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:
07:40 – Were the books written in the Catholic bible with women’s names, were they written by women?
11:56 – Can the unforgivable sin be committed in thought and can a person lose the Holy Spirit?
14:36 – When praying the Divine Mercy I have a hard time praying for really bad sinners. What’s your advice?
20:39 – What is the difference between a holy day of obligation and a solemnity?
22:41 – What are the different levels of hell and why? Thank you.
30:21 – The Council of Jerusalem of 1672 was accepted by the Eastern Orthodox. The common Catholic claim against Orthodoxy is that they haven’t had an ecumenical council. How do we reconcile these two facts?
33:27 – What’s the official teaching regarding organ transplants? Will i have a connection in heaven to my organ donor?
40:42 -How do you respond to the claim that you don’t need a Church for Salvation?
47:01 – Was William Tindale killed by Catholics for translating the bible into English?
51:40 – Is it okay for Catholics to go up during communion to receive a blessing? Fiducia Supplicans seems to indicate that it is not the proper time for it.
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Questions Covered:
46:09 – Were any of these women in the 19th/20th century worried about the word man used in scripture and their role as religious?
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Questions Covered:
06:21 – I’m a United Methodist minister. What more resources do you recommend in my exploration of Catholicism?
20:01 – Surely God hears the prayers and offers signs to people outside of Christianity. How do we make sense of these signs that might offer people in their faith outside of Christ?
31:01 – What do Catholics believe in what’s going to get them into heaven? I’m Catholic, but some say it’s good works; but I keep saying it’s through Jesus Christ
37:11 – My Catholic cousin is not going to get married in a church. Can I attend?
45:37 – I’m reading a book that claims that the Catholic doctrine of atonement has changed since Trent to Vatican II. Is this true?
51:43 – You mention a lot the appeal to natural law. Why should we live according to our nature?
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Questions Covered:
16:57 – Is Pope Damasus decree on the canon a forgery?
19:14 – What is the Catholic opinion on protestant ministers being called to ministry?
34:34 – CCC 2372 says the government has a right to intervene in marriage. What does this mean?
47:51 – Did any of the doctors of the Church talk about the rapture?
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Questions Covered:
02:25 – What’s the order of the hierarchy, pope, cardinal, bishop etc.?
08:35 – How would oral or mechanical stimulation be morally ethical in leading up to the conjugal act?
17:55 – In what circumstance does suicide become a venial sin and not a mortal sin?
22:49 – What does it take to be an apologist?
31:12 – When did cremation become okay in the Church?
40:30 – When is superstition wrong?
46:04 – What’s the difference between modern Roman Catholicism and early Roman Catholicism?
52:27 – How can we defend the idea that the Early Church fathers were Catholic bishops?
Resources Mentioned:
Fr. Hugh Barbour, “Sex After Marriage,” CAL episode from 4/23/2018
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