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
Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia.
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Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia.
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Questions Covered:
02:24 – How can the Saints handle the quantity of prayers based on Daniel 10:10-14?
10:35 – Is it proper to go to confession for not being able to kneel at the appropriate times at Mass?
13:00 – Is scattering of ashes after cremation allowable?
15:32 – Has Vatican II been interpreted in a strict neo-scholastic way?
19:49 – If there is no wine at Mass can there be a Consecration?
22:25 – Did Paul ordain Linus instead of Peter?
28:59 – Why do Catholic people confess their sins to priests?
32:54 – How can a person who has never heard of Jesus get to heaven?
40:20 – How is it okay for Saint relics to be scattered all over the world?
45:05 – Can you clarify why we have one chalice that we share instead of individual cups?
50:58 – How do we call out our brothers and sisters at Mass for inappropriate behavior?
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Questions Covered:
06:47 – Who is the man of lawlessness in the book of 2 Thessalonian?
11:46 – How does purgatory relate to Abraham’s bosom?
20:10 – Is gossiping a mortal sin?
28:58 – Can we receive the Sacrament of Confession over the phone or online?
33:10 – Why is the character Julius in the Bible not a canonized Saint?
36:55 – Is there typology for the Eucharist?
46:34 – How can I know this church holds the truth when others also claim the truth?
Resources Mentioned:
https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2020/04/30/confession-over-phone/
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Questions Covered:
01:36 – Is there any inherent logic for St. Paul putting so much emphasis on the cross?
05:48 – Why is Paul in the bible if he never met Jesus?
09:52 – If a person is abused (physically or mentally) in the church and decides to leave, have they committed heresy?
15:05 – If I eat and then go to mass, can I still receive communion even If I didn’t plan on going to mass originally?
20:55 – Was the story of Jesus just co-opted from the story of Romulus?
24:11 – Why would my college professor claim that purgatory was invented in the 11th century? How do I respond to that argument?
28:29 – Why don’t Messianic Jews align with the Catholic faith?
35:45 – What is the Holy Spirit?
41:41 – How did you come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church compiled the bible?
45:12 – Are we required to believe in indulgences?
47:49 – My fundamentalist friend says that infant baptism is invalid because it does not have apparent fruits. What’s the rebuttal?
49:49 – How do we talk to protestants about deification of Mary?
51:41 – What is the infinite nature of God?
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