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:
05:25 – How can we reconcile with the prophets who said the Messiah was going to be named Emmanuel but ended up being named Jesus?
09:09 – What’s your opinion on the charismatic movement in the Church?
16:52 – How is it possible for Orthodox Christians to recognize some of our popes as saints and yet reject the papacy?
24:14 – If Jesus is God, how could Jesus lead us to God?
29:20 – Why don’t we see more books on apologetics defending Vatican 2?
33:25 – In Matthew Jesus says to pick up your cross and follow him. He said this before his crucifixion. What did it mean to the people then?
35:33 – In the Gospel it says that John the Baptist was the greatest man born of woman but the least in the kingdom of God. What is the proper interpretation of this? Is he greater than Mary?
39:15 – I wanted to say thank you! Catholic Answers was what got me interested in Catholicism!
45:01 – Is restitution necessary for forgiveness when going to confession?
46:42 – My husband heard claims from Mother Teresa and her ministry made people sicker through lack of medicine and accusations of fraud. Did the Church make a mistake in canonizing her?
53:15 – Is general absolution valid?
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Questions Covered:
06:44 – How would you respond to the claim that some people cannot receive grace from liturgy due to the abuse done by some priests?
17:29 – Do Catholics believe in irresistible grace? https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/gods-resistible-grace
23:15 – Why do we have many translations of the Catholic bible?
29:25 – How do we reconcile Gen. 49:5-7 and Judith 9?
33:05 – Since the deposit of faith include liturgical traditions, can the pope infallibly declare things that are not written or oral traditions?
42:30 – Why do Catholic bibles have more than protestant bibles?
47:00 – Would you consider Taoism a religion searching for God?
52:36 – How is it just for someone who dies old to have a lifetime for conversion but someone who dies young doesn’t?
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Questions Covered:
05:25 – How did Judas die?
12:03 – Paul recommends not being married but Genesis says that it’s not good for man to be alone. How do we reconcile this?
18:43 – Why did Jesus come when he came?
23:50 – Did the pope change Church teaching on the death penalty or did he just share his opinion?
32:22 – I attend a monthly service with holy oil. The priest tells after those services that we don’t need to go to confession because of the service. What are your thoughts on that?
36:48 – Are we supposed to raise our hands up during the Our Father?
44:18 – If God wanted all things perfect, why did He create the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
49:23 – Do You know where I could find homilies written by saints?
52:50 – Is it true that women can be priests in the Church now?
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Questions Covered:
07:08 – How do we respond to: If Mary was sinless why would she die?
13:15 – What are the Nephilim?
20:15 – Does prayer affect the will of God in our life?
28:41 – My protestant boss is going on a mission, and I want to write a bible verse on his card. What would be a good verse to write in as a Catholic?
33:47 – How do we know Jesus was here for all of us and not just Jews since He is the Jewish Messiah?
38:11 – What’s the earliest account that we have on the sacrament of reconciliation?
44:01 – How are we to understand the idea that schism is wrong, but Jesus and the apostles were in schism with Judaism?
50:37 – My Catholic friend has started talking to a medium and has been supposedly receiving messages from his father. I told him to talk to a priest and the priest told him it was ok. How do I respond?
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