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:
04:05 – Why are Mt 17:21, Mk 9:29 missing from our current bibles? They were in the Douay–Rheims bible.
15:47 – What does it mean for all graces to flow through Mary?
29:15 – I’m a lapsed Catholic and looking to return. I’m divorced, remarried, and want to receive the sacraments. Am I living in sin?
38:03 – How can I help bring a Sedevacantist to the Church?
50:15 – Is Melchizedek a Christophany? Is there a difference between “the angel of the Lord” and “An angel of the Lord?”
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Questions Covered:
07:08 – What is the significance of St. Clement’s letter being written in the 60s rather than the 90s AD?
15:00 – Why would God allow Protestants to have the wrong canon of scripture?
23:32 – Were the gospels written to make the roman empire look good and make the Jews look bad?
34:25 – Did Jesus descend to hell (hellfire) after he died? If demons are tormented in hell, who is tormenting them?
34:25 – How do you reconcile evolution with the creation account?
52:46 – I’m becoming Catholic this Easter. Where can I go to better understand the Reformation?
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Questions Covered:
13:31 – Where do we see this apostolic and papal succession in the bible?
20:02 – When is the pope infallible?
28:30 – The Papacy was invented in the Middle Ages. Peter was not the pope. I will not go along with the papacy.
36:35 – When Jesus says that he’s praying for Peter, Is this giving him some authority?
43:46 – Regarding unbroken succession. How do we make sense of the Avignon papacy?
49:29 – How should I reconcile the current pope’s opinions and involvement on the environment issue and the science that opposes his view? Should I just keep my mouth shut? What’s the code of conduct?
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Questions Covered:
02:23 – Would the best possible world contain actual concrete infinince?
06:22 – Can the human soul possess and animate an object like the video game Five Nights at Freddy?
15:56 – Why do protestants say we re-crucify Jesus at the Mass?
20:59 – If the devil knew that God was all powerful, why did he rebel against him?
24:09 – I offend my brother no matter what I do. I don’t love him. When will I come to love him?
29:37 – You don’t need baptism to go to Heaven. If you believe Jesus is the Son of God who died and rose again and you repent…that is your salvation.
31:51 – Why do we need priests if Jesus was the final mediator?
35:57 – Why do you call yourselves apologists? It sounds like you’re apologizing for the faith.
41:20 – How did they come up with the numbering chapter and verse in the bible?
48:35 – How does the Jewish view of heaven compare to the Catholic view?
53:07 – How will time be experienced after we die?
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Questions Covered:
01:31 – Is there anything in the Didache that protestants or Catholics would have a problem with?
04:51 – I’m Southern Baptist. What was the reason for Martin Luther removing the seven books from the Old Testament?
16:01 – My parish doesn’t do the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday. Are we missing out on an important part of the liturgy?
19:14 – What book would you recommend for a new convert to help explain to a protestant family?
21:52 – Can you explain the history behind the teaching on usury?
28:51 – If Jesus, the Father and Holy Spirit are equal then why does Jesus have to sit at the right hand and have to intercede for us?
31:46 – If someone becomes Catholic then becomes Orthodox, can they still be saved, or did they just commit heresy?
36:19 – Is it wrong to work for a company that is making something morally compromised? Would I be morally obliged to resign?
44:08 – Regarding Simeon’s predictions to Mary, why do we take some of those as metaphorical and others not?
50:40 – Are Catholics allowed to attend civil weddings that involve two Catholics?
53:04 – Did any of the apostles have any wives or children before following Jesus?
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