Kresta in the Afternoon – February 20, 2024 – Hour 2
Aaron Rothstein explains the academic world’s “covert persecution” of Israel and former Holy See Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon shares stories from her years of work with the Vatican.
Academia’s “Covert Persecution” of Israel
Since the October 7th attack, we’ve seen blatant examples of anti-Israel sentiment all over, especially on college campuses. But there is a softer, more covert form of persecution that is just as prevalent. Aaron Rothstein explains.
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What I Saw as the Ambassador to the Vatican
Through her long career as a lawyer and diplomat, Mary Ann Glendon has worked closely with the Vatican under three different popes. She was a Vatican representative to a UN conference on Women under John Paul II, served as US Ambassador to the Vatican while Benedict XVI was pope, and then was named by Pope Francis as a member of the Pontifical Commission of inquiry into the Vatican bank. And the stories only begin there. She joins us.
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