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Catholic Answers Focus, the world's premier podcast on Catholic apologetics, helps you explain and defend the Catholic Faith. If you want to take a deep dive into the reasons behind Church teaching, Catholic Answers Focus is for you.
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Catholic Answers LIVE is a daily, call-in radio program of Catholic apologetics and evangelization airing live from 6-8 pm ET.
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Catholic Answers apologist Trent Horn and Catholic speaker and blogger Timmerie Millington discuss what happens when culture meets faith. Tune in to hear these young and dynamic hosts show why Catholicism satisfies our mind’s desire for truth and our heart’s desire for grace and eternal life. Hearts and Minds airs every Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST.
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Topics Covered:3:00 – Mar Mari Emmanuel attacked19:30 – Dignitas Infinita document released by the Vatican written by Cardinal Fernandez. Plus, CNN’s comments.…
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The fact of suffering poses real intellectual challenges to the Christian message. So how do we share the gospel of a loving God, when suffering seems to reflect so poorly on him? Mark Giszcack, author of Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know, joins us.Cy Kellett:Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understandin…
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Topics Covered:4:45 – Bill Maher’s accepting that abortion is murder34:40 – National Public Radio (NPR) is biased…
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Questions Covered:03:42 – How would I respond to my children if they grow up and ask why I never gave them the choice to be Catholic when I baptized them as babies?16:12 – I believe life existed before Adam and Eve. Did those animals experience pain and fear? If so, how is that possible before the fall?28:30 – As a Catholic I’m curious why we are a…
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Questions Covered:03:56 – I’m considering Catholicism from a protestant background. How do I defend against sola scriptura when their objection is that the declarations of the Church mean nothing?16:08 – What did Jesus really mean when we said that no one knows the day and the hour?23:49 – How can redemptive suffering be necessary for God’s plan?43…
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Questions Covered:22:13 – Because theology develops over time and is impacted by culture, how does this affect morality since morality can’t change?47:55 – Doesn’t Isaiah claim that the earth was a globe? When was this discovered?…
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Questions Covered:03:45 – Given the Church doesn’t have a set view on Zionism, how far can go in saying that the entire region belongs to Israel?06:50 – Would it be morally wrong to avoid paying tax when you can?14:45 – My fiancé went through RCIA but didn’t convert because he can’t get past the belief in the real presence of the eucharist. What ad…
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Questions Covered:07:21 – Does your guardian angel leave you when you die12:21 – What are some good research tools and/or websites for researching paranormal experiences?17:01 – If the priest has an accident (e.g. spills the host and/ or wine such that it’s not salvageable), before, mid, or after consecration, how would this affect the rest of the …
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Questions Covered:03:32 – Do we know anything about the families of Apostles other than Peter, who had a mother-in-law? Which ones were married, who had children, etc.? 07:19 – I’m curious about John 10:18 where Jesus talks about having the power to lay down his life and take it up again. Does this mean he could have chosen to die right then, or co…
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Questions Covered:07:40 – Were the books written in the Catholic bible with women’s names, were they written by women?11:56 – Can the unforgivable sin be committed in thought and can a person lose the Holy Spirit?14:36 – When praying the Divine Mercy I have a hard time praying for really bad sinners. What’s your advice?20:39 – What is the differenc…
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Questions Covered:46:09 – Were any of these women in the 19th/20th century worried about the word man used in scripture and their role as religious?…
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Father Mark Mary Ames joins us for a conversation about the centrality of God’s Fatherhood to the Christian message. The author of The Father: 30 Meditations to Draw You Into the Heart of God, offers insights for sharing God’s Fatherhood with others, even those who struggle with father imagery.Cy Kellett:Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Ans…
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Questions Covered:06:21 – I’m a United Methodist minister. What more resources do you recommend in my exploration of Catholicism?20:01 – Surely God hears the prayers and offers signs to people outside of Christianity. How do we make sense of these signs that might offer people in their faith outside of Christ?31:01 – What do Catholics believe in wh…
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Questions Covered:16:57 – Is Pope Damasus decree on the canon a forgery?19:14 – What is the Catholic opinion on protestant ministers being called to ministry?34:34 – CCC 2372 says the government has a right to intervene in marriage. What does this mean?47:51 – Did any of the doctors of the Church talk about the rapture?……
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Questions Covered:02:25 – What’s the order of the hierarchy, pope, cardinal, bishop etc.?08:35 – How would oral or mechanical stimulation be morally ethical in leading up to the conjugal act?17:55 – In what circumstance does suicide become a venial sin and not a mortal sin?22:49 – What does it take to be an apologist?31:12 – When did cremation beco…
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Questions Covered:14:15 – Beside the ones mentioned in the bible, how much evidence do we find of the apostles preaching the resurrection?21:43 – What’s the meaning of John 20:4; John outran Peter?28:30 – All of Catholic traditions contradict the Bible34:03 – What’s the best argument against Islam?44:14 – How does the Catholic make sense of the Fir…
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