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Communications
is a moral
act. The mass media have the power
to form opinions and consciences, but they have become a global,
immediate and
crowded arena with competing voices and ideologies. What is the common
good?
Where’s the moral dimension of the news? What’s the
story behind
the story? How do we
get people’s attention to listen to the
most important message in life – who we are and where we are
headed? We clear a
path through the clutter of words by reclaiming the purity of language,
and
engage it with the clarity of truth. Because that’s the heart
of all that
matters.
Welcome to
The Heart Of The
Matter!
We
are
pleased to
bring you the new and expanded Heart of the Matter! Each week
you
will hear engaging stories and interviews with the news makers of our
day - all brought to you with an unflinching Catholic perspective on
our
world. Tune in every week for this engaging and
informative news magazine show - and tell a friend - The Heart
of
the Matter is heard right here on Catholic Radio
International.
We are back!
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and
this week we sit down with Father Thomas Williams to talk
about his new book, A Heart Like His - Meditations on the Sacred Heart
of Jesus. Father Thomas has for us a bold proposition: you
can really get to know Jesus, and you can let Him
change your heart into a heart like His.
What once was
a contentious piece of health
care legislation is now the law. What part did
"pro-life"
Democrats play in passing this bill? To find out, we sit down
with
Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats for Life of America.
And
Also... Israel
Has Israel
spoiled the prospects for peace by building homes in the Holy
Land?
To get the facts, and the whole story, we
sit down with
David Brog, Executive Director of Christians United For Israel.
As is often the case, things are not as they seem.
Did you miss..?
March 20, 2010 Top
Story: An Uncertain Future: Iraq At A Turning Point
Thousands of
Iraqi Christians now live in the
United States. As Iraq undergoes a critical test of its
struggling Democracy, can they ever hope to return home?
This week
on
the Heart of the Matter, in two great conversations, we focus on Iraq
and the Iraqi people. First, we sit down with Joseph Kassab,
executive director of the Chaldean Federation of America to
talk about Iraqi Christians living in the U.S. - who
are they
and how can we help our brothers and sisters in Christ?
And
Also... The Elections In Iraq
We speak
with Mr. Yonadam Kanna, Iraqi Christian and candidate for Iraq's new
parliament. Can the elections in Iraq do away with the
sectarian
violence and chaos that has so afflicted Iraqis of all faiths?
There is
something in the air and change is afoot. Due to a number of
factors, conservatism is reemerging as a political force
BUT, what will, or should, it look like? This week on
the Heart of the Matter, we sit down with Dr. Antony Esolen to hear
why, in his opinion, the new conservatism must be Christian or not at
all.
And
Also... The Mount Vernon Statement
Finally, we discuss
the Mount Vernon Statement; what it is and
why Catholics must care
February 21, 2010 Top
Story: Encore - Thrift, The Forgotten Virtue
We are out of
the studio this week BUT we still
have a great show. First, we revisit an interview we had with
Theodore R. Mallock, author of Thrift: Rebirth
Of A Forgotten
Virtue to
talk about the ethos of spending what we do not have.
We revisit a sit
down with Dr. Herbert London of the Hudson Institute
to see if we are up to the challenge of the new secularism, a battle
fight that Dr. London maps out in his book America's Secular
Challenge.
February 12, 2010 Top
Story: It's The Economy, Stupid!
It is budget
time again, and this year's it a whopper. To help us make
sense out of the trillions to be spent we sit down with Brian Riedl,
economist at the Heritage Foundation.
And
Also...
How do you get your
mind around the numbers involved in the federal
budget?
Matthias
Shapiro has a suggestion - make a video.
January 29, 2010 Top
Story: Eco-Imperialism. How So-Called Green Power Leads To
Black Death
This week we
sit down with Paul Driessen, author of Eco-Imperialism:
Green Power Black Death to
talk about how misguided environmentalism can and does kill.
January 23, 2010 Top
Story: Stephen Meyer's Signature Work - Signature In The Cell.
We are back!
