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:
06:58 – Does Jesus have a soul? What’s the difference between a soul and a spirit?
16:12 – How would I respond to the argument that the Eucharist is symbolic while the person is using John 6 as evidence for this claim?
24:12 – I heard 1 Cor. 11:27-29 is no longer read at mass. Why is that?
32:20 – How can I get my infant baptized? There seems to be a lot of red tape.
37:15 – How does the Church know when a relic is authentic?
42:49 – Is there a need for us in heaven? If so, would that make heaven incomplete without us?
46:56 – Before mass begins at my parish, we are instructed to greet each other in the name of Jesus. Are we supposed to call each other Jesus?
49:17 – Why can’t the Church just baptize a teen now and have to wait till Easter?
52:21 – How would you debate sola scriptura using the bible?
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Questions Covered:
03:20 – Is everything stated at a council infallible?
11:13 – How can I be a faithful Catholic at a Catholic university where it’s not encouraged?
18:57 – Both the Parable of the talents in Matthew and parable of the pounds in Luke 19 read the same. Can you compare and contrast the meaning between those two?
24:40 – Why does the Catechism describe purgatory as a place of punishment instead of a place of healing?
38:00 – When Jesus sent the apostles out two by two, do we know where they went?
43:50 – How long does a plenary indulgence last after you receive it?
49:45 – How would we explain relics to a non-Catholic?
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Questions Covered:
02:50 – Could you explain why the virgin birth is not a logical contradiction?
07:02 – If you reject the idea of bilocation, what about Padre Pio?
14:30 – I’m an Atheist because of slavery in the bible. How can people of faith rationalize it?
18:06 – Rev. 20 What is the Church’s position on the Millennial reign referred to in Revelation 20?
22:51 – If you evangelize someone with invincible ignorance, are you putting them at risk of going to hell?
31:18 – Are former Catholics who left the Church for Protestantism condemned to hell?
35:04 – If worship is offering sacrifice, then do we not worship Jesus because we don’t offer a sacrifice to him?
37:26 – Did Jesus breathe on the apostles or were the tongues of fire at Pentecost? Comparing the accounts of John and Acts?
43:32 – Does God have accidents in the Aristotelian sense?
47:50 – Wouldn’t Jn 19:25 prove that the brothers of Jesus were actually extended relatives?
51:12 – Can you share some philosophically based resources for talking to Protestant friends and family on the difference between venerating saints rather than worshiping them?
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Topic Covered:
Cy and Karlo discuss the communion of saints in honor of the Solemnity of All Saints.
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Questions Covered:
02:40 – Why do Orthodox have valid sacraments but the Anglicans don’t?
07:47 – How many prophets have been recognized by the Jewish people since Christ?
15:04 – If I was married in the Church but I said vows in a language that I didn’t know, would this be grounds for an annulment?
18:38 – Could you talk about the Moratorium fragment and how protestants use it to defend sola scriptura?
39:26 – Could you explain what Opus Dei is?
45:54 – What’s Mary’s birthday and where was she born?
49:57 – If Jesus was actually born on March 2 would it still be valid to celebrate his birthday?
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