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:
07:10 – Is it okay as a Catholic to read an Orthodox bible?
13:33 – How do we know the relic of the true cross and crown of thrones are authentic?
21:13 – How does one start an apologetics conversation?
28:38 – Does a priest have to be in a state of grace to administer the sacraments?
37:01 – How do I respond to Protestants who claim that it’s more Christian to live like a Jew?
48:15 – What does Matthew 10:34 mean when it says that Jesus will be the cause of division. And can you clarify what John means in Mt 11:11 when he says there are others greater than him in the kingdom of heaven?
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Questions Covered:
01:31 – Mt 17 when Peter catches the fish with the coin in its mouth, Is there significance to Jesus only paying the temple tax?
08:06 – I received a prayer from a priest that seems like it’s saying that we’re justified by works. Can you clarify?
15:36 Does hell have infinite suffering?
22:12 – My daughter was baptized along with another girl. During the baptism the priest switched the names. Should I be worried?
28:29 – Why did Vatican 1 prematurely end? Did any pope ever officially close it?
32:22 – How can 1 Cor 11:29 be used to show that the Eucharist is efficacious?
40:15 – Are we supposed to understand the resurrection of the dead?
43:30 – How do I respond to the people who make a big deal about female lectors and servers?
48:26 – In what sense is John the prophet Elijah?
50:30 – When Pope John Paul 2 gave the Luminous mystery the structure of the rosary novena changed. What’s the official change on the rosary novena?
52:24 – What is the significance of the Assumption of Mary?
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Questions Covered:
03:59 – What role does infallibility play in understanding the biblical canon?
14:38 – Have there been any kind of clothing that people can wear as married people apart from the wedding ring? Something equivalent to a monk wearing a habit?
16:54 – Is it good to learn Latin for God?
19:53 – Does cleansing of a passion in purgatory need a body for purification to happen?
24:43 – If both Mary and Jesus are present physically in heaven, does that mean that heaven is material?
32:34 – What is the Church’s view of 3-4 Maccabees?
35:57 – Did the Corinthians believe Paul about the 500 witnesses?
46:23 – What book do you recommend about the Eucharist? When was the first Mass celebrated?
49:44 – Why is praying to angels not idolatry?
52:54 – What prompted the idea that animals don’t have immortal souls?
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Questions Covered:
06:46 – When the Divine Worship Missal was revised, why wasn’t the Rite to Mass Options included?
14:06 – Could a confession not be forgiven even if a priest absolves you, if you are not repentant?
28:48 – How does the Ordinariate handle annulments, evangelization, etc.?
32:15 – How are eastern Catholics in communion with Rome if they still honor certain saints who opposed Catholicism?
41:55 – Why don’t Catholics need an altar call?
46:03 – Would you agree with the statement that the reason many protestant ministers who convert don’t become priests is because bishops are still suspicious of them?
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Questions Covered:
40:57 – Do you think the American press does not report about the persecution because they’re happy about it?
45:47 – What if our US bishops said we should pray and fast for the African Church?
50:14 – I want to thank Matt, he was what got me started on thinking about the Church.
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