This week as we begin a new
year, we sit down with Dr. Stephen Meyer of The Discovery Institute to
discuss his new book Signature
In The Cell.
Darwinists beware.
And
Also...
It's a new year.. in
the news. We take a look at two of the top stories that you
need
to understand.
This week
we again sit down with renowned journalist and
climatologist Lawrence Solomon,
author of the book The Deniers,
and get to the bottom of Climategate and the Climate Summit in
Copenhagen.
And
Also...
Why are three Navy
SEALs
on trial? We sit down with former Navy SEAL Chuck
Bravedy,
author of the book Iraq In My Eye:
Memoirs
of a Navy SEAL, to get some answers
December 07, 2009 Top
Story: Sarah Palin has Gone Rogue - Two Reviews of Her New Book
This week we
sit down with Canadian thinker Brigitte
Pellerin
about our (mine and hers) reviews of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue.
Can this book get the job done for the former governor, or
will it be just a happy bus ride to nowhere?
And
Also...
President Obama has
announced that he will send some 30,000 additional U.S. troops to
Afghanistan in hopes of winning the war. Well and good.
What if the problem with the war is not just the number of
boots on the ground?
November 27, 2009 Top
Story: Thrift: Can This Virtue Save Us All?
Welcome back!
This week we sit down with Yale's Theodore Malloch to discuss
his new book Thrift: Rebirth Of A
Forgotten Virtue, concerning
which Steve Forbes
wrote: "This book could help all of us put our personal and public
lives back in order."
Can it be that less is really more?
And
Also...
The Manhattan
Project
changed the balance of power in the world. Can the Manhattan
Declaration do the same? Let us hope and pray so.
We are out of
the studio this week but the show
goes on. To begin, we revisit an interview with world
renowned
climatologist Lawrence Solomon,
author of the book The Deniers,
as he (again) makes
the case that where global warming is concerned, we have
nothing
to fear but fear itself.
And
Also...
Is there a
world population problem? According to Steve
Mosher,
president of the Population
Research Institute, yes there
is: we are dangerously
underpopulated. As this encore episode of The Heart of the Matter
continues we revisit Mr. Mosher's compelling arguments about the real
danger of world population.
When you are
right, you are right - unfortunately.
Last week we called the Fort Hood shooting exactly as we saw it -
terrorism. This week we sit down with Robert Spencer,
director of Jihad
Watch, to
connect the dots and complete the picture of Major Hasan, an American
terrorist.
And
Also...
This November 22
many Catholics will be asked to support the Catholic Campaign For Human
Development. Should you be concerned about where your money
might
end up? According to Rob Gasper of Bellarmine
Veritas
Ministry, yes you should be
concerned - at least for now.
What does our
foreign policy towards Israel say about our attitude concerning terror
and terrorism? This week week on the
Heart
of
the Matter, we talk with George Gilder of The
Discovery Institute about his
new book The Israel Test
to see if America will make the grade.
And
Also...
Did you know
that November 9, 2009, marks the 20 year anniversary of the
fall of the Berlin Wall? Jason Mattera, Spokesmen for the Young
America's Foundation does and
he's got big plans for the week.
Can we know
God's will for our lives? If we listen, yes we can.
This week on the
Heart
of
the Matter we sit down Father
Timothy Gallagher to discuss his
new book Discerning
The Will Of God and how we
can learn to listen.
And
Also...
Would we let
a factory pollute our children with
its waste? No? Then why would we let a film maker
do the
same? We talk with Dr. Ted Baehr of The
Movie Guide
to find out about a new film that should not be coming to a theater
near you.
We are out of
the studio this week but we are
pleased to bring you two great interviews from our archives.
First, we sit down with Mark
Williams; veteran journalist, talk radio host and spokesperson for Our
Country Deserves Better.
Topics covered
include a call for Rahm Emmanuel to resign and an explanation
of
why we should watch President Obama very, very closely.
October 15, 2009 Top
Story: Don't Look Now.., But There Is Still Beauty In The World
How
often do we get lost in worrying about everything that's wrong?
