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Kresta in the Afternoon – May 17, 2024 – Hour 1

Guest Host Matthew Bunson discusses the backlash against Harrison Butker with Paul Kengor, and Peggy Stanton looks ahead to this Sunday’s Gospel reading. 

 

What the Backlash against Harrison Butker tells us about our culture

Who would have ever thought a football player’s commencement speech at a small Catholic college would go viral? Yet that’s what’s happening with Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after his speech at Benedictine College. We talk about it with Paul Kengor.

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Kicking Butker: KC Chiefs’ Star Torched on Social Media for His Graduation Speech

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Paul Kengor is author of several books, most recently The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery. His other books include The Devil and Bella Dodd, The Devil and Karl Marx, and A Pope and A President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century. He has also written spiritual biographies of Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton, and George W Bush. He’s professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pa., and senior academic fellow at the Institute for Faith and Freedom and is the editor of the American Spectator.

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What does the Catechism say about Pentecost?

We wrap up the Easter season this weekend with Pentecost Sunday. Peggy Stanton joins us for our weekly discussion to connect the Sunday Gospel reading with the Catechism.

 

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Peggy Stanton is the author of From the White House to the White Cross. She's a Dame of the Order of Malta. She was ABC News’ first female Washington correspondent. She has hosted many programs on Ave Maria Radio including the Malta Minute with the Catechism. Her first book was The Daniel Dilemma: The Moral Man in the Public Arena.

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