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:
02:19 – Do we understand the 2 natures of Jesus the same as the Oriental Orthodox?
15:38 – Considering that suicide is a mortal sin, how come we can’t say that they automatically go to hell?
23:50 – Were dinosaurs alive when Adam and Eve were created?
28:25 – How are things outside of ecumenical councils infallible such as canon law?
42:47 – How do you keep your mind from wanting to leave the Church, especially for those who are on the spectrum?
49:45 – How do I defend the Immaculate conception if a protestant says that Luke 1:28 doesn’t translate to “hail full of grace?”
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Questions Covered:
04:11 – If you apply CS Lewis’ Lord, Lunatic, or Liar options to Mohammed, what would you choose? Prophet, Lunatic or Liar?
07:02 – Do near death experiences detract from the reality of purgatory?
15:06 – What is the earliest record of the Eucharist celebrated after the last supper?
19:41 – Where in the bible do we see purgatory? Do Jesus’ words to the good thief disprove purgatory?
28:23 – I’ve heard it said that the road to Emmaus account is the first Eucharist. What are your thoughts on this?
32:06 – Why is liberation theology a problem?
35:19 – Did Judas go to heaven or hell?
40:14 – Why does John never name the mother of Jesus?
44:53 – Why do we call Mary the blessed Mother if that’s what we call people in the process of being saints?
47:32 – Why doesn’t God speak to all of us clearly like he did to David? How do we discern what God is telling us?
51:52 – How can we help people in purgatory?
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Questions Covered:
02:21 – How do you know when you’re being forgiven if you don’t feel peace after confession?
10:10 – Why do we not use the name Jehovah?
12:34 – My friend said that during the early Church there were other Christians apart from Catholics? Is this true?
15:44 – If a tabernacle is God’s dwelling place and Jesus is no longer in Mary’s tabernacle, can we still call her God Tabernacle? How can Mary hear everyone’s prayers and not be equal to God?
22:53 – I’m Protestant. If you miss Mass to go to a Cowboy game and die on the way to the game, is your soul damned just because you were going to the game?
36:36 – Can you give a good answer to the accusation that we worship Mary and statues?
42:55 – I visited a Pentecostal church and was told that I need to be rebaptized in the name of Jesus. How do I respond?
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Questions Covered:
05:59 – How do we refute double predestination?
14:42 – What’s the response to the objections that consecrate virgins would make Christ a polygamist since they are his brides?
23:06 – My protestant friend claimed that the Catholic Church was founded in the 5th century by Pope Gregory the Great. What’s the response?
31:00 – Is the antichrist going to claim that he is the rightful Messiah?
35:55 – My brother says that the Eucharist is not the real presence. Can you clarify this teaching?
44:41 – I’m protestant. Can purgatory be lessened with words being spoken during last rites?
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Questions Covered:
02:02 – How do I defend the deuterocanonical books?
05:42 – I’m a convert and my husband is atheist. His main question: If God is good then how did he create suffering?
16:19 – If a man has a vasectomy and later repents and goes to confession. Are he and his wife required to abstain from relations indefinitely?
20:26 – If a priest blesses a cloud, will it rain holy water?
22:04 – Regarding the prophecy of Illumination of conscience at Garabandal. If it comes to pass, will the sins we confessed be washed away from our knowledge?
29:22 – What’s the difference between the deuterocanonical and the apocrypha, and how do we defend it?
32:20 – Was the Creed the only document that came out of the Nicene council?
36:12 – Is it immoral to eat more intelligent animals like dolphins and octopus?
37:57 – Is there a reason other than a mortal sin to go to confession?
41:36 – I’m a fertility care practitioner. I always advise couples who had vasectomies to not have relations during the woman’s fertile days. Is this morally acceptable to do?
47:59 – How does one receive communion in the Church if one is divorced but was never married in the Church?
51:48 – Could you help clarify CCC 1650?
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