Kresta in the Afternoon – April 29, 2021 – Hour 1
We take a look at President Biden’s address to Congress and Terry Mattingly elaborates on why the press doesn’t “Get Religion.”
Kresta Comments: President Biden Reflects on First 100 Days
President Biden made his first speech to a join session of Congress last night, reflecting on his first 100 days in office. He continued the narrative that America is emerging from four years of darkness and chaos under President Trump. How does President Biden see America? We’ll talk about it.
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The era of big government is back with a vengeance
Biden’s abortion rights stance triggers coming debate among Catholic bishops on Communion
USCCB has ‘nothing in the works’ on Biden and Communion
Biden’s ‘devout’ faith is a news-media talking point, but a survey about it somehow isn’t
Biden at 100 Days: What Catholics Should Know About His Promises and Priorities
CNN’s Left-Wing Viewers Give Biden’s Speech Worse Marks Than They Did Trump’s First Speech In 2017
Tim Scott Accuses Biden of Abandoning Bipartisan Promise: ‘This Is Not Common Ground’
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The Questions the Press Won’t Ask
ISIS beheads a Christian captive. A convent in Missouri is riddled by bullets. Minorities in Afghanistan fear what their future under Taliban governance will be like. And hundreds of Indians mourn their loved ones as they hold mass cremations. Clearly, all these stories have a religious angle to them. So why does the press so often miss it? We’ll talk again with Terry Mattingly.
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Biden’s ‘devout’ faith is a news-media talking point, but a survey about it somehow isn’t
ISIS executes another Coptic Christian: Once again, this appears to be ‘conservative’ news
Thinking about ‘Uncle Ted’ McCarrick’s rise and fall: Did Catholic leaders learn anything?
Ponder this news question: What happens to Afghan religious minorities post-USA?
The complicated, often painful, Orthodox roots of Prince Philip’s faith journey
New podcast: German priests plan huge rite to bless gay unions? Time for time travel …
2020 revisited: Repeat after me, White Catholic voters, White Catholic voters …
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