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
Questions Covered:
03:38 – What do you think of miraculous testimonies of protestants? Do you think they are saved?
11:52 – Is it possible to offer a mass for a deceased Catholic who lived a lukewarm life?
14:22 – There have been many private revelations that promise salvation. What’s a prudent way to approach this?
18:00 – How do you respond to someone who claims Sola Fide?
23:54 – What is the protestant understanding of salvation and how does it compare to Catholicism?
34:58 – How does Confirmation fit in with salvation? Do I need to be confirmed?
41:09 – Where did baptism come from?
45:52 – I’m a Protestant. How does the fact that Catholic leaders are straying away from the Word affect how the Church sees salvation?
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Questions Covered:
03:40 – Since Jesus is both God and human, is his human nature also eternal?
07:00 – In our baptism we participate in the priesthood of Christ. How is that?
15:05 – What’s the Church’s teaching authority on what it takes to be saved?
21:16 – If you’re baptized as a baby, then fall away and then want to return, do you have to be rebaptized?
31:02 – Where in the New Testament does Paul talk about baptism?
35:08 – Is the Mosaic covenant eternal?
46:02 – Regarding John’s purpose statement in John 20:31, How does the Church include baptism and repentance into salvation when John doesn’t?
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Questions Covered:
03:29 – Did Mary show signs of aging? How is Mary our life, our sweetness and our hope?
07:53 – My friend who just converted to Catholicism has become very curious about the SSPX. How do I explain to him what this is?
15:50 – What criteria was needed for the canon of scripture. Why Catholic Bibles Are Mas Grande.
22:40 – Regarding Romans 9:11, what are the implications for predestination and election?
34:10 – Is Mary the reason why we have the Apostles’ Creed? Did She ask the apostles to contribute two lines each or is this just legend?
36:49 – What are the ethics of recommending Orthodoxy to my protestant friends who still struggle with Catholicism?
42:15 – How do I respond to a protestant who asks if you know you’re saved?
48:13 – Could you explain what blessed items are?
50:21 – My ex-husband and I don’t have an annulment and he remarried. Can I receive communion?
52:50 – How often do you have to go to confession before going up to communion?
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Questions Covered:
07:10 – Is it okay as a Catholic to read an Orthodox bible?
13:33 – How do we know the relic of the true cross and crown of thrones are authentic?
21:13 – How does one start an apologetics conversation?
28:38 – Does a priest have to be in a state of grace to administer the sacraments?
37:01 – How do I respond to Protestants who claim that it’s more Christian to live like a Jew?
48:15 – What does Matthew 10:34 mean when it says that Jesus will be the cause of division. And can you clarify what John means in Mt 11:11 when he says there are others greater than him in the kingdom of heaven?
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Questions Covered:
01:31 – Mt 17 when Peter catches the fish with the coin in its mouth, Is there significance to Jesus only paying the temple tax?
08:06 – I received a prayer from a priest that seems like it’s saying that we’re justified by works. Can you clarify?
15:36 Does hell have infinite suffering?
22:12 – My daughter was baptized along with another girl. During the baptism the priest switched the names. Should I be worried?
28:29 – Why did Vatican 1 prematurely end? Did any pope ever officially close it?
32:22 – How can 1 Cor 11:29 be used to show that the Eucharist is efficacious?
40:15 – Are we supposed to understand the resurrection of the dead?
43:30 – How do I respond to the people who make a big deal about female lectors and servers?
48:26 – In what sense is John the prophet Elijah?
50:30 – When Pope John Paul 2 gave the Luminous mystery the structure of the rosary novena changed. What’s the official change on the rosary novena?
52:24 – What is the significance of the Assumption of Mary?
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