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:
02:37 – If God doesn’t hold people accountable for their ignorance, why should we evangelize?
08:19 – My husband had his first marriage annulled before marrying me. His father has told me that I’m “Carrying his [my husband’s] cross [first marriage].” Is he right?
17:25 – What is the message of Our Lady of La Salette?
20:24 – What is the standing of the gospel of the birth of Mary in the Catholic Church? Can it be read devotionally?
23:46 – Is grace better defined as “an empowering of our free will to do that which we think is good” rather than “obliging us to do good?”
32:00 – How is the next pope going to be chosen?
41:33 – Would my wife and I occupy the same place in heaven since we were so close in this life?
48:23 – How do you reconcile Jesus’ commands to love our enemies and turn the other cheek with him saying he came not to bring peace but division?
52:30 – What’s the difference Roman and Palmerian Catholics?
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Questions Covered:
03:17 – Did the council of Jamnia exist? And if so, what came out of it?
07:45 – A Protestant told me we break the sabbath commandment in Exodus because we worship on Sunday instead of Saturday. How do I respond to that?
28:36 – Since Padre Pio’s stigmata allegedly disappeared as he died, could someone use that to argue that the saints’ intercessory abilities are diminished after they die?
34:47 – If someone commits a mortal sin, repents, but hasn’t gone to confession yet, what is the current state of their soul?
44:38 – What did Jesus mean by “Let the dead bury their dead”?
51:57 – Why are relics of the saints allowed to be distributed?
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Questions Covered:
19:33 – I grew up Lutheran and just converted. I want to share why Mary was important to us. Also, how does one go about consecrating?
25:17 – How do I cultivate a relationship with Mary if it seems one sided only?
37:42 – I bought 33 days for morning glory and never went through with it. Is it best to do a consecration on specific dates?
47:04 – People ask why get consecrated and I ask why not get consecrated!
53:08 – How do I approach Marian Consecration with my grown children who are no longer Catholic?
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Questions Covered:
06:15 – Do animals go to heaven?
22:00 – What are the rules on mixed marriages in Catholicism?
31:41 – Why is it wrong for parishioners to wear hats in Church even for medical reasons?
28:45 – What’s the Church’s response to the excessive self-flagellation especially in Latin America?
36:40 – How do we justify Mary being the Queen of all Christians?
41:55 – are there any spiritual ramifications to seeking medical attention from a Shriners hospital?
44:27 – Christ heals a man with mud he made with spit. And he had to do it twice for the person to be fully healed. Why was that detail included?
47:43 – My Baptist parents want me to be on birth control. Do I disobey them or go against the Church?
49:22 – Why aren’t the other 4 archangels in our canon anymore? Why aren’t they named?
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Questions Covered:
04:32 – What does the Church say about married who are on the way to converting and should they abstain from relations?
15:23 – My protestant friend believes that sexual relations make 2 people one flesh and equal spiritual ties. What is the Church’s role in annulment and divorces?
22:15 – I’m a convert. How do I address the lady on Rev 12 and my protestant friend who claim she is Israel?
31:48 – Does the Church teach we can be perfectly sinless on this side of heaven?
37:44 – How do we reconcile God being all good if he created the devil knowing he would end up evil or Adam and Eve falling?
45:08 – How does the Church know which saints have bodies in Revelation?
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