Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 17, 2024 – Hour 1
Several prominent universities have announced they are adopting a position of “institutional neutrality” rather than make political statements. Steve McGuire has more. We also discuss “fake history” with Joe Pearce and Catholic Civil Rights heroes with Roxanne King.
Marcus’s Monologue: Church and State
What is the meaning of the Separation of Church and State? Is it intended to protect the government from the Church – or the Church from the government? Marcus discusses.
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We can separate church and state, but not religion and politics
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It took years, but elite colleges are learning the value of institutional neutrality
Colleges and universities are getting out of the business of making political statements. Since the spring, several prominent institutions have announced they will no longer issue statements on social and political events. We discuss it with Steven McGuire.
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It took years, but elite colleges are learning the value of institutional neutrality
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Exposing the False Narrative of Fake History
We live in an age when fake news is rampant. Yet fake news is nothing new. It’s been around for centuries. False narratives about what is happening now and what has happened in the past are always with us. They are a curse which prevents us from understanding where we’ve come from, where we are, and where we’re going. We talk more with Joseph Pearce.
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Exposing the False Narrative of Fake History
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Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights
Throughout history we can find examples of Catholic men and women –lay and religious, canonized saints and ordinary car mechanics—who defied all odds to advance civil and human rights since the turn of the eighteenth century. We get to know some of them with Roxanne King.
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