Kresta in the Afternoon – November 27, 2023 – Hour 2

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: November 27, 2023 Published in: Al Kresta

Guest host Marcus Peter and Michael Dauphinais look at the 10 year anniversary of Evangeli Gaudium, and Al joins the program to dicuss the latest Vatican statements against the German bishops.

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Christianity and Progress

Is Christianity about Progress? Well, yes and no. Although Christians cannot be above the fray because we are part of it—called and commanded to love our neighbors, and even our enemies—we are nonetheless beyond the fray in the sense that we are called to something beyond it. Joseph Pearce joins us.

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Christianity and Progress

The Risen Christ and Fallen Civilization

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joseph-pearce — Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary works including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare and Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know. He's Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative, St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair of Catholic Studies at Thomas More College in Merrimack, NH, editor of the St. Austin Review, and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. Visit his website at jpearce.co.

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Evangelii Gaudium at Ten

On November 24, 2013, Pope Francis signed Evangelii Gaudium [The Joy of the Gospel], his apostolic exhortation on the proclamation of the Gospel in today’s world. Michael Dauphinais reflects on its significance a decade later.

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“The flagship document of Pope Francis’s papacy”: Evangelii Gaudium at Ten

Michael-Dauphinais — Michael A. Dauphinais, Ph.D., serves as the Fr. Matthew Lamb Professor of Catholic Theology and the co-director of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida. He recently launched a new podcast The Catholic Theology Show to help a wide audience discover the richness of coming to know and love God as he has revealed himself in Jesus Christ. He enjoys teaching C.S. Lewis, the Bible, and anything on Aquinas. He speaks frequently in both academic and popular settings to serve the New Evangelization. A grateful revert to the Catholic Church, he has been married to his beloved wife Nancy for almost thirty years. His newly co-authored book Wisdom from the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Questions about Catholicism was published by Word on Fire Press. He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous scholarly articles and books in the areas of Thomas Aquinas, the Bible, and the renewal of Catholic theology.

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Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops

The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings with delegates of the German Synodal Way in Rome. Marcus and Al discuss it further.

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Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops

Rome sets red lines for talks with German bishops

The Vatican’s statements on the German Synodal Way: a timeline

Pope Francis expresses ‘concerns’ about German Synodal Way, says it threatens Church unity

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