Kresta in the Afternoon – July 31, 2019

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Description: Al continues a series of commentaries on the Church and Politics. In this segment, he looks at Islam and politics, including a video circulating that is incorrectly attributed to Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib.
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- Speaker in 1-minute video clip is not Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib -
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- Sharifa Alkhateeb Talks About Using Public Schools to Convert America to Islam -
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Description: Recent lawsuits by teachers fired from Catholic schools are part of a growing threat to Catholic education. Our schools and colleges increasingly face harmful lawsuits, legislation, the loss of accreditation, and social rejection if they do not fall in line with ideologies that deny the nature of marriage, sexuality, even human life itself. Catholic education is the Church’s most important means of evangelization. Is every Catholic educator and bishop prepared to defend it? Patrick Reilly is our guest.
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- Patrick Reilly
  Patrick Reilly is the president and founder of the Cardinal Newman Society. Visit newmansociety.org.
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    - Cardinal Newman Society (https://newmansociety.org/)
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Description: More than 150 students and alumni at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome have signed a letter saying that newly approved statutes will undermine the institute’s mission and identity. In response, Msgr Pierangelo Sequeri, president of the institute, says the changes are a move in the right direction. What's going on? We talk with JD Flynn.
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- JD Flynn
  JD Flynn is the Editor in Chief of Catholic News Agency and a canon lawyer. He previously served as a Special Assistant to Bishop Conley in the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Kresta in the Afternoon – July 31, 2019 – Hour 1