Catholic Answers is a
Catholic advocacy group based in
El Cajon,
California. It describes itself as the largest
lay-run apostolate of Catholic
apologetics and
evangelization in the United States. It publishes ''Catholic Answers Magazine'', a bimonthly magazine focusing on Catholic outreach, religious formation and
apologetics, as well as the website ''catholic.com''. It also produces Catholic Answers Live, a radio show answering callers' questions on a variety of topics related to the doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church. Catholic Answers Live is syndicated on the
EWTN radio network.
History
Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by
Karl Keating
Karl Keating (born 1950) is a Catholic apologist and author who founded and presided over Catholic Answers, a lay apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization.
Keating's book ''Catholicism and Fundamentalism'' was based on a 1988 series t ...
in response to a
fundamentalist Protestant church in
San Diego that was distributing
anti-Catholic propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
in the form of
tracts placed on the cars of Catholics attending
Mass. He first started by writing a modest tract titled "Catholic Answers" to counter the arguments he saw in the anti-Catholic tract. He distributed it on the windshields of the cars in the fundamentalist Protestant church's parking lot. Due to the feedback he received from that tract, he published 24 more tracts. In 1988 he quit his law practice and turned Catholic Answers into a full-time apostolate, with an office and full-time staff.
The Catholic.com website receives approximately 471,000 visitors per month in an October 2012 estimate.
Staff
Apologists
Apologetics (from Greek , "speaking in defense") is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and ...
who have worked for Catholic Answers include
Trent Horn
Trent may refer to:
Places Italy
* Trento in northern Italy, site of the Council of Trent United Kingdom
* Trent, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Germany
* Trent, Germany, a municipality on the island of Rügen United States
* Trent, California, ...
and
Jimmy Akin.
See also
*
Lighthouse Catholic Media
Lighthouse Catholic Media is a not for profit company that distributes CDs and digital downloads of Catholic-themed content. Lighthouse has provided CD programs to over 7,500 Roman Catholic parishes throughout the United States and Canada and has ...
References
External links
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Catholic Answers' forumsCatholic Answers' Original Catholic Encyclopedia
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Catholic websites
Catholic advocacy groups
Christian organizations established in 1979
1979 establishments in the United States
El Cajon, California
Christian apologetics
Catholic publishing companies
Anti-Catholicism in the United States