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#378 Is My Soul Immortal? - Karlo Broussard Aug 18, 2021

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The author of Purgatory Is for Real tackles a tough philosophical question — is my soul made to last forever? If so, how do we know this? If not, what could happen that would destroy the life of my soul? Cy Kellett: Is there something immortal about you? Karlo Broussard next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and I really enjoy talking with Karlo Broussard and maybe go at little technical this time, but that’s my fault. I kind of led Karlo into that because I wante...

#376 What is a Soul? - Karlo Broussard Aug 16, 2021

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In the first of two conversations with Karlo about the soul, Cy asks Karlo to explain what a Christian means by “soul.” Where is the soul? Does everything have a soul? What is the point of having a soul? Using the tools of philosophy, Karlo gets us some answers. Cy Kellett: What is a soul anyway? Karlo Broussard, next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I have to admit this one comes from me. I wanted to have this conversation with Karlo, because I struggle with the idea of the soul because I think ...

#375 What Is the Mind? The Catholic View - Jimmy Akin Aug 11, 2021

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We ask Jimmy Akin, apologist and host of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World, whether there is a Catholic way to understand the mind. Jimmy reviews some of the current thinking about what the mind is, and explains what a Catholic can, and cannot, accept. Cy Kellett: What is a mind anyway? Jimmy Akin is next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, very glad you are here with us. Hey, right up front, let me just say if you could maybe like and subscribe if you’re watching on Yo...

#374 What’s Wrong with Woke? - Noelle Mering Aug 09, 2021

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In her new book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology, Noelle Mering argues that our “woke” moment is, in fact, a surrender to the age-old temptation to take the place of God. It is also the direct consequence of the sexual revolution. She joins us to explain how an awake Christian can help free the world of the destructive ideology of “woke”. Cy Kellett: Can a Christian get woke? Noelle Mering is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. ...

#373 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Catholic Faith - Christopher Check Aug 04, 2021

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Can a Catholic assent to blowing up entire cities? What about when to do so will save perhaps millions of lives? Catholic Answers President Chris Check joins us as we consider again America’s use of Atomic weapons to end a long, bitter war with Japan. Cy Kellett: Why would a Catholic support nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Chris Check is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host, and this week, as this episode is posted, we’re commemorating the anniversary o...

#372 The Unchristian Roots of STEM Education - William Fahey Aug 02, 2021

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To lure parents who want their kids to be competitive in a high-tech society, some Catholic schools promote themselves vigorously as providing a top-notch STEM education. But just how compatible is the STEM mentality with Catholic ideas about formation and education? Dr. William Fahey, President of New Hampshire’s Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, joins us to explain why the Catholic educational tradition is better for students than STEM training. NOTE FROM HOST: Dr. Fahey and I both used the word “Medicine” instead of “Math” as the last word in the STEM acronym. This use is uncommon,...

#371 Rescuing the Bible from Experts - Scott Hahn Jul 28, 2021

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Why is studying the Bible in college so often injurious to faith? Is it because scientific investigation of the Bible has the power to debunk it? urney toward answering these questions.

#370 Is the Church Hiding the Book of Enoch? - Tim Staples Jul 26, 2021

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What is the Church hiding in keeping the Book of Enoch out of the Bible? Genesis mentions him, and the New Testament includes reference to...

#369 Missing Mass Is Deadly - Karlo Broussard Jul 21, 2021

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How on Earth could it really be a mortal sin to miss Mass? This seems so harsh! Catholic Answers Apologist Karlo Broussard takes up a hard challenge...

#368 Catholicism and Race - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers Jul 19, 2021

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Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers has an apparently unpopular answer to the scourge of racism -- imitating Jesus. Our society refuses this path...

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