Knock, Knock: Who’s There? 2 Witnesses…
KARL KEATING Recently, two Jehovah Witnesses rang Karl Keating’s doorbell. Karl gave them plenty to think about. Late one Saturday afternoon, I was snoozing on the sofa when the doorbell rang. Craning my neck, I noticed two well-dressed young women at the screen door. “What can I do for you?” I called out thinking they […]
DON’T AMBLE AT THE AMBO, PLEASE
Karl Keating May 2025 In a Facebook comment, a deacon said this: “I saw Pope Leo give his homily with his notes in his hand. Now I’m doing the same thing!” I take this to mean the deacon heretofore has been speaking extemporaneously–a word that can mean, when it comes to homilies, simply speaking without […]
Apologizing to the Masses
KARL KEATING Today, while still engaging Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism, the “new apologetics” movement has broadened and responds to confusions and challenges from all quarters, including from within the Church. And it’s proving unexpectedly successful. The author provides an overview of the development, current status, and importance of the new apologetics movement within the Church. The […]
Communion Questions Just Keep Coming
KARL KEATING Tuesday is my day to field questions on the nationally syndicated “Catholic Answers Live” call-in radio program. Almost every week someone asks whether a non-Catholic may receive Communion at a Catholic parish or a Catholic may take the “Lord’s Supper” at a non-Catholic church. My answer always begins with Canon 844 of the […]
Catholicism and Fundamentalism — Food for the Mind
KARL KEATING Keating’s book provides an impressively researched and eminently readable defense of Catholicism against the critical attacks of fundamentalists. We are pleased to offer Chapter 25, “Food for the Mind” from this masterful book. In it, the author suggests a number of approaches which might be adopted and books that have proved particularly useful […]
Catholics and Fundamentalists
Karl Keating At times Fundamentalists talk as if they thought no case could be made for the Catholic faith. That’s understandable. After all, if you’re a Fundamentalist instead of a Catholic, it is because you reject Catholicism. You reject it because you think it is false. But make sure what you’re rejecting is Catholicism, not […]