Kresta in the Afternoon – April 6, 2021 – Hour 1
Al reviews some religious liberty news and the life of the late Hans Kung. Also, Teresa Tomeo previews the Listening for God conference and looks at a botched CBS 60 Minutes story on Ron DeSantis.
Kresta Comments: The Importance of Religious Liberty
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has accused the Trump administration of creating a “hierarchy” of human rights that placed religious liberty and property rights above other fundamental freedoms. Al discusses.
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This Easter, rising religious persecution demands Biden’s action
Judge finds Wayne State violated rights of Christian group
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60 Minutes’ Wildly Flawed Hit Job
A recent 60 Minutes story accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of making a corrupt deal with Publix grocery stores to distribute COVID vaccines, noting that the chain made a large contribution to his campaign and suggesting the vaccine contract was a form of “pay to play.” But this doesn’t hold up to the slightest scrutiny. Teresa Tomeo joins us and also has much more on her Listening for God conference.
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60 Minutes’ Dishonest DeSantis Hit Job
That 60 Minutes Story on Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Vaccine Rollout Is Wildly Flawed
The Story Cannot Always Be the Reaction of the Republican Party
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Kresta Comments: Hans Kung Dies
The influential and controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng has died at age 93. He was an adviser at the Second Vatican Council but in 1979 the CDF declared that he had “departed from the integral truth of Catholic faith, and therefore he can no longer be considered a Catholic theologian nor function as such in a teaching role.” Al discusses.
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Samuel Gregg: Benedict XVI, Hans Kung and Catholicism’s Future
Hans Küng, influential dissident theologian, dead at 93
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