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:
05:42 – How is it that we can’t keep cremated remains on the mantle but we can keep relics of saints?
13:10 – Do most Catholics believe that most people go to hell or most people go to purgatory?
19:00 – After purification in purgatory, do you think we’d even have the ability to think the same kind of thoughts we have here on Earth?
22:18 – In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, is the Rich man in purgatory or hell?
37:02 – Can the souls in purgatory pray for themselves?
41:54 – What do people do in Heaven? Also, what is this whole new heaven and new earth thing all about?
46:45 – Did Vatican II change the Catholic understanding of baptismal ecclesiology? My pre-conciliar catechism says we are born as soldiers of Christ, and priests are the officers. I like that. But now it feels like priests and laity are more like colleagues.
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Questions Covered:
12:46 – In Purgatory, are human memories saved in the soul or in the body?
19:16 – I’m Protestant and it seems to me that scripture indicates that upon death one immediately either goes to Heaven or Hell. Is that not the Catholic view?
30:32 – How did people come up with the idea of Universalism when it seems clear in scripture that people will be lost?
39:52 – I want to pray for people in purgatory, but there’s so many people I know who have died, some from long ago. How do I know who I should be praying for, or if that person is even still in purgatory?
43:53 – My Protestant friend thinks purgatory is very legalistic or transactional, in that mortal sins send you to hell but venial sins only to purgatory. How can I answer him?
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Questions Covered:
00:45 – Is in Persona Christi limited to the priest celebrating the mass or does it extend to the magisterium?
10:04 – Is there a possible connection between “calling no man father” and people in the New Testament being baptized and assigning their spirituality on those who baptized them?
17:04 – At what point is a marriage considered sacramental outside the Catholic Church?
22:33 – Why should I become Catholic if my western rite Orthodoxy is so similar without the baggage?
46:12 – My father is not a Catholic and is battling cancer. I’ve been offering holy communion for him. Is that allowed? What does the Church say about cremation?
49:59 – Should we respond with ‘because God said so’ when approaching social issues in apologetic debates?
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Questions Covered:
05:41 – Is there any problem for a Catholic to believe in Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
21:50 – Why was Jesus baptized?
34:22 – My Baptist cousin is in seminary. What good resources could I use to challenge him without being confrontational?
42:22 – You’ve mentioned that you are a fan of the synodal process. Can you express why and what the process is?
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Questions Covered:
03:02 – How is God being good in the story of the tower of Babel?
08:02 – What is the logic behind Mary’s sinlessness allowing her to freely consent to the incarnation?
18:03 – Is it alright for churches to have concerts in the actual church building?
21:49 – How can perfect contrition be mastered so that it can be had at will?
29:22 – How does full consent of the will and being culturally acceptable of a sin work together when considering something to be a mortal sin?
35:01 – What is the Church’s position on separation of church and state?
40:43 – How do we know Christian view of creation is correct?
45:36 – What is the case for the early Church being the Catholic Church?
48:40 – God asks things of all of us, why aren’t we in the same situation as Mary was?
50:33 – I live around a lot of 7th Day Adventists, and they say that you can be SDA and not have anything to do with Ellen White. How should I respond to this?
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