Ave Maria In The Afternoon

Fr. James Kubicki joins us with daily devotions for the full year and David Pinault discusses how the people of Taiwan view themselves, China and the West.

This Sunday we hear of John’s baptism of Jesus. We unpack the readings with Rob Corzine.

Matthew Bunson recaps the top church stories of the last year.

Matthew Bunson has the details on the new Archbishop of Washington, DC and we look at the times the Church has risen from darkness with Steve Weidenkopf.

We discuss the life of Fulton Sheen with Cheryl Hughes and Carl Olson presents the biggest obstacles to Synodality.

Richard Sherlock shares his journey from the Church of Latter-Day Saints to Catholicism and how Catholics can better dialogue with Mormons, and we look back on Al’s 2012 interview with Jimmy Carter.

We conclude our 2024 Year in Review with John Bergsma, looking at the Biblical Covenant of marriage.

We discuss how the Eucharist can transform politics and culture with Roger Nutt and Robert Dunn.

Steve Ray celebrates the Feast of Mary, Mother of God and Ralph Martin shares his journey into a life of the Spirit.

Is Concilliar Catholicism in America at an end? George Weigel joins us and we look back on the final segments of Kresta in the Afternoon, speaking with Al’s wife, Sally, and son James.

In this hour of our year in review, we hear Al Kresta’s final commentary, exploring what St. Paul says about religious dialogue. We also listen to a conversation between Al and Marcus about the Road to Emmaus and discuss the Work of the Spirit with Charlie Self.

We continue our review of the top interviews of 2024. Ryan Bilodeau responds to Elon Musk’s Cultural Christianity and Marcus reflects on witnessing the 9/11 attacks in a Muslim-majority country.

In this hour of the year-end review we look at the thought of Nietzsche with Brad Birzer and Christine Rosen asks if Americans can learn to trust again. We also hear the last interview Al Kresta ever recorded.

We continue our review of the top segments of 2024, including a commentary from Al about the meaning of holiness in marriage. We also talk to Patrick O’Hearn about support for dads grieving the loss of a child.

We unpack the Sunday readings with Rob Corzine and discuss how Christ fulfills the Messianic prophecies with Andre Villeneuve.