Called to Communion
Called to Communion is a live call-in show hosted by Dr. David Anders, where he engages with non-Catholics about the Catholic faith. The show invites listeners to call in and discuss what is preventing them from becoming Catholic. It airs on EWTN and aims to clarify Catholic teachings and address questions from a Catholic perspective.
Episodes
Mental Prayer? How to Explain Purgatory
What is mental prayer? Does being a mason equal excommunication? Is there such thing as a Royal Diaconate? How to explain purgatory and more!
Guardian Angels for Insects?
Are guardian angels assigned to insects? How important is a properly formed conscience? Does it seem more acceptable for people to be blasphemous towards Jesus Christ in today's society? All these questions and more answered on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders
Praying Novenas, Catholics Not Evangelizing, and more!
Is it ok not to pray a novena? Why is Easter's date chosen when it is? Dr. Anders challenges a caller who says that Catholics don't evangelize, and much more on today's show!
Catholic vs Protestant Weddings? Is God Sorry He Made Man?
Can we rationally believe that God created the world in an instant? How does a Catholic wedding differ from a protestant's wedding? Was God Sorry he made man? These questions and more on today's show!
Unity or Procreation in Marriage?
The Unitarian Church, the development of Catholic conscience, the process of forgiving and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Natural Law in Moral Debates
Corpus Christi, hypnosis, David's census and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Contrition or Guilt?
Newman and conscience, the doctrine of the Ascension, Paul's priesthood and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Worshiping Archeological Discoveries?
When science appears to contradict the faith, the Quietism heresy, the abduction phenomena and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Teaching Doctrine or Indoctrination?
Only 12 in the Last Supper? Gregorian Masses for the dead? Spiritual communion? This and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Can Laity Criticize the Holy Father?
Wisdom studies, implicit learning, arsenokoitai and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Truman Show?
Gnosticism, relativism, synodality, Erasmus and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Saved by Theology?
Hypostatic union, Lutherans and Eucharistic Sacrifice, substitutionary punishment vs. sacrifice and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
OH to Be Blunt
Today Dr. Anders answers your questions including how blunt should we be about explaining God's truth?
What are the cultural standards to live by? Can the devil know what we are thinking and how should we use A.I.?
Memorial Day Mailbag!
Is monogenism sustainable? Catholic free will vs. Protestants'? Valid sacraments from an immoral priest? Join us for this Memorial Day Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Presence of God
Today on the show, Dr. Anders explores the sacred power of Last Rites, Communion, and intentional prayer. Discover how to recognize God’s presence in your everyday life, and join us for insightful discussions on the inspiring Blessed Carlo Acutis and faith-based family planning.
A Limited Marian Devotion?
Polygenesis, Reiki, Original Sin and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Celebrity Televangelists
St. Simon of Cyrene? Jesus decent to Hell? Can the Trinity be understood? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Mary Needing the Spirit at Pentecost?
Formal vs. material cooperation with evil, Aquinas' Quinque Viae and the Christian God, prayer and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Sortes Biblicae?
Casting lots, world without end, evidence from the Resurrection and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Catholic Misunderstanding of the Eucharist
God and time, Islam, the separation of initiation rites and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholics and Alcohol
Second baptism? Can salvation be lost? Purgatory a dogma? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Martin Luther’s Theory of Law and Gospel
Praying to Mary, foul language, religious diversity and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Doubting Thomas?
Intellectual certainty in Religion? Distant confessions? Genocide in the Old Testament? This and more in today's mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders. (Originally aired on 5/9/25)
Religious Orders
Jesus' brothers? What's in the Bible? Creation or procession? This and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Priestly Concubinage?
Worthy godparents, conversionism, death penalty and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Preterism and the book of Apocalypse
Protestant belief in the Eucharist, annulments, religious trauma and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Catholic Worldview
The end of Purgatory, Christ holding himself in his hands, if Adam & Eve hadn't sin and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Was St. Augustine a Lutheran?
Magisterium changing past teaching, dark psalms, the meaning of words and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholics and the Bible
The media portrayal of the demonic, the Lord's prayer, the Ethiopian Bible and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Child Abuse in the Church
Close or open communion, Humani Generis by Pius XII, medical marihuana and more on this Friday's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
St. Pius V and the First Catechism
Cutting down the tree, the history of indulgences, understanding the Trinity and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Eucharistic Sacrifice Different from the Blessed Sacrament?
From relics to the Eucharist? What is love? The new convert's temptation? Join us on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
A Suffering God
Born With a Sinned Nature? The Trinity and simplicity? Why wait for Easter? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Tattoos, The Doctrine of the Marriage Debt, Sacrificial Rite of the Mass
Today on Called to Communion, Dr. David Anders answers questions on the Catholic doctrine of the marriage debt. Tattoos. What is meant by the sacrificial rite of the mass and more...
The Log on my Eye
Protestant assurance of salvation, grave vs mortal sin, Dominion theology and the 7 mountain mandate and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The First Apologetical Response to a Protestant!
