Episodes
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Are the German Bishops a Danger?
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
What is up with Germany’s bishops and their attempts to re-write some basic Church teachings? Is a schism in the offing? We asked Ed Condon, one of the founders of the The Pillar, a new “Catholic media project focused on smart, faithful, and serious journalism, from committed and informed Catholics.”
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - The Lady of All Nations Controversy
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Tim Staples joins us for a conversation about just where things stand regarding the alleged apparitions to Ida Peerdeman given new communications from the Vatican. Also, what does all this have to do with the push to dogmatically define Mary with words such as co-redemptrix and mediatrix of all graces?
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Deepak Chopra’s Jesus
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
As a leader in New Age thought, Deepak Chopra has taken it upon himself to explain the real meaning of Jesus. But does he shed light on the real Jesus or invent a new Jesus of his own? We asked Trent Horn.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Sex Robots Will Destroy Us
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
We’re not kidding with this title. Catholic Answers Director of Publishing, Todd Aglialoro joins us for a conversation about the role sex robots could play in the destruction of civilization. Warning: this conversation includes a strong defense of Christian teaching on sexuality.
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Drinking Christ’s Blood Unbiblical?
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
How can the Catholic Church teach that we actually eat and drink the
Body and Blood of Jesus when Scripture forbids partaking of blood in Leviticus 17:10?
The author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge, Karlo Broussard, explains why it is acceptable for Jesus to teach us to drink his blood, and, more than that, why it makes sense that he would.
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Enola Holmes the Most Evil Movie Ever Made?
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Modern movies continue to be problematic, promoting twisted popular agendas to young audiences and slipping past adult audiences. How can Catholics respond to movies and television that pose such grave moral challenges?
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Journalism and Truth
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Tim Ryland, editor of Catholic Answers Magazine helps us close 2020 with a reflection on the state of journalism. Specifically, given the parlous state of journalism, how can anyone know the truth about what the heck is going on?
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Is Baptism Really Necessary?
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
How can the Catholic Church teach that baptism is necessary for salvation when the Bible shows people receiving the Holy Spirit before baptism and Paul tells us that Christ did not send him to baptize but to preach the gospel? The author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge, Karlo Broussard, explains.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - The Perfection of the Nativity
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
The coming of the Lord as a babe in Bethlehem is perfectly arranged by the Lord. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas, Father Hugh Barbour explains some of the ways God arranged for his son to be born in just the right way, place, and time.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Distraction in Prayer
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Understanding what prayer is goes a long way when tacking problems with distraction in prayer. Father Hugh and Cy discuss how to start praying, and what distraction in prayer means, which is maybe less than you think.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Victims of the Sexual Revolution
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Our society has all but given up on protecting the innocence of children. This is a grave matter, one the Catholic Church must speak up against, and Bishop Thomas Paprocki joins us to do just that.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - A World Broken into “Worldviews”
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
People today live in physical proximity to one another even as they occupy very different worlds. Father Robert McTeigue, author of Real Philosophy for Real People explains how we got here, and some possible cures.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Hard Truths About Marian Consecration
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Father Hugh Barbour takes on the growing Marian Consecration movement and explains its theological roots. What is consecration and can one really consecrate oneself to Mary?
Is Marian consecration, anything more than just a pious practice? Fr. Hugh Barbour is next.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Satanic Temple for Beginners
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
This year has been a pretty good one for the Satanic Temple. They’ve even gotten a good deal of positive press. So who are they, what do they believe, and are Catholics obligated to battle them in the streets? Karlo Broussard examines their seven tenets to see.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - What Is the Sin Against the Holy Spirit?
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Jesus tells us that there is a certain sin that will not be forgiven. Because Jesus is God, we can be sure he is not misleading us. But what is the sin against the Holy Spirit, and how can we avoid it? Father Hugh Barbour explains.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Are Indulgences a Scam?
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
The author of Purgatory Is for Real, Karlo Broussard, explains the reality of indulgences and why they are effective in paying off debts.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Is the Church Failing?
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
As the editor in chief of the Catholic News Agency, JD Flynn has reporters covering the Church around the world. We asked him to give us an assessment of the state of the Church today. Some improvement is needed, to say the least.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Can a Christian Meditate?
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Meditation, mindfulness, centering — it’s all the rage. But what are the implications of these things for the Christian person? Father Hugh Barbour breaks down what meditation is and why the Church, actually, has a great deal to teach the world about how to get it right.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - A Catholic Relationship with Jesus
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Cy Kellett is his own guest in this episode. On the 56th anniversary of Lumen Gentium, he discusses what the Church proposes as the way to personal relationship with Jesus. This process — Encounter, Conversion, Communion, and Mission — brings the person into intimacy with Jesus while cementing the person into the life of the Church.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Catholic Answers Focus - Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
In what sense is Jesus available to us in the Eucharist? Can anyone understand it? And why is his presence in the Eucharist central to our salvation? Father Hugh Barbour explains.
It’s Jesus Week, and we talk about Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with Father Hugh Barbour next.