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
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<p>Why did the Pharisees and Sadducees fiercely disagree about the resurrection, and why is the resurrection so central to Catholic belief? In this episode of <em data-start="309" data-end="332" data-is-only-node="">Catholic Answers Live</em>, Catholic Answers apologists explain the theological importance of bodily resurrection before tackling questions about the Protestant and Jewish biblical canons, including why Maccabees is missing despite its connection to Hanukkah. The discussion also explores common misunderstandings about Catholic teaching on salvation, including accusations of “works-based salvation,” how justification can grow even while Christians still commit venial sins, and the connection between the Bread of Life discourse and Christ’s Passion. The episode concludes with pastoral advice for someone in OCIA facing family conflict about becoming Catholic and attending Mass.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">04:22 – Why was there a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees on resurrection, and why is it so central to Catholic teaching?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">11:14 – Is the protestant bible based off of the Jewish translation of the bible? Why doesn’t the Jewish bible have Maccabees, since those books contain the origin of Hanukkah?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">20:10 – How would we respond to someone who pushes back when we say don’t believe in a works-based salvation? They say that we would claim someone loses their salvation if they miss Mass.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">30:20 – How do we reconcile a justification that progresses and still commit venial sin?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">37:01 – How close in time was the bread of life discourse to the Passion of Christ?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">51:30 – I’m in OCIA and my husband doesn’t agree with my decision. If I were to become Catholic and I can’t make it to mass because of issues at home, will I be in mortal sin?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p>“How is the Eucharist not cannibalism?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of the Eucharist, addressing misconceptions while also touching on the movement of the Holy Spirit in communities, the need for an infallible interpreter of scripture, and the concept of mortal sin in Catholic teaching.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>04:24 – How is the Eucharist not cannibalism?</li>
<li>15:30 – I think the Pentecostal belief in the real movement of the Holy Spirit within the community was pretty convincing. What is the best response to this?</li>
<li>22:31 – How do I answer the following: The Catholic argument that we need an infallible interpreter for scripture would not work because then you would need an infallible interpreter of the infallible interpreter and so on.</li>
<li>37:08 – For Catholics almost anything can be a mortal sin but for Jesus there is one mortal sin.</li>
<li>43:00 – What was lacking in Jesus that made the Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah in the early church?</li>
<li>52:15 – How do we interpret the magisterium? How do we know when we are interpreting the magisterium correctly?</li>
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<p>“How do we know Mary is a perpetual virgin?” This question leads to a discussion on the implications of Luke 1:34 and the differing views between Catholics and Protestants. Other topics include whether Jesus fulfilled all Mosaic sacrificial offerings and the nature of baptism, specifically if it refers to the baptism of the Holy Spirit rather than water.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>06:40 – In support of the belief that Mary was a Perpetual virgin, Catholics appeal to Luke 1:34 where Mary asks Gabriel how she’s going to conceive a child since she doesn’t “know man,” the implication being she hasn’t had sexual relations with Joseph. But some Protestants counter that Mary asked this because she wasn’t yet married to Joseph. How do we respond?</li>
<li>13:29 – Regarding Jesus’ sacrifice, did he fulfill all Mosaic sacrificial offerings? Or just specific offerings?</li>
<li>21:19 – Is baptism actually the baptism of the holy spirit, not that of water, and is the evidence speaking in tongues?</li>
<li>29:49 – Were Mary and Joseph actually married but just hadn’t consummated it?</li>
<li>41:35 – Mark 9:38-41 is the best argument for Protestantism.</li>
<li>51:15 – What is the connection between the coronation and the bodily assumption?</li>
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<p>Did Vatican II introduce harmful changes to the Catholic Church, and does Catholic theology go too far in defining mysteries like the Eucharist? In this episode of <em data-start="301" data-end="324" data-is-only-node="">Catholic Answers Live</em>, Catholic Answers apologists respond to major Orthodox objections to Catholicism, covering theology, Church history, and doctrine. The discussion examines Catholic teaching on remarriage and original sin, the necessity of the Immaculate Conception, and the Christological differences between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. Additional topics include whether transubstantiation “overdefines” the Eucharist, why Orthodox and Catholic biblical canons differ, and whether Catholic theology lacks the Orthodox essence–energies distinction. A thoughtful and charitable look at some of the deepest divisions between East and West.</p>
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<p><strong>Objections Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">02:12 – Vatican II introduced harmful theological and liturgical changes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">05:51 – Catholic teaching on remarriage is too rigid.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">13:36 – Catholic original sin wrongly teaches inherited guilt.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">17:14 – The Immaculate Conception is unnecessary and unfounded.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">28:52 – What does one say about the Christological differences between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Catholic. They claim they hold to the early definitions of Ephesus that we have abandoned.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">36:14 – Transubstantiation overdefines the Eucharistic mystery.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">39:57 – Why do Orthodox Churches differ with us on the canon of Scriptura?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">47:57 – Catholicism lacks the essence–energies distinction.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p>Are papal supremacy and papal infallibility later inventions unknown to the early Church? In this episode of <em data-start="213" data-end="236" data-is-only-node="">Catholic Answers Live</em>, Catholic Answers apologists respond to some of the most common Orthodox objections to Catholicism. Topics include whether the papacy is biblical, if the Filioque was an illegitimate change to the Nicene Creed, and whether mandatory clerical celibacy reflects apostolic Christianity. The discussion also examines claims that purgatory and indulgences are Western corruptions, whether doctrinal development preserves or distorts the faith, and if Rome’s actions caused the East–West Schism. Finally, the episode addresses whether Vatican I contradicts the structure and authority of the early Church. A deep and charitable exploration of the major theological divisions between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.</p>
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<p><strong>Objections Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">02:34 – Papal supremacy is unbiblical and unknown in the early Church.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">12:00 – Papal infallibility is a late doctrinal invention. Papal authority undermines conciliar Church governance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">18:45 – The Filioque is both unauthorized and theologically incorrect. Rome illegitimately altered the Nicene Creed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">24:20 – Mandatory clerical celibacy is non-apostolic.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">30:33 – Purgatory is a Western innovation without early consensus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">36:37 – Doctrinal development is corruption, not preservation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">42:07 – Indulgences distort repentance and were historically abused.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">45:40 – The East–West Schism was caused by Rome’s overreach.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">49:42 – Vatican I contradicts the structure of the early Church.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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