The poor, Protestant morality, the unbiblical rapture and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Mary as Eschatological Icon
Is supporting EWTN evangelization? Suppressed memories in heaven? A formula for spiritual life? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Unintelligibly of Suffering
Sharing the faith without arguing? Can Marian apparitions come from the Devil? Moral gradualism? This and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Is Karma Real?
Bringing a friend back to Catholicism, Catholics without confession, the resurrected body and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Praying with Muslims?
Catholics complicated? Orthodox vs. Catholics? Aquinas vs. The Immaculate? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Separation of Church and State?
Jesus' two wills? Protestants and the Real Presence? Divine intellect? This and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Is Called to Communion Legit?
Who suffered on the cross? Irenaeus and the habituation of the Logos? Believing private revelation? Don't miss today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Political Landscape in US
Divisions in the Church, marriage in the Scriptures, Judas' paradox and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Anti-Catholicism in the US
Being holy, assurance of salvation, the millennium and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Did God Really Die?
Implicit faith, the Filioque, the need for Sacraments and more on this Friday's edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Noble Bereans
Conditional baptism? Can minors ask for the Sacraments? St. Rita of Cascia? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Your World Deconstructed
Loosing relationships after converting to Catholicism? Veneration of the dead in second temple Judaism and early Christianism? Who was Jesus talking to on the Last Supper? This and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Is God Still Speaking?
Prayer, cults, free will and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The City of God
Hell, the logic of Catholicism, the Ethiopian Bible and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Father Reprobating Christ on the Cross?
What was there before the doctrine of the cannon of the Bible? How to interpret Marian apparitions? Caring for an addict? This and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Just War and Divine Command Ethics
Levels of Heaven? Papal States? Penal Substitution? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Incomprehensible Grace of Mary
Is baptism described in the Bible? Consecrating ourselves many times? Explaining the Immaculate? This and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Understanding Newman
Angels sinning after seeing God? Did prophets in the OT knew? Sabellianism and Modalism? Join us for this Monday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
What to do With my Past?
On today's Called to Communion, Dr. Anders goes deep into Eschatology and accompany his listeners through struggles in their daily lives.
Primal Difference Between Catholics and Protestants
Theophanies, tree days of darkness, ordaining married men and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Protestant Proof Texting
Which Church; Catholic or Orthodox? What's Romans all about? Was the New Testament written for men? Don't miss today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Tongues and the Baptism in the Spirit
How to understand the Bible? What is the Great Commission? Did the Apostles sent everybody? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders. (Originally aired on 3/11/25)
The Only True Religion?
The Axial Age, gravity and effects of sin, development of the Rosary and more on this Monday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Sincere but Wrong
Abraham's sacrifice prophetic? Arians saved? Pauline privilege? This and more on today's mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
It's Not About You!
St. Joseph, accepting Christ, Erasmus and more in today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Scrupulosity and OCD
A welcoming Church? Dark passages of the OT? Libation offerings? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Who Was the Beloved Disciple?
Scripture, Tradition, Moral Gradualism and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Autism and Theology
On today's Called to Communion Dr. Anders dives deep into topics like: Divine simplicity, IVF, Catholic Sacraments on Protestants and more.
Dun Scotus and the Immaculate Conception
Saints, the Sabbath, Jansenism and more on this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Ecumenism or Indifferentism?
Why not the two species? Near death experiences and Faith? Superstition? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Eucharistic Miracles Needed to Prove the Real Presence?
The ultimate concern, necromancy, German bishops and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Defending Christianity
Jansenism, Dunn Scotus, Protestant staying power and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Why Communion Once a Year?
Jurisdiction for Sacraments? Mass on TV? Conscience after death? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Seeking Truth, Goodness and Beauty
Relativism, psychedelic drugs, purpose of the Mass and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Dr. Anders and Mormons?
Admonishing the Sinner, applauding in Mass, religious submission of intellect and will and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholic Entrepreneurship
Opposing classical education? Peter's authority in Matthew? Transgenderism? This and more on this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
A Cold Welcome in the Parrish?
Is God's love the same for everybody? Seeing people as potential converts? Jesus and the Jews? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Women Priest?
Drug use, merit of prayers, married priest and more on this Monday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Scriptural Bases Indispensables?
The homosexual Scriptural argument? The unity of Christianity possible? Late to Mass? This and more on this Friday's edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Pop Theology?
When to be ready to give an answer? Should the first marriage count? Believing in the Real Presence enough to take Communion? join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Whole Shebang!
Early Church fathers and Scripture, Protestants and the Real Presence and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Mary and Football?
My wife doesn't want me to revert, Genesis is not logical, reason to be called Dispensationalism and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Monuments to Failure?
A gospel centered Church? How to avoid sin? Real Judaism? Don't miss on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Jesus in Camouflage?
Old man don't walk to Egypt? Sinful to vote pro-choice? When did married priesthood ended? More on this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Beatitudes
Submitting to government authorities, Mennonites, self justification from great evils and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
