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:
02:17 – A friend adopted two cocker spaniels that are Double Merles. These dogs are bred with the full knowledge that only one or two of the litter won’t be born blind or deaf, or both, and these will often be put down (which is why my friend adopted them). We agreed it was rather a cruel custom, but then I thought it was no different than how God created humanity in the full knowledge that many would need to be “put down” (to hell). Yes, we have free will, but He knew this would be the case and created us anyway, seems like there had to be a better way or at least no way at all.
16:05 – Do you know any good stories of persons leaving the SSPX or other schismatic organizations and returning to full communion?
17:01 – My question is: why have certain pockets of American Catholics lost their schismatic minds and Catholic Answers is silent about it.
20:12 – If or maybe when time travel becomes possible, would you want to travel back to the first Easter weekend or would you want to travel to any when in Jesus’ life apart from those last days?
22:28 – If Jesus was nailed through the wrists, why do some stigmatists have the wounds in the palms of their hands? And why do some artists put a nail in each hand and each foot, a total of 4.
32:21 – Are birthstones in the same vein as astrology?
37:27 – I’m a wishful skeptic regarding Big Foot. By “wishful skeptic” I mean, I don’t believe in Big Foot, but I wish it was real, that would be fun. What are your thoughts? Is it possible he’s real? It seems that by now we would have stumbled upon the remains of a dead Big Foot.
46:10 – What Star Trek (non-human) species are most likely to be what aliens would look like?
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Questions Covered:
4:10 – I would like to hear a response to Professor Daniel O’Connor’s claim that aliens cannot exist according to Catholic teaching and that they must be the work of demons.
19:13 – I think a lot would like to know about whether Catholics can celebrate Halloween.
23:14 – In honor of Halloween, could you explain the common misconceptions by Protestants (and some Catholics) that Halloween is a “pagan” or “demonic” holiday?
28:41 – 1. If Halloween existed during the time of Christ, would He recommend it (trick or treat, wearing of costumes, family gatherings, etc…) to Joseph, Mary, and the apostles?
31:19 – 2. If the word “Purgatory” was explicitly mentioned by Christ in the Gospels, would all Protestants believe in it?
32:46 – I’d love to better understand “being outside of time”!
36:49 – If Adam did not take a bite of the apple Eve gave him, would there have been a fall?
41:01 – I have heard that a mass must be complete and not stop, even in an emergency. At what point must a priest not stop mass (is it during the liturgy of the Eucharist, or just specifically at the consecration, or another time)?
51:22 – What is your take on the Irresistible force paradox? What would happen if an unstoppable force encountered an unmovable object?
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Questions Covered:
00:48 – Does the Church believe in a closed canon?
04:11 – I think you’re leaving out the important point that the Baptists claim of being able to trace their line back to Jesus is incorrect.
15:40 – Which denomination would the Catholic Church consider having valid apostolic succession?
22:33 – How can we Catholics defend the teaching of having images and them not being idols?
30:40 – In what ways could a priest help a Baptist in a situation where demonic forces could potentially be involved?
35:33 – What’s the best way to approach a protestant pastor with a large following who is spreading blatant lies about the Blessed Mother?
45:53 – My protestant brother is slowly making his way to the Catholic Church. How do I encourage him to be open to the Catholic Church?
52:06 – I’m a Protestant Freemason. Why would I not be allowed to be Catholic if I’m a Freemason?
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