Catholic Answers Focus
Catholic Answers
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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Jul 14, 2021 • 0sec
#367 Using Words to Hide the Harm of Abortion - Stephanie Gray Connors
From the beginning, support for abortion has relied on using language to hide reality -- specifically the reality of killing an innocent boy or girl.
Jul 12, 2021 • 0sec
#366 Summer Fiction for Catholics - Mark Brumley
Mark Brumley, the well-read president of Ignatius Press, joins us for a brief conversation about books in which he gives his suggestions for Catholics looking for some good summer fiction.
Jul 7, 2021 • 0sec
#365 Is Divorce Really a Sin? - Leila Miller
Does the Catholic Church still teach that divorce is wrong, even sinful? And if so, why, especially given that so many Catholics are divorced?
Jul 5, 2021 • 0sec
#364 Is Christianity Anti-Woman? - Elizabeth Kelly
Catholic author and speaker Elizabeth Kelly joins us for a discussion of the supposed "anti-woman" bias in Christianity. Is it real?
Jun 30, 2021 • 0sec
#363 Getting Manliness Wrong - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers
You can hardly tune into a Catholic podcast or read a Catholic publication these days without someone complaining about the lack of manliness?
Jun 28, 2021 • 0sec
#362 A Catholic Summer Reading List - Todd Aglialoro
Todd Algioloro, director of publishing here at Catholic Answers, offers ideas for some "delightful" Catholic summer reading.
Jun 23, 2021 • 0sec
#361 Are Sacramentals Magic? - Shaun McAfee
Catholic writer Shaun McAfee joins us to defend the Catholic use of sacramentals -- holy water, crucifixes, blessings, etc. This practice looks a lot like magic to both our Protestant and secular friends.
Jun 21, 2021 • 0sec
#360 Did the Supreme Court Allow Catholics to Discriminate? - Joe Heschmeyer
Supreme Court decision that allowed a Catholic social service agency to continue refusing to place foster children in the custody of gay couples...
Jun 16, 2021 • 0sec
#359 Saved Outside the Catholic Church? - Tim Staples
Our own Tim Staples discusses the Catholic claim that there is no salvation outside the Church? How are we to understand this truth, and what does it mean for those who do not enter the Church?
Jun 14, 2021 • 0sec
#358 Are Catholics Too Assimilated? - Bishop Donald Hying
In his new book, Love Never Fails, Madison Wisconsin Bishop Donald Hying helps Christians to take up the adventure of living in Christ, even in the modern world, every day.
