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:
06:12 – How do I understand Mary from a Catholic perspective compared to an American Baptist?
13:20 – Why did God make poison ivy?
18:55 – What was Jesus’s vocation if he was high priest, carpenter ect? How does that compare to our understanding of our personal vocation?
29:09 – How do I respond to a protestant who holds Martin Luther in high regards in Christianity?
36:03 – When St. Paul was traveling around the world, did he do anything that today would be considered Catholic practices?
42:30 – Why are there so few canonized Latin American saints compared to European saints?
52:00 – Is there a difference between getting baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit verses in the name of Jesus?
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Questions Covered:
03:58 – How do we know that the early Church was the Catholic Church?
11:46 – How did God create everything out of nothing?
16:30 – What are your thoughts on God as a mother? Is this concept even possible?
22:55 – How can I guide my Lutheran friend to become Catholic?
29:15 – How does God pick the 144,000 to have the seal mentioned in Revelation?
35:35 – Catholics use Acts 2 as a proof for apostolic succession but never use the qualifiers mentioned in chapter 1. How do Catholics reconcile apostolic succession if those qualifiers are no longer possible?
40:29 – How can Catholics believe in purgatory?
45:30 – Is there biblical evidence that would support the idea that a marriage would be invalid because of a person’s past?
49:15 – Why is it important to point out that Mary was saved when discussing that Mary was sinless?
52:38 – Do dogs go to heaven according to Church teaching?
53:00 – Is Yoga against Church teaching?
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Questions Covered:
03:25 – Could you help clarify the idea that Mary is the spouse of the Spirit?
17:15 – Is it possible to create a 3rd or 4th class relic using the host of a Eucharistic miracle?
21:30 – If Christ restored everything to pre-golden calf times, why isn’t the priesthood extended to everyone?
36:16 – Is God’s love for us unconditional or conditional?
44:06 – I’m a lapsed Catholic seeking to come back. Why are saints’ bodies dismembered after their death and spread throughout the world? And why do they do this before they are declared saints?
52:00 – My boyfriend and I want to get married but I’m Catholic and He’s Protestant. What do we have to do? What does the Church say about mixed marriages?
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Questions Covered:
19:16 – How do the beatitudes relate to promises made to Abraham in Genesis?
24:02 – “Blessed are the poor in spirit…” I take this as someone who is not particularly spiritual. Is this a valid way to look at it?
29:07 – Could you give insight on the last part of the beatitudes, going from “blessed are those “to, “blessed are you?”
32:58 – What exactly does meek mean?
48:50 – Is the woe to those rich because it’s harder or more testing? Is it woe to those who rejoice in this world because he deserves all the glory?
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Questions Covered:
12:25 – Why are there more verses that stress belief in Jesus for salvation rather than baptism for salvation?
17:49 – Does it matter if you were baptized in a hospital vs inside a Church?
24:54 – If baptism is necessary how could the good thief be saved if he wasn’t baptized?
33:06 – I’m protestant. We believe you reach salvation not by going underwater but by the spirit. Is Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus a proof of separation of baptism by water and baptism by the Spirit?
45:38 – Does it say in the bible that you need the age reason for someone to be baptized?
52:23 – Why did Jesus get baptized if he didn’t need it?
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