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:
03:31 – Is it ok to purchase a lot of presents to someone to ask for forgiveness?
06:53 – Are the unborn persons?
11:47 – Is it possible to avoid going to purgatory?
19:23 – What level of obedience does one owe to parents, especially as adults?
29:30 – How would the Church adapt the liturgical calendar if we colonized another planet or the moon?
34:22 – How do I defend the Marian doctrines if typology is not the best way to defend doctrines in general?
42:30 – I left the Church over a month ago because I was rejected by the person who I associated my Catholic faith with. How do I get over rejection?
49:39 – Why is it that priests always receive communion in both species, but the laity mostly only receive communion through the host?
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Questions Covered:
13:59 – I have a history of attempts at recovery and have a traumatic brain injury, do you have any advice to get over these hurdles?
24:20 – I recently got out of a protestant recovery program and am excited to hear that there is a Catholic alternative! Could you share more about the ministry?
35:13 – How do I tell if my spouse is an alcoholic?
45:55 – Does your organization point families to programs that have good track records?
50:39 – I founded a CIR group and the clergy were very excited that this existed! I would like to share this story.
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Questions Covered:
23:32 – How do we address popular leaders in the Church with fringe ideas that have some prominence and lead people away from proper teaching?
30:18 – I think we should pray for the leaders who disappoint, but there’s a difference with those who are trying to change Church teaching. How do we deal with those movements that are trying to subvert the direction of the Church?
42:01 – Do you consider leadership to include laity who push clergy to do their job?
50:40 – What are the elements of learning in your leadership academy?
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Questions Covered:
02:01 – did Mary have the beatific vision? Where is the line between making jokes and being blasphemous and sacrilegious?
08:18 – Did Zoroastrianism influence Judaism or Christianity?
21:20 – In the Nicene Creed it says that Jesus will come the living and the dead, does that mean that those who have died are in the state limbo waiting for Jesus to return?
28:53 – What’s the Church’s understanding of personhood?
41:06 – If a priest is in the state of mortal sin and celebrates mass, is it proper for him to receive communion?
45:39 – What do you know about the origins of priests celebrating mass 3 times a day on Christmas?
48:15 – If God forgives all sins during confession, what are judged for after we die?
52:58 – Jesus breathed on the apostles giving them the Holy Spirit and then the apostles received the Holy Spirit again on Pentecost. Did they get a double dose or was it a different spirit?
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Questions Covered:
04:20 – How do we defend Catholic position that Muslims and Catholics worship the same God, but Mormons aren’t Christian heretics?
16:59 – How is it that some Catholics can be anti-Semitic?
30:03 – I was told by a relative that I love the Church and my faith more than I love God. Is that possible? If so, is that bad? Also, can you help me understand the protestant funeral my grandmother was buried with today?
42:14 – I’m a recent convert and after I sin I repent and trust God forgives me when asking sincerely. It feels like a sin to go and ask a priest afterwards like I’m asking him again. Also, is saying the Our Father not asking God forgiveness for our sins? Is that not sufficient enough?
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