Catholic Answers LIVE
Catholic Answers Live, hosted by Cy Kellett, is a daily, two-hour radio program dedicated to Catholic apologetics and evangelization. According to listener surveys, it is a runaway favorite on Catholic stations across America.
As a call-in program, Catholic Answers Live connects listeners to prominent leaders in the Church today—including scholars, nuns, priests, bishops, and cardinals—and touches on every aspect of our lives as Christians. You'll hear discussions on just about everything relating to the Church: doctrinal controversies, family concerns, social issues, evangelization, ethics…you name it!
Catholic Answers Live airs every Monday through Friday from 6-8 PM Eastern (3-4 PM Pacific) on over 360 AM and FM stations in the United States, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 130, and through the Internet at catholic.com. If you can't listen live, you can subscribe to our podcast or download individual shows from our MP3 archive.
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Most Recent Episodes
<p>“How Could Mary ascend to heaven?” This question leads to a discussion about the implications of Jesus’ words in John 3:13 regarding who has ascended to heaven. The conversation also touches on the scriptural basis for the communion of saints, the Church’s stance on marriage for the infertile, and the complexities of indulgences.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>03:00 – Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary?</li>
<li>07:23 – Where do we find the communion of saints in scripture?</li>
<li>14:22 – Is it true that a person who is infertile cannot get married in the Catholic Church?</li>
<li>19:09 – I cannot wrap my mind around indulgences.</li>
<li>31:17 – How do I defend Jesus and the accusations that he was a fraud?</li>
<li>46:11 – Why do we profess in the Nicene Creed that the power of the Holy Spirit made Jesus incarnate not the power of the Son?</li>
<li>51:36 – Are we called to suffer or do we ask the saints to relieve our suffering?</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>05:13 – Sexual Sins</li>
<li>08:56 – Fornication</li>
<li>16:20 – Adultery</li>
<li>18:30 – Pornography</li>
<li>21:54 – Masturbation</li>
<li>29:52 – Homosexual Acts and Contraception</li>
<li>33:00 – Sins of the Heart</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>06:05 – What is a mortal sin?</li>
<li>07:08 – The three components of mortal sins</li>
<li>20:33 – Sins Against God</li>
<li>21:00 – Idolatry</li>
<li>23:42 – Blasphemy</li>
<li>29:32 – Missing Mass</li>
<li>32:51 – Occult practices</li>
<li>37:42 – Sins Against Others</li>
<li>39:19 – Murder/War</li>
<li>42:00 – Gossip</li>
<li>50:41 – Lying/Slander</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>02:20 – How culpable are people of other religions when it comes to not following Jesus?</li>
<li>09:42 – How did the Church select the popes before conclaves? When did it fall on the shoulders of the college of cardinals?</li>
<li>13:50 – Why do we have the books in the bible that we do? Why did they remove those books in the reformation?</li>
<li>21:57 – Which Church Father writings about Mary would you recommend for a Protestant?</li>
<li>23:47 – Why do Catholics believe that both species contain the body, blood, soul and divinity if the consecration separates them?</li>
<li>29:00 – If the Jews couldn’t kill Jesus, forcing them to send Jesus to be crucified, then why did they stone people?</li>
<li>41:07 – How is it that the Orthodox Church is considered in schism, but the Anglican Church is not? Seems like they have similar issues with unity with the Catholic Church.</li>
<li>48:42 – Do we know when St. Joseph died? Is there anything in the bible?</li>
<li>49:23 – On what level of reality does the eucharist change?</li>
<li>50:32 – What do you think are the weirdest things that Jesus taught?</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>4:00 – If the early church was Catholic, then why doesn’t it look anything like the Catholic Church of today?</li>
<li>11:32 – Can Catholics use the title Christotokos alongside theotokos?</li>
<li>17:31 – Question from Non Catholic Family-Member: How does Mary intercede for us if she’s not alive?</li>
<li>23:43 – If the Eucharist is truly Jesus, body and soul, why isn’t it open to everyone, and why are priests allowed to determine who receives it? How do I answer?</li>
<li>31:03 – What is the best argument for Catholicism to a Protestant who accepts the Nicene creed?</li>
<li>36:59 – If someone who received the gospel of Jesus and believed, should the Church immediately baptize him since we have a similar example in the Ethiopian eunuch?</li>
<li>44:11 – What are the theological differences between the Catholics and the Orthodox?</li>
<li>49:33 – Is there a list of infallible teachings that has been published?</li>
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