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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
03:08 – If God said Abraham’s covenant on Circumcision was everlasting, why would the church’s teaching change?
11:33 – What advice would you give someone who is in a Protestant marriage, but is consider becoming Catholic?
16:42 – Does God write the 10 commandments on tablets in Exodus 34 similar to Exodus 20?
22:48 – Why did Christ need to die for my sins when I’m forgiven through Baptism and Confession?
29:19 – Do Guardian Angels have free will? If so, does this impact my prayers?
34:14 – Do we already have our resurrected body back when we die since we are outside of time?
37:26 – Is there dangers in reading Pagan literature?
45:25 – What advice can you give someone as a starting point for understanding the Catholic Faith?
49:35 – Were Adam and Eve created with a sinful nature prior to the fall?
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Questions Covered:
05:27 – Can secular music glorify God?
07:59 – Can a Catholic watch anime even though there are pagan influences?
14:15 – Is it okay for Catholics to read Protestant bibles?
21:50 – How can I make sense of the bible verse “there are no male or females in Heaven” when we believe humans are both body and soul?
29:44 – What are mortal sins?
32:34 – Who is seated at Jesus’s right and left hand in the Kingdom?
34:48 – How can praying for the dead change the state of the soul?
40:40 – Do you have recommendations on how to politely disengage from an apologetic discourse?
42:49 – What is some advice you would give to someone who has accepted Salvation, but has a heart that is stuck in a sinner mindset?
51:35 – Why would St. Michael be asked to be honored?
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Questions Covered:
28:51 – You’re only talking about the Latin Mass, are you saying that the Latin Mass is the only worthwhile one?
34:19 – In the penitential rite, are we supposed to make the sign of the cross?
36:30 – Why do you keep your thumb and forefinger together after the consecration?
38:24 – Why do we sit, stand and kneel during mass?
46:31 – Why don’t some parishes ring the bells during the consecration? Is it optional?
50:31 – Is the tabernacle open during the Latin Mass? If so, is that why the priest has his back to the people?
53:10 – What’s the difference between the Latin Mass, New Mass and Byzantine Mass?
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Questions Covered;
12:34 – I had an addiction and I surrendered it to the Lord.
21:52 – I’m a huge fan of CIR!
29:15 – I heard the 12 steps don’t have the best success rate. Does CIR have any stats to show for their success rate?
31:47 – In March I’ll be 49 years sober. I can’t consume the host at mass and only take a sip from the chalice. What do you recommend I do?
36:26 – Is Marijuana a gateway drug?
40:55 – My devout Catholic friend is in denial about her alcoholism. How can I approach her to seek help?
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
02:43 – Why didn’t God just open back up the gates of heaven after the Fall? Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever?
13:36 – How can sabbath be symbolic in Genesis if he speaks of it elsewhere as a literal 24 hour period?
21:36 – What’s the Church’s position on boycotting organizations like Disney or Target?
31:04 – What is the nature of the resurrected body of Jesus? He was able to eat but also bilocated and other things
36:08 – Is everything that the Church requires us to believe found in the Catechism?
41:08 – My Lutheran friend says that the Lutherans that the Catholics dialogue with are Satanists. What is the Church’s view on this?
48:53 – I want to become Catholic but I have a hard time letting go of Eastern Orthodoxy. How do I give up the Divine Liturgy when it feels like a step down?
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