A Conversation with Carl Olson on Sounds and Words

Today's podcast features author, lecturer, and Ignatius Press editor Carl E. Olson.  Raised in a Protestant family where Catholicism was not looked kindly upon, Carl's experiences in college soon opened his young mind to the true identity of the Catholic Church.  Since his coming home to the Church in the 1990s, he has written a number of marvelous books on faith and Catholic apologetics such as Will Catholics be Left Behind, The DaVinci Hoax, and Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? .

This latest podcast explores both Will Catholics be Left Behind as well as his newest collection of scholarly essays on the fascinating topic of theosis entitled Called to be the Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Deification.  This episode begins with a discussion of his coming home to the Catholic Church as well as his reflections upon Bishop Robert Barron's Letter to a Suffering Church.  It also explores a recent controversial statement made by Pope Francis.

Carl Olson and family currently reside in Eugene, Oregon.  (We're only an hour apart.)  He is excited to be preparing a move to the Oregon countryside for a little more elbow room.

I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did recording it!