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!
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<p>Is it possible for a pope to change or override the declarations of an ecumenical council? We explore the limits of papal authority, how councils and popes interact, and what Catholic tradition teaches about continuity and development in Church doctrine.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered: </strong></p>
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<li>03:37 – If the pope wanted to, could he modify the declaration of an ecumenical council?</li>
<li>11:23 – Did any early Jewish denomination accept the Deuterocanon?</li>
<li>15:06 – Why did God make us how he did? Why did he give us eyes, arms, etc.?</li>
<li>19:13 – Does the Church consider mortal sin to be objective or does it depend on the perspective of the individual?</li>
<li>28:46 – Where do popes get their names from?</li>
<li>38:14 – Why did God create hell?</li>
<li>44:33 – Why is it important to learn Church History?</li>
<li>47:13 – Is it sinful to lack a relationship with God and to lack knowledge of God?</li>
<li>50:49 – My friends found out that the priest who baptized them killed someone and they were informed by the diocese that their baptism was invalid. How is this possible?</li>
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<p><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Both </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Thomism </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Calvinism </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">talk </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">about </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">predestination—</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">but </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">they </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">mean </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">very </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">different </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">things. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">We </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">break </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">down </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Catholic (</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Thomistic) </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">view </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">vs. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Calvinist </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">model, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">focusing </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">on </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">grace, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">free </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">will, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">God’s </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">sovereignty </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">in </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">salvation.</span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">05:17 – How can I rectify the evil caused by free will and the love of God?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">22:42 – How did Protestants come up with the concept of the Rapture? How can I combat this?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">32:52 – Can you explain the difference between Thomistic predestination and the Calvinist view? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW258564653 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258564653 BCX0">50:07 – Why does the Bible use the translation </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258564653 BCX0">“the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW258564653 BCX0"> Jews” instead of “Jewish Authority”?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW258564653 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Many </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">ask </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">where </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Bible </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">clearly </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">teaches </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Jesus’ </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">divinity. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">We </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">walk </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">through </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">strongest </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">scriptural </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">arguments </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">that </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">show </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Christ </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">isn’t </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">just </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">prophet </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">or </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">teacher—</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">but </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">truly </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">God </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">incarnate.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered: </strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">07:17 – <span class="TextRun SCXW208967504 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW208967504 BCX0">Can the new pope make changes to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW208967504 BCX0">Dignitatis Humanae</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW208967504 BCX0">?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW208967504 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">13:09 – Why do we put value on the Pope Leo XIII instead of the original Pope Leo?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">18:27 – What are some arguments to prove Jesus is God?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">28:45 -Can I still experience the effects of a sin even after confession? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">34:52 – Why don’t Catholics put more attention to Divine Mercy Sunday?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">39:41 – CCC 1371 states those who die in Christ are not yet wholly purified. Does this conflict with the Bible? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">43:17 – Do you need to confess that you are divorced even if you don’t get remarried?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">46:33 – To what degree must we listen to the pope if the conclave can be corrupt? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">52:11 – If I witness someone who I know is in Mortal Sin receive communion, am I complicit?</span></li>
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<p><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">If </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">God </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">isn’t </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">bound </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">to </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">any </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">denomination, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">why </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">should </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">anyone </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">be </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Catholic? </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">We </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">unpack </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">meaning </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">behind </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">this </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">popular </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">objection </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">explain </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">how </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Catholic </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Church </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">sees </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">itself </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">as </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">fullness </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">of </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">faith </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Christ </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">established—</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">not </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">limit </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">on </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">God’s </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">grace.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Questions covered:</strong></p>
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<li>05:56 – What was Jesus doing when he descended into hell?</li>
<li>15:11 – Why are you Catholic if God is not Catholic?</li>
<li>47:01 – I don’t believe that Catholicism is biblical? CCC 1321 says the opposite of 1 Jn 1:9, 5:13, And Hebrews 10:14</li>
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<p><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">With </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">election </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">of </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Pope </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Leo </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">XIV, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">many </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">are </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">asking </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">where </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">he </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">stands. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Is </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">he </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">liberal, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">conservative, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">or </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">something </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">else </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">entirely? </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">We </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">explore </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">his </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">early </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">actions, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">public </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">tone, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">what </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">that </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">might </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">mean </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">for </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">future </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">of </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Church.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Questions covered:</strong></p>
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<li>07:54 – Is Pope Leo XIV liberal or conservative?</li>
<li>13:58 – I don’t find joining organized religion. I find that it corrupts morality.</li>
<li>19:48 – I’m Protestant. Who do you worship? The Pope or Jesus? My daughter left religion because she was told that she was not allowed to receive communion in the Catholic Church after they discovered we were Anglican.</li>
<li>36:06 – What’s the basis for purgatory?</li>
<li>46:50 – What is the apostleship argument and why is it used against the doctrine of Apostolic Succession?</li>
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