Blog

Over the last 29 years, so many lives have been touched by Karl Keating's book, Catholicism and Fundamentalism. It has been referred to again and again by converts as being instrumental in their conversion. It is very simply, a classic.But how did Karl come to write Catholicism and Fundamentalism? The story might interest you.Here's the story, in Karl's own words...My first substantial foray into apologetical writing was in the pages of The Wanderer, a Catholic weekly newspaper. After having d …

  Fr. William G. Most (1914-1997) will not end up numbered among first-rank apologists, but his book Catholic Apologetics Today (now out of print) came to my attention just when I could profit from it. It appeared as I was putting together the newspaper columns that, when collected and revised, became my first book. Every Fundamentalist I have dealt with—or so it has seemed—has faulted the Catholic Church for teaching, supposedly, that we are saved through good works. We earn …

Catholic Answers...Catholic Answers Live...Catholic.com...Catholicism and Fundamentalism...And so much more.   More than anyone else, Karl Keating is responsible for bringing Catholic Apologetics to a world hungry for truth. Here's a glimpse at how it all started.... I was twelve when my maternal grandmother came to visit, the second-longest trip of her life. We moved to Southern California when I was six, so my childhood memories of her are few, but I have a photograph from her only vi …

Today is October 31st - Commonly referred to as Reformation Day by Protestants and it marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, when, as the story goes, Martin Luther nailed a list of his grievances with the Catholic Church (commonly called "The 95 Theses") to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany.   But that's not the whole story.... In the documentary-style film The Protestant Revolution, written and narrated by Trent Horn, you wil …

St. Peter urges us to be ready to give reasons for our faith (1 Pet. 3:15), and helping Catholics explain their belief in Church teachings has always been at the core of our mission. But even Catholics who are trained in apologetics can sometimes stumble when confronted with the question, "Why are you Catholic?" It’s a simple question but not an easy one to answer quickly. It requires an approach that goes beyond arguments from Scripture or history about this or that Catholic teaching. Yet …