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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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
02:59 – What are the implications of praying to a saint that may or may not have ever existed? Couldn’t this be dangerous/dubious in some way? I’m referring to saints that were probably local myths/legends. I take it you know some examples better than me since I’m a new Catholic.
06:23 – Are there other Marian beliefs beyond her Assumption and immaculate conception which the church could realistically issue as doctrines in the near future? Maybe even dogmas?
12:53 – Can Catholics play D&D?
14:27 – Will there be different happiness levels in heaven? For example if ones family didn’t make would they be less happy then if someone’s family did make it?
16:37 – What is “hyper papalism?”
18:09 – Does the Church currently teach that coeducation (especially of adolescents) is evil and are people dissenters for preferring it?
21:47 – The “lost” years of Jesus. Please.
28:49 – While Jesus was incarnate, how was he the creator of his contemporaries? (I’m cath., just looking to understand better).
31:21 – What does Mary’s assumption mean in context of resurrection? Why are some biblical figures resurrected and others are assumed to heaven (like the prophet Elijah), and what can we expect? I know that’s more than one question, but I also know you’ll come up with a succinct answer
33:53 – The topic of bulimia, anorexia, if eating disorders are sinful or not, are they signs of demonic oppression? How can one overcome them with the means of which the Church provides? Daily Mass isn’t possible unfortunately
36:37 – In Matthew 12, 1-8 Jesus is referring to a story from 1 Sam 21, 2-7. My question is, why is He talking about David and his companions (verse 3) eating the bread, when David was alone there talking with Achimelek? The young men David is talking about are not there with him, so they did not eat the bread with David. It seems that Jesus is wrong about the story He is referring to. I’d appreciate an answer to this, thanks for your work Jimmy
41:52 – How do I respond to a seventh day Adventist asking, If the soul survives beyond death, then why do you need Mary to be bodily assumed? I don’t know if I should approach this the same way I would approach this with any protestant or if I should deal with soul sleep and then use the same argument. Thank you God bless.
50:50 – I’ve been thinking about patron saints and would like to identify some for those suffering with schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder. St. Dymphna is a good start, but are there any others?
52:14 – Doctrinal development in general… This is a core issue with my family members not accepting the Church. They will admit the Marian dogmas may be true, and don’t in principle reject them. They just can’t see why we should be compelled to accept them as “De Fide”.
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Questions Covered:
03:31 – How would you respond to Dr. James Madden’s objections to near death experiences?
12:15 – If I get to heaven, is Andrew the name he will call me by or will he have another name for me?
16:11 – How many pipes does Jimmy have?
17:25 – I’m a revert. How would I feel in heaven if a loved one wasn’t there?
20:42 – Do some textual variants within the New Testament be due to variants from different manuscripts?
23:41 – When will you go on a speaking tour and will you come to Mississippi?
28:54 – How do I respond to someone who says the keys in Mt 16 cannot be the singular key of authority mentioned in Rev 3 and Is 22?
33:55 – Do we have free will in heaven?
41:29 – Does the Church have a definitive teaching on what the sensory experience of purgatory will be like?
48:55 – I was baptized in a non-denominational church and am in OCIA. Where would I be salvation-wise right now if I were to die since I haven’t received any confession?
53:20 – Were all the 95 Theses of Martin Luther wrong?
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Questions Covered:
16:27 – How can I help a friend get out of a bad situation where a child is involved?
19:13 – I’m contemplating divorce and need advice.
22:50 – What bothers me about the church is that when someone is in a relationship with a narcissist, the Church doesn’t take into consideration the pain caused by that person. What are your thoughts on this?
28:45 – My son is going through a separation due to his wife coming out as bisexual. Please pray for us. No one ever talks about the devastation that’s left behind.
34:05 – Ive been married for 30 years and my wife no longer wants to be close to me and wants to separate. What’s your advice?
41:51 – Is it better to stay in a marriage than to divorce? How do you deal with all the conflict and misery?
46:03 – I want to share what helped my husband and I save our marriage.
49:35 – I’m new to Catholicism and have been divorced 3 times. Will this preclude me from becoming Catholic or being married ever again?
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Questions Covered:
03:10 – Why isn’t there an instance in the bible where a child is adopted into faith?
07:52 – What is the Catholic view of Matthew 16:28? Is it an unfulfilled prophecy?
14:33 – Is it sinful to work on Sunday?
20:28 – Today in class they were talking about schizophrenia and my teacher asked if anyone was religious, to make a comparison between the two. I didn’t raise my hand. Did I do something wrong by not speaking up?
28:52 – I just found out that one of my friends is a Freemason. Am I still allowed to associate with him?
37:48 – Would a land value tax be better than an income tax in light of Catholic Social teaching on just taxation?
51:00 – What does the mark of the beast mean? Are we all born with it? What was Jesus doing after the Resurrection but before the Ascension?
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Questions Covered:
03:36 – Why was it necessary for Jesus to Send the Holy Spirit if it seems as though we got everything we need with Jesus and the sacraments?
13:08 – How do I explain to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grader boys why they don’t wear head coverings in Church in light of 1 Cor. 11:6-7 and Act 18 where Paul shaves his head?
29:22 – If the constitution is more of a Protestant document, does it conflict with anything in our Catholic faith?
37:08 – What are your thoughts on the authorship and dating of Genesis?
44:26 – What is the mechanism of action for the devil’s temptations on the world?
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