Episodes
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Who Is the Anti-Christ?
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
We couldn’t get him to name any names, but we did get Jimmy Akin to explain what the Bible has to say about the nature of the anti-Christ. Without doubt many will be surprised by just how little the anti-Christ is mentioned in the Bible, and that it is probably more accurate to talk about “anti-Christs.”
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is the Covid-19 Vaccine the Mark of the Beast?
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Modern governments sometimes demand that entire populations participate in this program or that, which, quite naturally for Christians, regularly raises the question of the Mark of the Beast. So, what is this mysterious mark? Jimmy Akin joins us to give us some insights into how we can identify it.
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Biblical Religion Is Not Self-Help
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Taking our cue from his new book Real Religion, we asked Father Jeffery Kirby to explain a distinction he makes between the religion of self-help and the religion of the Bible.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Vatican Blessing Decision Anti-Gay?
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
CNN host Don Lemon took on the Vatican in a conversation with the women of The View. He explained that he doesn’t think God approves of the Catholic refusal to bless same-sex unions. We asked apologist Karlo Broussard to respond to Mr. Lemon’s take.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is it a Sin to Call Someone a Jerk?
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
A listener asks us if it is wrong to say bad things about others, especially online, if the bad things are true. Turns out, it is, and theologian Dr. Scott Hefelfinger explains why.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Chastity Education Anti-Gay?
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Our friend from down under, Monica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney, shares another legal innovation from Australia, laws that are meant to protect gay people by making it illegal to teach chastity as Catholics understand it. We ask her what the laws require, and what the Catholic Church actually teaches about human sexuality.
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Catholics and Inquisitions (Part 3)
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
The boss is back, and this time he’s taking on the big daddy of Catholic misbehavior: the Spanish Inquisition. Our president, Chris Check, wraps up our three part series on inquisitions with a sober look at an iconic time in Catholic history. And if this piques your interest, take Chris’s class on the Inquisition at the Catholic Answers School of Apologetics. schoolofapologetics.com
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Anger as Bad Apologetics
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
It’s a delicate time to talk about anger. There is a lot to be angry about. There’s a lot in the secular world to be angry about. There’s a lot in the church to be angry about, but we want to be giving an account of our faith that draws other people—most especially our children—towards the faith. Matthew Walther and Cy Kellett discuss how anger can ruin apologetics.
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Catholics and Inquisitions (Part 2)
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Why did the Church end up in such a bitter struggle against the Cathars, and how did that struggle play out? Our three-part dive into the various Catholic inquisitions continues as we ask Catholic Answers President Chris Check what really happened in the Medieval Inquisition.
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Sharing the Faith with Those Who Don’t Care
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Listener Geraldine writes from the Netherlands to ask for an episode on “indifferentism.” Just how are we supposed to share the Faith with people who show no interest? We get some helpful answers from Matt Nelson, author of Just Whatever: How to Help the Spiritually Indifferent Find Beliefs That Really Matter.
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Catholics and Inquisitions (Part One)
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
We begin a three-part dive into the various Catholic inquisitions with Catholic Answers President Chris Check. In part one we ask about the mindset of the Catholics who first established the mechanisms of inquisition.
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Confession and Modern States
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Monica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney in Australia, explains how anti-confession laws are bringing frightening implications not just for priests but for Catholic schools and other Catholic institutions throughout Australia. But do Catholics really have a right to keep secrets from secular authorities?
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Defending Classical Theism
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
John DeRosa, author of One Less God Than You, explains what classical theism is, why the Catholic Church embraces it, and how to defend it against less noble visions of the divine.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - What Good Does Adoration Do?
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Father James Boric, the rector of America’s first cathedral, the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore, joins us to explain why he chose Eucharistic adoration as a cornerstone of his parish-building efforts. It turns out there is a lot of power in sitting quietly with Jesus.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - How to Disagree with the Pope
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Joe Heschmeyer, author of Pope Peter – Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis, is back with more help explaining how to deal with the modern papacy. In this episode, we talk about talkative popes and the proper way to disagree with them when what they say seems out of bounds.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Hell Unfair?
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Karlo Broussard, the author of Purgatory is for Real, addresses an email correspondent who asks: “Isn’t eternal punishment unfair for finite sins?”
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Does God Change His Mind?
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
The Bible seems conflicted on whether God can change his mind. Can he? And if he cannot, how do we explain those pesky Bible passages? Also, why pray if God can’t change his mind? Jimmy Akin tackles these tough questions for us.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Modernism
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
“Modernism” is the charge against the Church in many parts of the internet. In fact, it is common to find Catholics attacking the Second Vatican Council as modernist heresy. So what is modernism, and has it infected the Church? Father Sebastian Walshe, author of Secrets From Heaven and Always a Catholic, explains modernism and engages with the charge of modernism against the Church.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls changed the way modern scholars view Judaism in the time of Jesus. John Bergsma, author of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity, joins us to explain some of the ways the scrolls shed light on the gospels.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - How the Holy Spirit Guides the Church
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Especially in times of upset within the Church, we might well ask just what the Holy Spirit is doing. Does the Spirit really lead the Church? And if so, why so many problems and confusions? Jimmy Akin responds.