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
Open Forum – Questions Covered:
04:43 – Where did the tradition of taking a papal name come from?
07:17 – RCIA. My protestant friends are rejecting me and are refusing to talk to me. What can I do?
13:50 – 1 Cor. 3:14-15 makes it sound like it’s talking about purgatory. Is this true?
17:53 – Jn 3:16, Is Jesus advocating Sola Fide?
23:05 – What are signal graces?
30:21 – Why do some priests have “Mary” in their name, and some nuns have male saint names in their names?
35:43 – I’ve seen a quote going around social media from Teilhard de Chardin saying there’s no such thing as original sin and it’s a “theology of entrapment.” This seems wrong but I’m not sure how to discuss it with people.
42:13 – When are human souls created?
44:40 – How does Jesus define faith?
48:06 – When were crucifixes first used in Catholic churches?
50:45 – How do I answer my Protestant co-worker who says the Immaculate Conception takes away from Jesus?
52:45 – Romans 2:14-15 and Romans 7 seems to contradict itself.
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Questions Covered:
02:10 – Did God create the earth with oil as a necessity for it to function and rotate the way it does or did he only make oil to be a resource to man?
05:53 – I have my moms ashes and she wasn’t Catholic. Would I be able to get them blessed by a priest?
10:30 – As a Catholic, how can I explain to protestant girlfriend that going to her church doesn’t fulfill my Sunday obligation?
15:55 – I was married civilly in another country and then divorced. Could I remarry in the Church?
19:06 – I want to marry in the Church but my significant other is divorced. The priest did bless that marriage after being bribed. Can we get married and if not, how do we live in the good graces of the Church?
23:07 – What is the Church’s teaching on what happens after death? What does the Church teach about ghosts?
30:36 – If Mary has free will, how can she be kept from sinning?
37:30 – Is baptism necessary for salvation?
46:47 – A Baptist minister claimed that Catholics have the wrong bible translation. He claimed that the real manuscripts are sitting in a safety deposit box in Texas. Have you heard of this? How do I respond?
50:40 – What’s the process to join the Ordinariate?
52:35 – What happens to the souls in purgatory when Christ returns?
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Questions Covered:
04:41 – My wife is pregnant. When she partakes in communion, does that mean that the baby also partakes in communion?
08:37 – Did Jesus have brothers?
14:14 – Is it appropriate to receive communion twice?
16:03 – What is the morality of a car accident? At what point would you be sinning mortally?
20:49 – How is Genesis 3:15 translated from the Jewish perspective compared to the Catholic perspective?
24:09 – How does one address a bishop or cardinal? What title does one use?
32:50 – Why did Jesus have to die?
42:33 – Where did God come from?
49:09 – I’m returning to the faith. My parish is getting a priest from Ghana, and he will be serving 2 parishes. I know he will be overwhelmed but how do I approach asking questions without adding to his stress?
51:55 – Why would my 8-year-old grandson have to go through RCIA to get baptized and to receive communion?
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
04:25 – What are the fasting obligations for the elderly and those in elderly homes?
13:07 – Why does it take so long to enter the Church?
18:50 – Did Mary experience labor pains? If she did, why if she didn’t have sin?
24:36 – What’s the science behind transubstantiation?
40:49 – 1 Tim. 2:11-12 What’s the Church’s stance on women in teaching ministry?
49:25 – I teach RCIA and I have a candidate struggling with Sunday Mass obligations. Can you help explain?
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
04:26 – Is it possible for babies in the womb to receive grace from their mother receiving communion?
14:49 – The early Church seemed to be pacifist. After Constantine the tone changed, why is that?
21:31 – Am I required to send my kids to religious education after confirmation?
28:36 – Could we Catholics start implementing prayer mats into our services?
30:26 – Why did God allow polygamy in the Old Testament?
38:32 – Are all of the priest’s sins absolved when he washes his hands during mass?
42:19 – Why do Catholics worship Mary and the saints through prayer?
46:42 – How much weight should we give to dreams and try to interpret them?
51:16 – Could you clarify whether Mary and Joseph were married or unmarried. Can you clarify why betrothal?
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