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Kresta in the Afternoon – May 1, 2024 – Hour 1

Guest Host Marcus Peter looks at the latest religious liberty news with Andrea Piciotti-Bayer and discusses the life of Pius V with Stephanie Mann.

 

Catholic Charities Isn’t Religious? So Sayeth the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Another Tax Day has come and gone, but a big taxation question in Wisconsin remains unresolved, in the wake of a recent ruling that Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Superior isn’t religious enough in the eyes of the state’s Supreme Court to qualify for a religious tax exemption. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer joins us with more.

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Catholic Charities Isn’t Religious? So Sayeth the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Conscience Project 

 

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

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Pope St. Pius V: Dominican Reformer

During the Reformation, Pope St. Pius V faced great challenges and opportunities during his six-year reign. He took on the reform programs of the Council of Trent, used diplomatic and other strategies to halt the spread of Protestantism, and worked to unite Christian Europe against attacks by the Ottoman Turks. His feast day was yesterday and we look at his life with Stephanie Mann.

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Pope St. Pius V: Dominican Reformer

Stephanie A. Mann is the author of Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured the English Reformation, available from Scepter Publishers. She resides in Wichita, Kansas and blogs at www.supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com

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Lessons from St Joseph the Worker

It’s the feast of St Joseph the Worker, and we’re talking about work – specifically, the work of the Guadalupe Workers in Detroit. Alicia Wong and Edmund Miller join us.

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Gudalupe Workers 

Alicia Wong and Edmund Miller are the co-founders of Guadalupe Workers. Visit Guadalupeworkers.org

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