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'''Catholic Answers''' is | '''Catholic Answers''' is an American [[Catholicism|Catholic]] advocacy group based in [[El Cajon, California]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by [[Karl Keating]] in response to a [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]] [[Protestant]] church in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] that was distributing [[anti-Catholic]] [[propaganda]] in the form of [[Tract (literature)|tracts]] placed on the cars of Catholics attending [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. He | Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by [[Karl Keating]] in response to a [[Fundamentalist Christianity|fundamentalist]] [[Protestant]] church in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] that was distributing [[anti-Catholic]] [[propaganda]] in the form of comic [[Tract (literature)|tracts]], called "Chick tracts", placed on the cars of Catholics attending [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Jack Chick |url=https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/meet-jack-chick |website=Catholic Answers |access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref> He 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. | ||
The Catholic.com website | In 1988 Keating quit his law practice and turned Catholic Answers into a full-time apostolate, with an office and full-time staff.<ref name=ryland>{{cite journal |url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/keating-for-the-defense-1066 |first1=Tim |last1=Ryland |title=Keating for the Defense |journal=Sursum Corda |via=[[EWTN]] |date=Spring 1996 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714174232/https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/keating-for-the-defense-1066 |url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, Keating published the book, ''Catholicism and Fundamentalism'', a compilation of apologetics newspaper articles that he had written during a 30-week stretch which became a popular Catholic apologetics book.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.catholic.com/about |website=Catholic Answers |access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref> | ||
In 1990 the original newsletter of Keating's organization was replaced with ''This Rock'', a magazine and journal focused on Catholic apologetics and evangelization. Still in print after 30 years, the publication is now known as ''Catholic Answers Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.catholic.com/about |website=Catholic Answers |access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref> | |||
The Catholic.com website received approximately 471,000 visitors per month in an October 2012 estimate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usccb.org/about/communications/upload/Catholic_New_Media_Use_in_United_States_2012.pdf |title=Catholic New Media Use in the United States, 2012 |publisher=[[Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate]], [[Georgetown University]] |location=Washington, D.C. |date=November 2012 |last1=Gray |first1=Mark M. |last2=Gautier |first2=Mary L. |access-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204035524/http://www.usccb.org/about/communications/upload/Catholic_New_Media_Use_in_United_States_2012.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
{{Abortion and the Catholic Church}} | {{Abortion and the Catholic Church}} | ||
[[Apologetics|Apologists]] who have worked for Catholic Answers include [[Trent Horn]] | [[Apologetics|Apologists]] who have worked for Catholic Answers include [[Trent Horn]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Catholic Answers apologist Trent Horn addresses the 'isms' |url=https://todayscatholic.org/catholic-answers-apologist-trent-horn-addresses-the-isms/ |access-date=December 1, 2020 |website=Today's Catholic |language=en-US |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726020346/https://todayscatholic.org/catholic-answers-apologist-trent-horn-addresses-the-isms/ |url-status=live}}</ref>, [[Tim Staples]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Staples, Senior Apologist |url=https://www.catholic.com/profile/tim-staples |website=Catholic Answers |access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref> and [[Jimmy Akin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Akin |url=https://www.catholic.com/profile/jimmy-akin |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=Catholic Answers |archive-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124074343/https://www.catholic.com/profile/jimmy-akin |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:02, 14 December 2025
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History
Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by Karl Keating in response to a fundamentalist Protestant church in San Diego that was distributing anti-Catholic propaganda in the form of comic tracts, called "Chick tracts", placed on the cars of Catholics attending Mass.[1] He 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 Keating quit his law practice and turned Catholic Answers into a full-time apostolate, with an office and full-time staff.[2] That same year, Keating published the book, Catholicism and Fundamentalism, a compilation of apologetics newspaper articles that he had written during a 30-week stretch which became a popular Catholic apologetics book.[3]
In 1990 the original newsletter of Keating's organization was replaced with This Rock, a magazine and journal focused on Catholic apologetics and evangelization. Still in print after 30 years, the publication is now known as Catholic Answers Magazine.[4]
The Catholic.com website received approximately 471,000 visitors per month in an October 2012 estimate.[5]
Staff
Template:Abortion and the Catholic Church Apologists who have worked for Catholic Answers include Trent Horn[6], Tim Staples,[7] and Jimmy Akin.[8]
See also
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