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:
03:49 – Can a person act out of anger, and it still be considered a mortal sin?
07:07 – Did Mary have birth pains?
18:07 – Is it necessary for us to do the sign of the cross before and after every prayer?
20:18 – Is there a version of the divine liturgy in the eastern rites that has been scrutinized like the Latin mass? Has the Easter rite had an experience like the current division between the Novus Ordo and Latin mass?
24:50 – Why doesn’t God just delete hell?
34:07 – Do we know Luther’s motivation for declaring the Deuterocanon non-canon? Why are there additional books that are not in Catholic bibles?
44:09 – Why choose to believe in an invisible reality instead of everything I’ve known in my life?
51:53 – Is life on earth the only life in the physical universe?
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Questions Covered:
03:50 – Why do we believe that we have free will if God already knows what we’re destined for?
09:23 – If listening to music that’s offensive to God is sitting on your heart, you should listen to that and stop.
13:45 – Revelation says the Lord will rule with an iron rod. What does this mean? Will this be a ‘dictatorial peace?’
17:12 – Regarding divorce and Jesus’ comments in Mt. 5:31-32. What would justify divorce?
29:40 – Is it licit for Catholics to receive donated body parts and materials from deceased people?
33:29 – Are we supposed to bury an urn with ashes after a certain period of time? Can we keep the remains on a shelf?
37:51 – Why do Catholics believe in guardian angels? What do you think they do?
41:56 – How do you respond when a Protestant uses the Church Fathers to defend their position?
47:27 – Is there distinction between venial and mortal sins in the bible?
52:09 – Why does the Church teach that there are no more prophets after the apostolic age?
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Questions Covered:
05:50 – Are indulgences real?
17:35 – Why wasn’t Moses allowed to go into the promised land?
22:07 – Could you explain plenary indulgences and the history of people paying for them?
29:12 – If someone goes to confession and does their penance, they still have to go through a purgation. Is this true?
33:43 – Can one listen to music where the singer uses the Lord’s name in vain?
41:05 – How does the Church reconcile the preferential option for the poor when poverty arises due to one of the 7 deadly sins?
49:04 – In the Creed it mentions the resurrection of the body. Why is this important and why can’t we just leave the body behind?
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Questions Covered:
01:22 – My neighbor keeps pushing onto my property. How do I approach the situation in light of Mt. 5:39?
08:11 – My father says that Acts 2. Is evidence that the apostles were saved devoid of water baptism. How do I respond?
17:00 – How do I explain the papacy to my protestant friend?
23:40 – Follow up on baptism. In the OT Noah was saved through water. Do you believe that from the beginning water was used for salvation?
29:01 – Is it permissible to think that purgatory will begin when we see Jesus on the judgment throne?
34:59 – How do we know whether a Pentecostal’s beliefs are biblical?
43:25 – Why don’t we allude to Luke 12:42 in regard to Peter being the leader of the Church?
51:19 – Regarding No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church. Does this mean that all protestants are going to hell?
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Questions Covered:
04:08 – Is Mary the virgin daughter of Zion since Jeremiah speaks negatively about the virgin daughter of Zion?
12:00 – In Exodus it says that God hardened the pharaoh’s heart. What does that mean?
17:13 – Did Jesus have a sense of humor?
21:34 – If Jesus and Mary are the new Adam and Eve, why are the mother and son and not husband and wife?
29:40 – How were disagreements in the Early Church settled?
36:38 – How does it all fit together that the bread and wine are now Jesus but the last supper was with lamb? How do we logically all make this fit together? Where’s the lamb?
42:50 – Where does the Church get the knowledge of who the parents of Mary are?
46:08 – How do I respond to a protestant that says we shouldn’t consider the wine as blood because the Old Testament says we shouldn’t drink blood?
49:07 – Why is it that the gift of peace is located in the middle of mass?
53:18 – My protestant girlfriend says 1 Cor. 4:6 proved Sola Scriptura. How do I respond?
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