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Kresta in the Afternoon – January 18, 2023 – Hour 1

Guest Host Matthew Bunson and historian Bill Cook discuss what happened at the Council of Trent. 

 

Religious Freedom Day: An Important History, Given the Current Hostility

On Monday we celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr – and also National Religious Freedom Day. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer gives us a look at the state of Religious Liberty in the country.

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project and is a fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

What Happened at Trent?

It was on January 18, 1562, that Pope Pius IV convened the Council of Trent for the final time. It finally adjourned in December 1563. We discuss the goals of the Council and what it accomplished with Bill Cook.

William Cook is Professor Emeritus of History at State University of New York - Genesceo, where he taught on Medieval and Renaissance Europe and Church History. He is the president of the Bill Cook Foundation, which helps poor children in 29 countries go to school. Visit billcookfoundation.org. He is the author of several books including "The Medieval World View: An Introduction" and has hosted nine Great Courses lecture series.
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