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
Jesus Followed Scripture?
Thou shalt honor thy mother and father? Church's final deception? Is the Eucharist a symbol? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Cognitive Biases, Irrational Beliefs and Superstitions
Baptizing an unconscious person, Limbo of the Fathers, bargaining with God and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Interest Rates and the Sin of Usury
St. Constantine, sinful emotions, Orthodox criticism of Catholicism and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Charles Fuller and the Personal Relationship with Jesus
Catholics and alcohol, Magisterium or the Bible, the mind of Christ, all this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
A Mediated Salvation
Did Jesus favored war? Doing business with an immoral vendor? Tempted to cheat in marriage a sin? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Did Jesus Established a Visible Church?
Are Pope and hierarchy superstitious accretions or part of the Gospel? Are Adam and Eve historic? Should we worship God and how? Join Dr. Anders on Called to Communion.
Dr Anders on Sola Scriptura
Lilith as part of Catholic tradition? God's mercy? A culture of fundamentalism? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholic Faith Appealing to Atheists?
Love as an ultimate value? Rosary as a weapon? Proof text theology? Join us for our Friday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Not Regretting IVF
Why ask for prayers from the saints? Was Dismas baptized? Are Catholics pantheists? Don't miss today's episode of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Avoiding Spiritual Tepidity
Hebraic tendencies in Protestant Churches? Church and religious liberty? Thinking twice before mixed marriage? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Why Frequent Communion?
Sabbath or Sunday? Catholic against my family's will? Why pray foe one another? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Dating Someone Ineligible for Marriage?
Sin of thought? Scripture or Tradition? Putting the faith in seers? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Ecclesial Consumerism
God's freedom, hunger for the beyond, vanity and more on this Friday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Where is my Prosperity?
Asking God for signs? Are souls in Purgatory already forgiven? Are we speaking to the convinced? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Blind Faith in the Church?
Reading the Bible like a Protestant? What is concupiscence? Are Catholics joyful? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Marriage in Heaven?
Church and transgenderism? Can councils contradict each other? What is the Via Negativa? Join us for more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
What is Really "Source and Summit"?
Who can throw our soul to Hell? Sola Fide and Double Imputation? How would a rejoining of Catholics and Orthodox look like in practice? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders. (Originally aired on 6/27/25)
A Catholic Personal Relationship with Jesus
Calvin's Geneva? Jesus' punishment? Infusion or imputation? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholic View on Atonement
Catholic vs Protestant views on atonement. What is free will? What is the Kingdom of God that Jesus asks us to pray for?
The Bible as Rule of Faith?
Different Bible translations, astral projection, bilocation and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Monogenism, Polygenism, Evolution and Original Sin
Paul under Peter's authority? Begotten not made? Why the Ascension? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Pearls to the Swine?
Salvation for Protestants, the meaning of Religion, the psychological effects of the rapture and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Infant Baptism as the New Circumcision
Revivalism, evolution, the chosen people and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Armed Forces and Turning the Other Cheek
Body, blood, soul and divinity? Freedom in Purgatory? Synergism? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Follow Your Inner Voice?
Miracles through saints? Marrying with a vasectomy? Patripassianism? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Christians ad Alcohol
OT Israel as a monument to defeat? Forgiveness vs. tolerating abuse? Debating in college? All this and more on this Labor Day Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Vocational Anxiety
AI as moral agent? Annulments in the US? A life well lived? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
What am I Sacrificing in the Mass?
Pope's pet issues? The simulacrum of the eucharist? How to overcome addictions? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Silence of God
Losing grace, Sola Fide, the 144,000 and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Does God Have Feelings?
What is the difference in the Eucharist and the Mystical Body of Christ? Can one council and reconciliation from the same priest? Anthropomorphism and God (did Jesus have human emotions on earth?)
Why Does It Matter Where a Saint is Buried?
Why does it matter where at Saint is buried? The Spiritual Act of Communion Prayer...is that for all Masses? An evangelical interested in Catholicism wants to know what they can participate in if their spouse is not on board with conversion.
Facing your Family as a Convert from Protestantism
John the Baptist, understanding sacraments, the mystery of Hell and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Fighting Divination
Why call her a dog? Translation or interpretation? Developing prudence? Don't miss on today's episode of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Why Offer Sacrifice?
Motives to become Catholic, typology, allegory, king Solomon and much more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Turning the Other Cheek
The passing of a biblical generation, Rosary with alligators, baptizing the dead in Corinth and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Is Truth our Enemy?
The nature of the Sacrifice of the Mass, cognitive bias, Christian politicians and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Protestant's Dangerous Idea
Living in the worst times? Catholics and vaccines? Church rejecting homosexuals? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The CTC Band!
On today's show Dr. Anders dives deep into desolation, consolation, why St. Augustine, pareidolia and much more.