Let us remember that God created the World, and it is good.
This week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we sit down with Chicago Artist Haley
Nagy to talk about art, beauty
and faith.
And
Also...
Back
again, our News Maker segment looks at
Honduras's constitutional crisis.
We like to
say that ours is a
government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Question: how would
we know if that promise is slipping away? This week on the
Heart
of
the Matter we sit down with Professor Paul Rahe
of Hillsdale
College to discuss his new
book Montesquieu
and the Logic Of Liberty in
which he argues that the loss
of our liberty is closer than you might think.
And
Also...
Dateline
Chicago: What is a Bubble
Zone Law and why should you care? We catch up with Eric
Scheidler
of the Pro-Life
Action League to get the story
about a blatant attack on life
and our first amendment rights in Chicago.
October 2, 2009 Top
Story: The
White House and the NEA - Why So Artistic?
Art is often
political, but should it be
politicized? This week on the Heart of the Matter, we'll
listen
in on a conversation between the White House, the National
Endowment for the Arts and the
arts communities in which plans are laid to spend our tax dollars to
produce pro-Obama art. For a wider perspective on art and
politics we will also sit down with Lady Clare Asquith, author of Shadowplay:
The
Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of WilliamShakespeare, to
discuss the relationship between art, politics and the state.
September 18 2009 Top
Story: Roll Up Your Sleeve Or... Get Out!
Question
(again) - do parents have a right
to
determine
what drugs are pumped in to their children? The answer: not
if
it's Gardasil (the HPV vaccine) and not if you want to stay in the
country. This week on the Heart
of
the Matter, we sit down with Jean Davis, a Port St. Joe, Fla., mother
whose daughter is facing deportation for refusing an
unnecessary
vaccination.
And
Also...
We love
hearing from you even when we do not
agree with you. This week we pass the microphone to
Father J. (not his real name) and let him have his say.
September 11 2009 Top
Story: Amanda Kurowski And Her "Vigorous Defense."
Question - do
parents have a right to
determine
their children's education? According to a New Hampshire court the
answer is "yes" only IF the education does not result in a "vigorous
defense" of their religious beliefs. This week on the Heart
of
the Matter, we sit down with Michael Donnelly, Esq., staff attorney for
the Home
School Legal Defense Association, to
discuss how it
is that courts are crushing the rights of Christian parents to home
school their children.
And
Also...
What does it
feel like when a child is taken
from
his mother, his home, and his home school? To put a face on
the
damage done, we sit down with Bai Macfarlane, founder of Mary's Advocates,
to hear her story of how her husband, Bud Macfarlane, once celebrated
author and Catholic crusader, walked out on her and then, using the
courts, removed the children from their home school.
September 4, 2009 Top
Story: Catholics Against
Obamacare
This week on
the
Heart of the Matter: We sit down with Leticia
Velasquez,
freelance writer and blogger, to discuss a new online
initiative organizing Catholics in opposition to Obamacare.
Power to the people!
And
Also...
We have said
it before... hormonal birth
control can kill. This week, we talk with Marie
Hahnenberg,
project director of the American
Life League's The
Pill Kills Project, to hear the
story of Patti Kelly, a Texas
women who nearly lost her life because of hormonal birth control.
August 28, 2009 Top
Story: Judie Brown and Sen. Edward Kennedy
This week on
the
Heart of the Matter: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has died. This
week we sit
down with Judie Brown, co-founder and president of the American
Life League to discuss the life
and death of this very
problematic
American Catholic.
And
Also...
In trying to
move his health care agenda
forward, President Obama plays the faith card - and
we call his bluff.
August 17, 2009
Top
Story: The Best of the Heart of the Matter
This week on
the
Heart of the Matter: We are out of the studios but the show goes on.
Question: what's behind the anger at the health care town
hall
meetings? Answer - fear, fear and fear. Should we
be
concerned about a government run health care system? Yes,
very
much so. Why? As the saying goes - just because you
are
paranoid does not mean that they are not out to get you.
And
Also...
