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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – November 4, 2024 – Hour 1

Marcus offers some final thoughts before the election and we look at where abortion is on the ballot with Michael New. We also discuss the teachings of Veritatis Splendor with Matt Becklo. 

 

Marcus’ Monologue: A Moral Wakeup Call before Voting

On the eve of election day, many people are grappling with questions of how to vote. As Catholics, we must recognize that the Moral law guides us in how we cast our ballot. How can we remain faithful to God’s law? Marcus discusses.

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What Abortion Laws are on the Ballot?

Abortion is on the ballot in several states this week. Michael New gives us a recap of the races to keep an eye on.

Michael J. New is Assistant Professor of Practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America, an Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and a Paige Comstock Cunningham Fellow at Americans United for Life.

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Recovering the “both/and” of St. Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor

The 1993 encyclical Vertiatis Splendor was released to combat the rise in moral relativism—in particular, the problematic moral theory of “proportionalism” that conduces to it—and to restate the Church’s moral doctrine. We examine its lessons for today with Matt Becklo.

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Recovering the “both/and” of St. Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor

Matthew Becklo is a writer, editor, and the Publishing Director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. His writing is featured at Word on Fire, Strange Notions, and Aleteia, and has also appeared in Inside the Vatican magazine and the Evangelization & Culture journal, and online at First Things, RealClear Religion, and The Catholic Herald. He has also contributed an essay for Wisdom and Wonder: How Peter Kreeft Shaped the Next Generation of Catholics, and edited multiple books, including the Word on Fire Classics volume the Flannery O’Connor Collection.

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