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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
06:15 – How do we know that the early Church didn’t arrange the NT in order to establish an organization for self-interests?
16:35 – Is forgiveness from sins only through a priest?
23:40 – How do you respond to this logic: Jesus says all who receive in body have eternal life, not everyone who receives communion has eternal life, therefore not everyone who receives the host is receiving Jesus body?
34:37 – What does it mean to make a general confession? How does one go about doing one?
41:25 – I think the title of Co-Redemptrix can lead people away. What are our thoughts on this title?
47:00 – How can I have people take me seriously and be heard in the Church?
…
Questions Covered:
34:28 – It sounds like you guys are doing damage control for the Synod.
…
Questions Covered:
20:27 – Where do annulments come into play when children are involved?
23:39 – My diocese requires a civil divorce before obtaining an annulment. What are your thoughts on this?
30:01 – Isn’t it true that if a person wasn’t married in a Church to a non-Catholic without a dispensation, it would make the marriage invalid?
34:02 – You’re right in saying that therapists will tell a couple to abstain to get in touch with the emotional component.
40:09 – How do I get my intimacy back with my husband now that we entered the brother and sister phase?
43:39 – I want to share my reason why I remained celibate.
46:29 – Wouldn’t it be more prudent to file for an annulment before a divorce in case the annulment is rejected?
50:59 – Some dioceses may reject an annulment while another will. Keep on trying!
…
Questions Covered:
04:25 – What did Jesus mean when he called himself the Son of Man?
12:11 – What’s the best way to evangelize an 18-year-old?
16:33 – I tend to see recurring numbers that sometimes bother me. Should I as a Catholic not read into this?
28:41 – Can we assume that a person is in heaven if they receive an emergency baptism and die immediately afterwards?
35:00 – I’m considering getting a job at a coffee shop. Could I take the job if they don’t specify what charities they support?
40:47 – Is it okay to replace fasting with something else if you’re recovering from an eating disorder?
44:49 – How do I know when to take a sign from God seriously and how to discern what is and is not a sign?
49:34 – Did Christ’ deity die on the cross?
…
Questions Covered:
05:14 – Where did all the sects of Judaism come from in the time of Jesus and where did they get their authority?
10:37 – Intercessory pray and redemptive suffering How was St. Therese of Lisieux able to intercede for a person who was put to death and sway him if God cannot affect his free will?
16:51 – When did praying to Mary become a thing in Catholicism?
23:27 – How do I respond to the claim that if 2 popes contradict each other in ex cathedra statements, we are challenging divinely inspired teaching? In other words, do we do what we accuse protestants of doing?
31:40 – Why is it that the apocrypha aren’t accepted by the Jews, and why then do we accept them?
36:48 – I’m Methodist and my church just split because of female clergy. What does the Catholic Church say about female clergy?
44:12 – How should we treat the LGBT community?
50:03 – Is it better to pray in a church or in a chapel with the eucharist exposed?
…
