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:
01:54 – Why did Joseph receive the birthright, but the blessing went to Judah? Weren’t they usually given to the same person? Why were they separated?
08:31 – Is it a sin to look at pictures of women in bikinis?
13:28 – Is the rosary the high form of devotional prayer? Does praying rosary without focusing on the prayers fall under vain repetition?
23:35 – Would asking saints to reveal the future count as necromancy?
28:51 – Why are extraordinary ministers not allowed to do intinction?
31:55 – What Church is the Church mentioned in the book of Revelation?
36:25 – How do you explain grace to kids about to do their first communion?
41:25 – What do the hand placements of the Infant of Prague statue mean? Does it have something to do with Tarot cards?
47:00 – 2 Sam 6-7 mentions someone being struck down after reaching up to touch the Ark. Is it possible that this might have happened to St. Joseph when potentially reaching to touch Mary?
51:12 – Regarding the second commandment, how should one take it into consideration in daily life? For example, in conversations and watching movies.
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Open Forum – Questions Covered:
03:40 – I recently went to confession and the priest mumbled and possibly skipped some of the words of absolution. Would this make the confession invalid?
07:00 – What is the origin of Satan?
18:36 – Rev. 11 you refer to the Ark being Mary in your book. But in Rev 12 it introduces Mary. Isn’t that a bit redundant of the ark is Mary?
23:33 – How can the Church say its teaching has never erred when the Council of Constance 2 said that it was forbidden to receive communion in both species?
36:45 – Where is the Trinity in the Mass?
40:32 – If you go to Mass and are in a state of grace but willingly choose not to receive the Eucharist, is that a sin?
44:16 – What would be a good way to start a conversation with non-Catholics to evangelize?
49:49 – Why do you need a gluten free host if it becomes the body and blood of Christ?
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Questions Covered:
17:57 – We should be doing things with young couples to keep them in the Church?
29:24 – We need to be very careful when bringing in the new generation by not pushing out the old community.
40:36 – How do I help my 15-year-old grandson engage in the parish, and should he even be confirmed?
51:28 – My friend and I are trying to start a Catholic skateboarding men’s group. Can you give us some practical tips to get going?
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Questions Covered:
11:51 – I believe science used to be a study in philosophy.
18:45 – I had a conversation on science and religion and realized that even the most complex equations are still less than God.
22:12 – If the universe operates on quantum mechanics and has no beginning or end, how do we reconcile this with the Christian understanding of creation?
28:41 – Are you familiar with Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse? What are your thoughts on that?
33:00 – Where do you stand on the idea of God implementing evolution to develop creation?
35:53 – How do we come to the understanding of the incarnation if there was no way he would have been provided with a Y chromosome?
41:08 – How could God be good if he can create us with dangerous things like gamma radiation everywhere that can kill us simply by being in its presence?
48:33 – Wouldn’t the story of the loaves and fishes suspend the laws of physics?
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Questions Covered:
09:16 – Are Catholics finding it difficult to argue for certain moral issues since the issuance of Vatican II documents that emphasize the primacy of conscience?
17:47 – I think if we followed what the Council said things would be a lot better, and fewer people would receive Communion unworthily.
19:59 – Do you think we can get back to what the documents of the council truly say?
24:15 – If we believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, why did Vatican II change the way of receiving communion to the hand?
32:16 – Why would anyone become Catholic if we teach ecumenism?
35:06 – Why were Protestants involved in Vatican II?
39:10 – How can Lumen Gentium 16 be true since the Muslims deny the Trinity?
45:57 – The faithful never received what the bishops voted on at the Council. So it’s hard to discern the fruits of the council.
49:04 – Why do all the Vatican II popes have all these ecumenical events with other world religions, like the Assisi events, that are explicit violations of the first commandment?
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