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
Open Forum – Questions Covered:
03:31 – What do we see before we die?
15:01 – How should a Catholic working at a Catholic school respond to people pushing the pronouns thing?
20:13 – Normally the sins of a father are not imputed to the son, so why is original sin an exception?
29:35 – What are your thoughts on a person who leaves the Catholic faith as a teenager and converts to Islam?
36:21 – Do Catholics consider Protestants cousins in the faith or are they viewed as though they are all going to hell?
48:06 – I’m in RCIA. Reconciliation, Holy Orders, Marriage were covered today but what do you think would have been important to cover those topics?
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
05:13 – Some people interpret the giving of authority in Mt. 18 to the apostles and others to the whole Christian community. What is the right interpretation?
14:28 – If Mary carried Jesus, how was he affected? Since Moses was affected and looked different when he received the 10 commandments, why didn’t Mary look different when She carried Jesus?
18:17 – What is the Church perception of the founding of the United States compared to the Protestant view?
24:04 – How would the Thomist view on eternal universal not contradict the unmoved mover?
31:14 – What field in the apologetics world needs more work?
43:33 – What are your thoughts on Fr. Altman’s video denying that Pope Francis is the real pope?
47:44 – How much financial support should a Catholic parent help their adult child with?
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Questions Covered:
05:10 – “Catholics, could you give me an example of taking veneration too far, improperly worshiping a saint?”
09:52 – Paul says that a bishop should be “husband of one wife.” Does this argue against priestly celibacy?
14:52 – Do you think that a near-perfect image of the Trinity is found in human beings as mind-body-soul composites?
18:03 – Could you expound on Proverbs 3:5-6 and Psalm 119:5?
37:30 – Is it wrong to go to confession if you are not a Catholic?
47:46 – My friend is Catholic but married a Muslim and converted to Islam, will she still go to heaven?
51:29 – Is there a good commentary on the Nicene creed?
52:48 – What are Joe’s thoughts on the visions/prophecies of Fatima?
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Questions Covered:
06:33 – What proof do we have that Mary remained a virgin?
22:34 – What is grace? It seems to mean different things in different contexts.
29:20 – Why do some Protestants think that the King James Version of the Bible is the best or only reliable translation, and how could I show them it’s not?
36:42 – Why aren’t people immediately healed when they receive the Eucharist, like the woman who touched his garment?
40:43 – How could the Son be only-begotten but also not created?
46:27 – CCC 1938 mentions “sinful inequalities that affect millions of men and women.” Is it talking about inequality itself, or is it more about the many people that are in great poverty?
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
04:23 – When Jesus sent out the 72 disciples in pairs of two, what was the gospel they preached? Jesus hadn’t yet suffered, died, risen, or ascended, and he hadn’t even proclaimed the fullness of his teachings yet, nor had he instituted the Eucharist or sent the Holy Spirit – so what was their “good news?”
07:53 – Why does God permit the damnation of souls He created?
10:47 – Did the Donner party commit unrepentant mortal sin?
18:55 – Is there a word in English that rhymes with Orange?
20:03 – Who is Joseph in this prayer? “Lord God, who left us the signs of your Passion on the Holy Shroud in which your most holy body was wrapped when you were lowered from the cross by Joseph, grant us, most loving Lord, that by your holy death and burial and by the sorrows and sufferings of your holy Mother Mary, our Lady, that the souls in Purgatory may be brought to the glory of the resurrection where you live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.”
23:08 – But how do you tell if something is the will of God versus the will of another human being imposed upon you?
28:36 – Is there a definitive theology concerning wealth, and if not, why not?
33:02 – Help me out with the elusive “hold hands/orans posture” vs. no change in posture during the Our Father for the laity. If both are allowed now, what would be the reason in favor of doing the hand hold/orans posture?
44:49 – I would be interested in your thoughts on the late paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (husband-and-wife demonologist/clairvoyant trance medium, allegedly employed by the Catholic church on occasion). They remain part of popular culture thanks to the “Annabelle” and “The Conjuring” films.
49:01 – How can we counter Protestants who name the same tired insults regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of God as well as the false claims that we worship her?
51:55 – Why do Catholics all shake hands at the reenactment of the Crucifixion of Jesus?
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