By Raymond de Souza, Church Militant - America is the country that has produced the largest number of lay Catholics who promote apologetics — the art of thinking and speaking with clarity in defense of the Faith... In so doing, these defenders put into practice the exhortation of the first pope, St. Peter, in his first Epistle: "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a defense of the hope that is in you" (1 Peter 3:15).