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:
06:47 – How often should I go to confession? I go back and forth between being agnostic and Catholic.
17:11 – Can we as Catholics deny the existence of resistant non-believers?
23:42 – How many times has papal infallibility been invoked?
33:31 – Is it ok for me to just keep the eucharist in my mouth until it dissolves. I’m having jaw surgery and I place it in my mouth and pray for healing till it dissolves.
41:10 – Will Protestants be saved?
48:05 – Why are we not bound to worship on Saturday like the 10 Commandments?
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Questions Covered:
01:04 – Can you clarify why Jesus could not have sinned if he could act as both God and man?
05:49 – Will we miss people when we’re in heaven? Would it be irresponsible to have children even if there is a slight chance they’ll go to hell?
12:49 – Did Mary have other children?
16:00 – Do donations to your parish only count as tithing or does donating to other charitable organizations count too?
18:44 – What’s Joe’s favorite mystery of the rosary?
21:46 – Do you think we are in the end times? I’m Catholic but I feel like I’ve been born again. All the rules of the Church seem like they are not something Jesus created.
38:53 – Dual nature of Jesus. What would Jesus have known about his death?
46:15 – Are man and woman acting as priests in the sacrament of marriage? If a priest’s holiness doesn’t matter when acting in his ministry, would something similar apply to a married couple?
52:07 – Is there a contradiction between CCC 751 and 779?
53:46 – Were head coverings for women common in the early Church? If so, when did it end?
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Questions Covered:
04:24 – My protestant friend claims that priestly forgiveness of sins doesn’t have its roots in the apostles. What’s the response?
11:31 – Why can’t we eat meat on Fridays during lent?
13:46 – Where did the Church come up with the teaching on the Eucharist?
19:15 – How would you respond to a critique of the Eucharist? And how he says he is a door, branch and bread all figuratively?
31:13 – Why can’t we eat food in Mass?
34:33 – How were the sacrifices in the temple not sufficient?
40:18 – On Natural law theory. How do you respond to objections to it as an ethical basis for moral logic?
48:28 – To what degree am I obligated to defend the Church’s teaching to friends?
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Questions Covered:
06:55 – What is the difference between the Melkite and Roman Catholic Church?
11:06 – If Jesus did have blood brothers and sisters, how would that be inconsistent with the rest of the Bible?
19:45 – What obligation do the rich have to the poor? To what extent are people allowed to have things beyond what they need?
28:39 – Does the Catholic Church believe in apparitions? Can apparitions and ghosts be visible to all people? Can they be a human spirit?
35:42 – Can a person be married in the Catholic Church without a marriage license?
37:33 – Are angels made in the image of God? If so, how can I then answer why God made humans?
43:41 – What are the origins of annulments in the Catholic Church? Why are they valid?
49:44 – Is it the actual blood of Christ or the act of the passion that was redeemed?
52:32 – What’s the teaching on Catholics owning a Jewish Tallit? Are Catholics allowed to wear them?
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Questions Covered:
6:30 – What is the Catholic view of the rapture and how can I respond to a Protestant who says it’s the only correct view of the end times?
13:34 – How can I defend Catholicism against Orthodoxy? Specifically, I thought they couldn’t hold councils, but I heard they have.
18:29 – Why does the Church excommunicate people for abortion but not for killing a born person?
24:19 – How would you respond to a person who says that Catholics are equally as divided as Protestants, citing groups like the SSPX?
35:29 – I’ve been told that Catholics shouldn’t play role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Is that true? If not, how should I answer?
46:22 – How can I better explain the Trinity to a Muslim? Specifically, how did all the persons exist before creation and the incarnation?
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