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#328 Confession and Modern States - Monica Doumit Feb 22, 2021

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Anti-confession laws are bringing frightening implications not just for priests but for Catholic schools and other Catholic institutions throughout Australia.

#327 Defending Classical Theism - John DeRosa Feb 17, 2021

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John DeRosa, author of One Less God Than You, explains what classical theism is, why the Catholic Church embraces it, and how to defend it against less noble visions of the divine. Cy Kellett: Does classical theism still work? John DeRosa 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. Cy Kellett: One of the things we have to defend is the existence of God, but it’s not just that we believe that God exists and we have to defend that. There are things that we can say ...

#326 What Good Does Adoration Do? - Fr. James Boric Feb 15, 2021

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Father James Boric, the rector of America's first cathedral, the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore, joins us to explain why he chose Eucharistic...

#325 How to Disagree with the Pope - Joe Heschmeyer Feb 10, 2021

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Joe Heschmeyer, author of Pope Peter - Defending the Church's Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis, is back with more help explaining how to deal...

#324 Is Hell Unfair? - Karlo Broussard Feb 08, 2021

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Karlo Broussard, the author of Purgatory is for Real, addresses an email correspondent who asks: "Isn't eternal punishment unfair for finite sins?"

#323 Does God Change His Mind? - Jimmy Akin Feb 03, 2021

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The Bible seems conflicted on whether God can change his mind. Can he? And if he cannot, how do we explain those pesky Bible passages?

#322 Modernism - Fr. Sebastian Walshe Feb 01, 2021

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"Modernism" is the charge against the Church in many parts of the internet. In fact, it is common to find Catholics attacking the Second Vatican Council as modernist heresy.

#321 Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls - John Bergsma Jan 27, 2021

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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls changed the way modern scholars view Judaism in the time of Jesus.

#320 How the Holy Spirit Guides the Church - Jimmy Akin Jan 25, 2021

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Especially in times of upset within the Church, we might well ask just what the Holy Spirit is doing. Does the Spirit really lead the Church?

#319 Are the German Bishops a Danger? - Ed Condon Jan 20, 2021

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What is up with Germany's bishops and their attempts to re-write some basic Church teachings? Is a schism in the offing? We asked Ed Condon.