Under
a government run health care system, is it possible that non elected
officials could decide who lives or dies? Does the
name
Terri Schindler Schiavo ring a bell?
August 10, 2009
Top
Story: The Constitution - Who is to say?
This week on
the
Heart of the Matter: We have a new Supreme Court
Justice. While
questions of abortion and so-called gay marriage are important, they
are not, according to Dr. Bradley Watson, the heart of the matter.
August 3, 2009 Top
Story: Every Darwinist Must Have His Day
This week on
the
Heart of the Matter; It is The Year of Darwin. But
if Dr.
John West of the Discovery
Institute has anything
to say about it, this year
will be
Darwin's last hurrah.
And
Also...
Catholic
Charities USA and health care
reform: "Methinks the lady doth
protest too much!"
July 28, 2009 Top
Story: Our Brother's Keeper - Christians in Iraq
We are back!
This week on the
Heart of the Matter we sit down with Michael Youash of the Iraq
Sustainable Democracy Project
to hear about the
situation in Iraq and what we can do about it.
May 11, 2009 Top
Story: A Sit Down With William Murchison
This week on
the Heart of the Matter: Where
are all the Christians going? We sit down with journalist
William Murchison to discuss why mainline churches are losing members -
lots of members.
And
Also...
Meet
the new pagans - NOT the same as the old pagans!
April 26, 2009 Top
Story: A Sit Down With Andrew Mcnabb
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we sit
down with Andrew McNabb to discuss his new book The Body Of This.
You can hear select stories from the book only on
Catholic Radio International's Cover
To Cover.
And
Also...
Can
Catholic Theology save the US economy? It can, but only if we
stop listening to the voices in the morning.
April 19, 2009 Top
Story: The Women Of Opus Dei - In Their Own Words
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we
discuss the lay Catholic organization, Opus Dei. Some say
that it is anti-women, but "some" likely have not read Marie
Oates' book Women
of Opus Dei - In Their Own Words.
And
Also...
The
Department of Homeland Security Rightwing Extremism
Assessment. If you are a pro-life worker, guess what?
You are a suspect.
April 12, 2009 Top
Story: Darwinism? - Impossible!
How
often have we heard that Creationism is not "scientific," but merely a
matter of Faith? This week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we demolish this notion as we sit down with Dr. Oktar Babuna,
MD., and examine how even the tiniest strands of matter expose
Darwinism as false.
This Week's Video
- Dr. Babuna explains how
ONE strand of protein pulls the rug out from under Charles Darwin.
Click "Play" Listen
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April 5, 2009 Top
Story: Defending Liberty
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we sit
down with Rabbi David Novak and ask: what system of law best defends
liberty? The answer begins with a "G" and sounds like "God's
Law."
And
Also...
The
Holy Father, Africa and condoms... and the atheists are going
crazy (and that's a good thing!).
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we take
the
gloves off. We dive in, head first, to the question of can
you be
a Democrat and still stand for life?
Lent is here
and we are hard at work on a
story.
Until we run next week, enjoy this encore edition of The
Heart of
the Matter. From November, 2008, we sit down with
Heather
King to talk about her book Redeemed
- conversion, reversion and a deepening comfort that there is
hope for all of us.
And
Also...
We
continue our discussion with author Heather King.
What
do the names Adnan Oktar and Harun Yahya mean to you? If you lived in
the Middle East you would 1) recognizes these as household names and 2)
recognize them as belonging to the same person – Adnan Oktar,
pen name Harun Yahya. Mr. Oktar is perhaps the most influential
Creationist on the planet and this week you can hear him right here on
the Heart of the Matter.
And
Also...
The
good news and bad news on the pro-life front. A conversation
with Troy Newman of Operation Rescue
Do
you find it
unbelievable that in the United States, in 2009, you could have your
house searched simply for a sign in your car? You had better
believe
that it can - and is - happening. This week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we sit down with Chip Harrison to hear how his pro-life sign
made him the center of a Secret Service field report.
