Kresta in the Afternoon – April 8, 2021 – Hour 1
Is the German Church headed for Schism? We talk with Matthew Bunson. Also, Sr. Misericorida tells the story of shorts being fired on her abbey and Al looks at comments from an atheist columnist on what the pandemic has made him realize about religion.
Kresta Comments: A Columnist Without Religion Knows What He’s Missing
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The Guardian Columnist Without Religion Knows What He’s Missing
How do faithless people like me make sense of this past year of Covid?
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Church News Roundup: Germans Headed for Schism?
US Bishops have largely remained silent on the German “Synodal Path,” but other scholars are expressing real concern of potential schism. We’ll look at the latest with Matthew Bunson, who also looks at the late Hans Kung and a wonderful new apostolic exhortation from Bishop Olmsted.Â
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How Archbishop Naumann’s family tragedy shaped his beliefs on the sanctity of life
Vatican Now in Crisis Management Mode with German Bishops
On Twitter, Pontifical Academy for Life marks death of dissenting theologian Hans Küng
US Theologians Echo Fears of Schism in Catholic Church in Germany
Bishop Olmsted Apostolic Exhortation Veneremur Cernui – Down in Adoration Falling

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Missouri nuns targeted in multiple ‘extremely disturbing’ shooting incidents
On several occasions this Lent, shots were fired at the abbey of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles in Missouri, with a bullet from one shooting lodging in the bedroom wall of the order’s superior. Sr. Misericordia tells us what’s been going on.
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Missouri nuns targeted in multiple ‘extremely disturbing’ shooting incidents, motive unknown
Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles
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