Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 18, 2024 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: September 18, 2024 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

Did the Jewish people and early Christians accept the Deuterocanon? Gary Michuta joins us.

The cruel vindictiveness of the treatment of Catholic entrepreneur Jimmy Lai

Reports that Jimmy Lai, the jailed Catholic entrepreneur and pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, has been denied Holy Communion since last December, are shocking – and illustrate the cruel vindictiveness of the regime that has imprisoned him. We talk more with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer.

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The cruel vindictiveness of the treatment of Catholic entrepreneur Jimmy Lai

Andrea Piccioti Bayer — Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

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Exorcists are making another cinema comeback

Exorcism movies remain a popular genre, especially in the weeks leading up to Halloween. But America’s spiritual climate isn’t what it was when the original “The Exorcist” was a hit. Terry Mattingly joins us with more.

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Exorcists are making another cinema comeback

terry mattingly — Terry Mattingly was the editor of Get Religion and writes the nationally-syndicated On Religion column for the Universal Syndicate. He is a senior fellow at the Overby Center at the University of Mississippi, focusing on religion, news and the First Amendment. Visit getreligion.org and tmatt.net and follow him on Twitter @tweetmattingly

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Did the Jews Ever Accept the Deuterocanon?

A common claim is that the Jews and early Christians did not accept the Deuterocanon, or seven Old Testament books that Catholics accept as Scripture but Protestants do not. We examine the evidence with Gary Michuta.

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Did the Jews Ever Accept the Deuterocanon?