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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – January 8, 2025 – Hour 1

We discuss Dante’s Divine Comedy with Bill Cook and Peter Herbeck presents a Catholic view of the End Times. 

 

A Catholic View on the End Times

The question of the end times can be perplexing. With all the evil in the world, are we nearing the time of Jesus’ return? How shall we prepare? Peter Herbeck joins us.

Peter Herbeck is the executive vice president and director of missions for Renewal Ministries. For more than thirty years, he has been actively involved in evangelization and Catholic renewal throughout the US, Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Peter is a co-host for the weekly television programs The Choices We Face and Crossing the Goal. He also hosts the daily radio show Fire on the Earth. He and his wife Debbie have co-written Lessons from the School of Love: Cultivating a Christ-Centered Marriage and he is the author of the booklet Receiving Fire. Visit renewalministries.net.

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Why everyone should read Dante

Dante’s Divine Comedy is one of the great works of Western literature. We unpack what it means for today with Bill Cook.

William Cook is Professor Emeritus of History at State University of New York - Genesceo, where he taught on Medieval and Renaissance Europe and Church History. He is the president of the Bill Cook Foundation, which helps poor children in 29 countries go to school. Visit billcookfoundation.org. He is the author of several books including "The Medieval World View: An Introduction" and has hosted nine Great Courses lecture series.

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