February 13, 2009 Top
Story: Prepare To Be Stimulated
It's
a done deal. The House and Senate have passed Obama's massive
spending bill - to the tune of 3 trillion plus dollars.
Question - What does it mean and how much will it ultimately
cost us all? This week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we sit down with the Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation
to get the
answers.
This week - two
videos: 1) Get all
you want from the
President
IF the price is right! 2) Living Colour - Cult of Personality Listen
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February 6, 2009 Top
Story: Abortion; How Did We Get Here? - A Conversation with Dennis Di
Mauro
Prior
to the 1930's no Christian church supported
abortion or contraception. Seventy years later and
how things have changed! This week we sit down with Dennis Di
Mauro, Secretary of the National Pro-Life Religious Council
and author of A
Love For Life to get some
answers.
January 29, 2009 Top
Story: Lights, Camera, Live Action!
Think
that one
person can not make a difference in fighting the abortion industry?
Meet Lila Rose, founder and president of Live
Action, a
youth
run, new media driven pro-life organization that has Planned Parenthood
very concerned.
And
Also...
What
would say if our government organized a petition drive to silence a
private citizen? You should say "now hold on just a dig dang
second!!!"
We
now have a 44th President of the United States - BUT - who is
President Barack Hussein Obama? This
week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we sit down with the controversial Dr. Manning, Pastor of ATLAH World Ministries Church
to
get his perspective.
A collection of five video: Dr. Manning preaching about Barack Obama
and explaining controversial terms like "Mack
Daddy;" Dr. Manning on Fox's Hannity and Colmes, March 2008. Caution: Videos Contain Some
Strong Language and Controversial
Statements Listen
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January 16, 2009 Top
Story: Power To The People!
What
do you do
when government has gone wild? Can you push back against
the "we know what's best for you" crowd? Yes you can. This
week on
the Heart Of The
Matter we sit down with Mark Minck, Chairman of Citizens
For Good Public Policy, to talk
about how he and others are
saying "stop right there!" to an unresponsive, special interest focused
city council.
Click the play button to see the Citizens For Good Public Policy's TV
Commercial and a clip from J. Ziegler's interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. Listen
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January 2, 2009 Top
Story: Does Our Country Deserve Better?
This
week on the Heart Of The Matter we sit down with Mark Williams; veteran
journalist, talk radio host and spokesperson for Our Country Deserves Better.
Topics covered include a call for Rahm Emmanuel
to resign
and an explanation of why we should watch soon-to-be President Obama
very, very closely.
This
week on the Heart Of The Matter an interview with Younadam Kanna, the
only
Christian elected to the Iraq National Assembly in 2005.
Yonadam Kanna is head of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and witness to the
plight of
our Christian Brothers and Sisters in Iraq.
And
Also...
An
Iraqi Christian refugee in the United States - what's behind her and
what's ahead.
December 12, 2008 Top
Story: The Tyranny of Liberalism
Is it just me
or does it seem like the PC
State is
growing larger? No, it is not just me (or you, for that
matter)
says James Kalb author of The Tyranny of Liberalism. The
problem
is here, is real, but is not without solutions.
And
Also...
A
story that I am working about a lawyer who wants to depose the Pope.
Looking at
the results of the 2004 elections
one
might think that conservatism is a thing of the past - but not so fast.
Nicole Hoplin, of Young America's Foundation, is here to tell
us why conservatism still matters.
And
Also...
A
discussion with Katy Carl, Editor-in-Chief of Dappled Things,
a
very cool magazine leading the way in the growth of Catholic literature
and Art.
Advent is
almost here and it is time to
prepare
the way for our Lord. To do this there is no better place to
start than with ourselves. This week we sit down with Heather
King to talk about her new book Redeemed
- conversion, reversion and a deepening comfort that there is
hope for all of us.
And
Also...
We
continue our discussion with author Heather King.
Now that we
know how much money the Catholic
Campaign for Human Development has given to groups like ACORN, a number
of leaders are calling for a boycott of the organization.
This week you'll
meet one of them, Mary Anne Hackett, President of Catholic Citizens of
Illinois.
