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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – October 6, 2025 – Hour 1

We take a Catholic view towards Islam with David Deavel and talk with Michael New about the latest abortion trends.

 

Marcus’ Monologue: What Immigration actually means

A school superintendent in Iowa has been arrested by ICE agents for violating immigration laws and further investigation and uncovered an extensive criminal record. Marcus looks at the story and what we get wrong in our national conversation about immigration.

 

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Guttmacher Estimates Abortion Decline in 2025

This week, the Guttmacher Institute released new data from its monthly abortion provision survey, and the data contains some good news for pro-lifers. Michael New joins us.

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Guttmacher Estimates Abortion Decline in 2025

 

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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How should Catholics think about Islam?

Is the Triune God the Allah discussed in the Qur’an? And is Islam just another path to salvation like Catholic Christianity? What does the Catholic Church believe about Islam and about Muslims? We break down these important questions and more with David Deavel.

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How should Catholics think about Islam?

David P. Deavel the co-editor of Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West. He is visiting assistant professor of Catholic studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and editor of LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.

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