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
<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>02:40 – If a pagan god were to meet Jesus and convert to Christianity, would they go to heaven if they died?</li>
<li>13:11 – As far as I understand it, current physics tells us that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light since, if it did, you would (among other problems) get paradoxes. However, it seems like an angel could convey information faster than light. For example, Aquinas argues that an angel, in moving from place A to place B, can choose whether it traverses the space in between those places or not. Thus, an angel could observe, say, a supernova happening lightyears away from Earth and then travel instantaneously to Earth and tell us about it before the light from the supernova got here. What do you think of this? Should we think that even an angel couldn’t convey information faster than light? Or, should we discard the idea that information can’t be communicated faster than light? Or maybe some third option? Thanks!</li>
<li>23:46 – Your recent episodes on demons and the different beliefs on how people get possessed made me think. Could the dark forces be targeting powerful latent “psychic” individuals? It would fit with your demons being opportunists, and with Amorth’s Curse model. I would like to see a scientific study that would test people who have been validly possessed and exorcised to see if they test higher than a sample group.</li>
<li>35:22 – In the case of Ash Wednesday when fasting and abstinence is required, would receiving communion break one’s fast or count as a smaller meal? In other words, can one receive communion in addition to eating one full meal and two smaller meals? Thanks Jimmy!</li>
<li>39:16 – Let’s say we made contact with an alternate timeline whose divergence point is after the year 100. They have a recognizable continuing Petrine ministry. Does their pope (probably called something else) have immediate and universal jurisdiction in our timeline, and ours in theirs? Are we bound by each other’s infallible declarations of doctrine if we’ve defined something they haven’t, or vice versa?</li>
<li>46:12 – Do stage magicians have actual preternatural gifts?</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>03:09 – I saw a Mass on EWTN that seemed to have married priests or priest from other countries passing out communion? Is this okay?</li>
<li>06:00 – If the TLM is a valid form of worship, why is it being suppressed?</li>
<li>13:33 – Is there any reason to believe that God still punishes nations for being disobedient like he did in the Old Testament?</li>
<li>17:40 – Jack Chick claimed the Church marked Luther for death after he exposed the ‘con job’ of selling indulgences. Is this true</li>
<li>22:40 – Is there a position that we should take when praying the Lord’s Prayer during Mass?</li>
<li>28:58 – Was there ever a covenant made with the absence of blood?</li>
<li>31:51 – How do I help and reach out to my Protestant friend who is losing his faith and in a dark place?</li>
<li>33:37 – Is it possible to say that Jesus could have looked at ALL the apostles when he says “upon this rock I will build my church”?</li>
<li>38:35 – What can I do if my pastor has requested me to not kneel for communion? How do I move forward?</li>
<li>42:51 – Would it be immoral for an unwed woman to adopt an embryo?</li>
<li> 45:57 – How can we justify praying to Mary and the Saint to Protestants? 49:26 – What is the Catholic understanding of Armageddon in Revelation? 52:46 – Why doesn’t the pope always speak infallibly?</li>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>01:55 – Is the unborn child a human being?</li>
<li>14:10 – Pregnant women need support from a committed man.</li>
<li>17:10 – Abortion solves problems for men who want to behave badly.</li>
<li>29:45 – When life begins</li>
<li>46:21 – The Pope Francis pro-life position</li>
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<p>“When did the practice of Eucharistic adoration start?” This question opens a discussion on the historical roots of this cherished devotion, alongside inquiries about the nature of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday, the nuances of language in John 6 regarding the act of eating, and the significance of the Eucharist as a sacrifice.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>03:34 – When did the practice of Eucharistic adoration start?</li>
<li>13:35 – Is the Eucharist given on Holy Thursday the same as what we have at Mass now? Because on Holy Thursday he had not yet died and risen, so how could it be the same?</li>
<li>17:23 – If John 6 uses two different words for eat, on of which indicates chewing or gnawing, why don’t we see that in the English translations?</li>
<li>29:23 – The English word “this” in the words of institution seems vague to me. Why isn’t there a more specific word? Shouldn’t the words indicate exactly what “this” is?</li>
<li>36:29 – Can you explain the importance of the Eucharist as a sacrifice?</li>
<li>45:40 – Wouldn’t Jesus’ body have to be omnipresent to be able to be really present at Masses all around the world? I read this question in the book “Reasoning from the Scriptures with Catholics” and am wondering how to answer.</li>
<li>51:48 – Why do some parishes not distribute the blood of Jesus at Communion?</li>
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<p>“How is Jesus present in the Eucharist?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of Christ’s presence in the sacrament, addressing concerns about cannibalism and the essence of communion. Other topics include the implications for Anglicans considering Catholicism and the differing beliefs about the Eucharist among Protestants.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>03:24 – How is Jesus present in the eucharist?</li>
<li>15:37 – How is the Eucharist not cannibalism? I find that typically the answer is: it’s not cannibalism because it’s not destructive. My problem with that is destructiveness is not inherent in the definition of cannibalism. Cannibalism is eating another person, which is what we are doing. Did we just invent another definition for cannibalism so that we can say we aren’t doing it?</li>
<li>29:59 – I grew up Anglican and am looking into Catholicism. I go to Anglican service with my Grandma. If I believe in the Catholic view of the Eucharist, but I’m not Catholic, should I stop receiving communion in the Anglican church? I’m worried how my grandma would react to that.</li>
<li>35:24 – Do Protestants who believe in some kind of eucharistic presence not really have the Real Presence because they don’t have the Catholic sacramental priesthood?</li>
<li>45:20 – How is it that the Eucharist is really Jesus when most Protestants believe it’s just a symbol?</li>
<li>49:16 – If Christ wanted to ensure belief in the Eucharist he chose an almost maximally ambiguous form, why do you think God allowed that ambiguity instead of clarity?</li>
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