Karl Keating (born 1950) is a
Catholicapologist and author who founded and presided over
Catholic Answers, a lay apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization.[1]
Keating's book Catholicism and Fundamentalism was based on a 1988 series that ran for 30 weeks in
The Wanderer.
Catholic Answers
In August 1986, the first
Catholic Answers Newsletter was published. In January 1990,
Catholic Answers published the monthly magazine This Rock. For nine years, Keating served as the editor.
In 1988, Keating changed careers and went into apologetics full-time. He has been a columnist for The Wanderer, the National Catholic Register and the Canadian Catholic Review. He has also acted as expert on
EWTN's Questions and Answers forum.
A 2004 complaint to the
Internal Revenue Service by the
pro-choice organization
Catholics for a Free Choice led to an IRS investigation of Catholic Answers that Keating described as costly and onerous. As a result, he formed a new organization with a separate
501(c)(4) tax status, called Catholic Answers Action, that continued publishing his Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics.[2] This instructs readers not to vote for candidates who would vote for legalization of any of five alleged "non-negotiable" issues (abortion,
euthanasia,
embryonic stem cell research,
human cloning, and
gay marriage). No official endorsement of this guide has been offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or any official Church body.
Books
Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" (Ignatius Press, 1988)[3]
What Catholics Really Believe (Servant Publications, 1992)[4]
Nothing but the Truth: Essays in Apologetics (Catholic Answers Press, 2000)[5]
The Usual Suspects: Answering Anti-Catholic Fundamentalists (Ignatius Press, 2000)