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Kresta in the Afternoon – July 14, 2023 – Hour 2

Did a Cardinal-to-be say we don’t want to convert people to Christ? We discuss the meaning and purpose of conversion with Peter Herbeck. 

 

Did a Cardinal-to-be say we don’t want to convert people to Christ?

Earlier this week, Portuguese Bishop Américo Aguiar reportedly said that at World Youth Day, we “Don’t want to convert people to Christ.” He later clarified his statements, but it did get us thinking on the meaning and purpose of conversion and evangelization. We talk with Peter Herbeck.

Links for this Segment

WYD Is an Invitation to Young People to Experience God, Explains Future Portuguese Cardinal

The rise of Bishop Américo Aguiar

True charity gives people God, not bread alone, cardinal says

St. Francis Used Words 

Peter Herbeck is the executive vice president and director of missions for Renewal Ministries. For more than thirty years, he has been actively involved in evangelization and Catholic renewal throughout the US, Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Peter is a co-host for the weekly television programs The Choices We Face and Crossing the Goal. He also hosts the daily radio show Fire on the Earth. He and his wife Debbie have co-written Lessons from the School of Love: Cultivating a Christ-Centered Marriage and he is the author of the booklet Receiving Fire. Visit renewalministries.net.
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