Kresta in the Afternoon – September 6, 2022 – Hour 1
We celebrated the feasts of two remarkable saints this weekend – Gregory the Great and Mother Teresa. We look at their lives today.
Mother Teresa – Cult Leader?!?
Over the last several years and especially since the murder of George Floyd we have seen an increased effort to “re-examine” the heroes of the past, with statues of everyone from Columbus to Abraham Lincoln being torn down or vandalized. But surely someone like Mother Teresa is exempt from such reckonings, right? Not so, as the New York Times recently published a piece asking if the saint was really a Cult leader. We’ll talk about it with Clemente Lisi.
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In Defense Of Mother Teresa: Why She Is A Saint, Not A ‘Cult Leader’
Catholic Bishops Vote To Draft Communion Guidelines: What Happens Next?

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What Made Gregory so Great?
Pope Gregory the Great wrote more prolifically than any of his predecessors, so much so that he is known in the East as St Gregory the Dialogist. He was the first pope to come from a Monastic background and did immense work to improve the welfare of the people of Rome. March 12 used to be his Feast Day, but it was moved to September 3 – the day his Papacy began. Bill Cook joins us.
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