And
Also...
Located
only yards from the birth place of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Family
Hospital, in Bethlehem, brings the light of Christ to all in need.
This week on
the Heart of the Matter I have
one
whopper of a cold BUT we have a previously (previous to my cold)
recorded interview with Professor Kmiec and his support for Sen. Obama.
Can you be a pro-life Catholic and vote for Obama?
The
Professor thinks so, now it is your turn to decide.
This week on
the Heart of the Matter - Is
America ready for the challenge of Secularism, the new national
religion?
This week we sit down with Dr. Herbert London of the Hudson Institute
to discuss this
question in the context of his new book America's Secular
Challenge.
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we sit
down with two individuals who each are calling on Catholics to get
involved in the political process - but in two VERY different ways.
For the first half of the show will talk with Stephen Dillard
co-director of Catholics Against Joe Biden. For the
second
half of the show we'll talk with Chris Korzen, head of Catholics
United. If you are wondering how your faith should drive your
political actions this show is the place to start. Program
Note: Both interviews were prerecorded.
This week on
the Heart of the Matter we sit
down with environmentalist Lawrence Solomon who argues in his
new book The
Deniers
that the real damage from Global Warming comes not from a rise
in temperatures but a rise in hysteria.
This week we
sit down with Dianna Nammi,
found and
head of the International Campaign Against Honour Killings to find out
how shockingly widespread the crime is and what we can do about it.
This week
Father Loya sits down with PZ
Myers,
biology professor and notorious atheist, to talk about God, the
Catholic Faith and the Blessed Sacrament.
From all
quarters we now hear the cry that
our
poor planet is out of room, out of resources and nearly out of time.
But is that so? This week on The Heart of the
Matter we sit
down with population expert Steve Mosher to talk about his new book Population
Control: Real Costs, Illusionary
Benefits and get the straight
story on why the world is not
only not overpopulated but dangerously underpopulated.
The US
Supreme Court ruled this week (D.C v.
Heller) that a DC law banning handguns is unconstitutional.
Now
what?
This week we sit down with Dr. Stephen Halbrook, scholar and
legal writer to discuss his new book The
Founders' Second Amendment
and ask what does this ruling by the high court mean for the rest of
the nation.
Say it ain't
so.., but it is. On
January 18,
2008, Catholic Charities of Richmond, Virgina took a 16 year old girl
to have an abortion. This week we sit down with Julia Duin,
religion writer for the Washington
Times
to get the full story. Also Judi Brown of the American Life
League will join us to help
answer the question of "is there
any Catholic
left in the Richmond Catholic Charities?"
This week we
sit down with David Horowitz,
noted
conservative writer and thinker and ask why he believes that the
Democrats are not only undercutting the war in Iraq but the very
security of our country.
This week we
sit down with David Brog,
Executive
Director of Christians United for Israel, to find out what Israel is
fighting for and why we should care - a lot.
We Ask Judie
Brown of the American Life
League: What's Bothering Bill Maher?
April 29,
2008
Now playing
on The Heart Of The
Matter:
Bill Maher -
The "politically correct"
commentator
is at it again, and this time he may have (we can only hope) gone too
far. We sit down with Judie Brown of the American Life League
to talk about
her new initiative Fire
Bill Maher and get to the Heart
of the Matter concerning
perhaps the most hate filled anti-Catholic you are ever likely to hear.
Expelled - No
Intelligence Allowed.
On this
week's Heart of the Matter we talk with Mark Mathis associate producer
of the film Expelled, starring Ben Stein, about why this film was made
and why it is stirring up so much controversy. Also we will
speak
with Sheila
Liaugminas about what she saw during the Holy Father's visit to the
United States.
Sheila is out
(but not gone) and Jeff
Gardner is
in and this week we look at politics both religious and secular - it's
a strange world out there and we'll get to the bottom of it!
What's at the
heart of a vocation to the
priesthood? We so often hear that there is a "vocational
crisis,"
but the shortfall may not be found in the numbers.
What
is
the HOM? Listen!