Saving the Church from Itself
Transcendental Meditation, Going Orthodox, superstition and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Priests, Prophets and Kings
Easy to know God's will? Why believe in aliens? The Catholic suffering? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Existence of God
Imputation, providence, the Logos and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Magisterium: What it Is and What it is Not
Anthropomorphisms, the Didache, the tower of Babel and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Fatima and Hell
Reverting my ex Catholic friend? Existential choices in a hard life? Protestant exorcists? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
De-supernaturalizing the Catholic Faith?
Growing from a life threatening challenge? Spiritual warfare real? The Catholic take on predestination? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders. (Originally aired on 9/25/25)
A Protestant Personal Relation with Jesus?
Levels of Heaven, self harm, the fall of the angels and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Apologetics: A Dangerous Activity
Worshiping on my own? Christ mystically present in the Mass? Psychedelics and mystical experiences? All this and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
A Kingdom of Undesirables
In the womb of a graced woman? Changing God's will? Was the Last Supper like our Mass? Join Dr. Anders and Thom on the Friday's edition of Called to Communion.
The Transfiguration
Should Catholics be more zealous at defending the faith? Catholic marriage always Sacramental? Wrong to be proud of our kids? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
To Whom Were Humans Historically Kind?
Melchizedek, violence against Anabaptists, racism, aliens and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Scapegoat by René Girard
Sacrament without intent? The objectivity on confession? Oscar Wilde on Catholics? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Catholic who doesn't Believe the Real Presence and Protestants
Did the Holy Spirit put the Bible together? Why can't Protestants take Holy Communion? The Real Presence and the Sacrifice of the Mass? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
My Wife Doesn't Want More Children
Soul sleep, dying excommunicated, tattoos and piercing and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Radical Catholic Marriage
Missing the final moment of a loved one's death, homosexuality in history, veneration of saints in the early Church and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Let's Go to Bethany!
My teenager daughter prefers another parish? Baptism by immersion? Jesus calling himself God? Join us for this edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Church on Immigration
Marcionism, Chiliasm and the medieval Flagellant movement are some of the topics on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
An Original Copy of the Bible?
Faith oriented to the future? Buddhist modernism? St. Jerome got it wrong? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Leaving and Cleaving
Perfectionism, How to read Scriptures guided by the Spirit with the mind of the Church and more on this Friday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Trusting AI on Catholicism?
The use of religious images? A description of baptism in the Bible? Pope's Benedict resignation? All this and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Best Advertisement is a Life Transformed
Protestants in Purgatory? The Kerygma? The perseverance of the saints in Calvin? All this and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Living in a Simulation?
Why parables? Church or an ecclesial community? Why bread and wine? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Main Apologetical Argument
The veneration of saints in the logic of the Incarnation, the infallible interpretation of Scripture, catechizing my kids and more on today's Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Main Reason for the Mass
Giving up the hope for a better past? What kind of free will are we talking about? How to approach JW's? This and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Oxford Movement
Assurance of salvation, feeling contrition, separation of Church and State and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Controversial St. Paul
Jesus for the Jews? God fearers? How to fall in love? Join Dr. David Anders on Called to Communion.
Catholic Social Teaching and Welfare
Priest laicized vs. excommunicated? Talking to Protestants at a funeral? Nursing homes? Don't miss this Tuesday edition of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Indissolubility of Marriage and Hedgehogs
The transcendent longing, the seed of reason, the validity of SSPX sacraments and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
My Son is an Atheist
God contained in Jesus' humanity? The Hiddenness of God? Kindness that kills? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Dr. Anders' Catholic Path
United to God in the military? Will be like gods? What is the calling? Join us for Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Roman Rite of the Mass
The Rosary, original sin, Luther's law and Gospel and much more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Bible Apocalyptical Literature
Angels, Lucifer and free will, cohabitation, reincarnation and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Free Masonry and the Catholic Church
St. Augustine and Calvinism, sufficient vs. efficacious grace, the omniscience of God and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Sacrifice of the Mass
Which is the most important aspect of the Mass? Is it a Sacrifice? A Sacrament? Don't miss this 4th of July Mailbag of Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders. (Originally aired on 7/4/25)
John 6 Vs. Protestants?
Mary's sinlessness, the Temple veil, the Jewish Mikvah and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Why Sacraments?
Born again, the SSPX consecrations, the altar call and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Nouvelle théologie
The Perpetual Virginity, charismatic gifts, angelophanies and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Painful Marriage
The Catholic family man, justifying abortion, why Catholic and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Impossible to Make Someone Catholic
Are apologetics achieving their goal online? How far to take an argument? How to avoid cherry-picking on the OT? This and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
The Most Heartfelt Call
Worship or veneration, vines, branches and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
Angry at God
AA and Catholics, Gay pride, Catholic kids in Protestant summer camps and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
A Religion to be Human
The Lord's Prayer, fantasy destination, anosognosia and more on Called to Communion with Dr. David Anders.
