearts, the book promises to be transformative. When Dietrich von Hildebrand converted to Catholicism in 1914, he was surprised to find that, despite an abundance of books on the dangers of impurity, there were practically none on the positive values of purity. “So,” writes Alice von Hildebrand, widow of Dietrich, in a new foreword to the book, “this is what he set out to do in In Defense of Purity: to explore purity as a positive reality and only in light of its beauty to describe its contrary.” First published in 1927, In Defense of Purity anticipates many of the most pressing social issues of our day. Hildebrand’s vision of the human person offers an antidote to a contemporary attitude that treats the body as a mere object and fails to appreciate its integral unity with the person. In Defense of Purity has influenced thinkers like Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II, whose own Love and Responsibility and Theology of the Body share and build upon many of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s insights. This new edition stands to influence a new generation of readers, looking for enduring answers to the perennial questions about human life and love. In Defense of Purity cuts through the current debates to offer a fundamental view of the very essence and meaning of purity. Hildebrand’s insights on love, marriage, virginity, and sexuality offer fresh wisdom to people in any stage of life, from first dates, to religious vows, to golden anniversaries. (learn more)

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