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:
03:26 – If Mary was conceived without sin, how does it not detract from Christ’s divinity?
24:11 – Does God know if God knows if we are going to heaven or hell? If so, why would he create someone to go to hell?
42:03 – What’s the consensus on what’s going to happen after the general judgment?
49:50 – I’ve started feeling uncomfortable praying before meals in public. Is it ok for me to pray in the car so I won’t have to pray in public?
52:44 – Are the marriages in the Old Testament where the couple remained chaste different from the marriages today that require the marriage to be consummated?
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Questions Covered:
06:04 – Where is hope in the phrase “Faith working through love?”
11:42 – What is the Catholic view on Luther’s 95 theses? Do you have any resources to continue my study on it?
17:49 – How does a person whose mute participate in the sacrament of reconciliation?
23:05 – How do I respond to a protestant who does not believe in regenerative baptism because they say it can be used as a get out of jail free card?
28:37 – Jesus told his disciples that he was going to resurrect and when he did, why were they stupefied? Why, if Jesus had prepared them?
34:53 – Do you know any stories of any impaired people who had near death experiences and remembered a conversation that was had near them that they normally wouldn’t because of their sensory impairment?
43:12 – Regarding the changes of the Mass after Vatican 2. I go to the new mass, and I’m constantly bombarded by traditionalists. Is it true that they changed the 7 sacraments?
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Questions Covered:
11:43 – You’re using a lot of emotional language. Why should people object to their decision to choose their gender?
18:41 – I’ve never heard of consecrated virginity until recently. Until when do we start exploring that option?
23:30 Children in the womb are given hormones that make them more masculine or feminine, that is why we have so much confusion.
33:04 – What would you say to someone who struggles with pornography?
36:52 – Could you give me resources on what chastity looks like for a married couple?
42:49 – Wouldn’t the proper term for transgender more accurately be called “tran-neutured?” Is it actually possible to change genders?
46:15 – How does one remain chaste in today’s society when the world only focuses on physical satisfaction?
48:33 – Is it true that women like to fool around before marriage?
51:29 – Hopkins used to do gender reassignment surgeries and stopped because of the high depression rates. Now they are doing them again. Why do you think that is?
Resources Mentioned:
Catholic Answers Live from April 23, 2018: Fr. Hugh Barbour – “Sex After Marriage”
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Questions Covered:
07:03 – I have non-Catholic friends who asked me to preside at their wedding. Is this acceptable?
22:01 – Why don’t Catholics ever bring up the Magnificat as evidence for Mary’s importance?
29:01 – How do I reconcile the differences between these two verses? Mk. 9:40 and Mt. 12:30.
35:27 – What makes the St. Michael Scapular different from a talisman?
39:37 – What’s your opinion on the Sworn Book of Honorius and Solomonic Magic?
44:24 – In John 17, Is that the prayer that Jesus prayed in the garden? Can you recommend books on the early Church?
48:50 – Do Plenary indulgences wipe away all consequences in one fell swoop?
51:17 – Why doesn’t the USCCB come out with a statement about the difference between Church teaching and opposing opinions by Catholic politicians?
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Questions Covered:
17:15 – Is there a cessation of apostolic gifts?
23:14 – Is it morally acceptable for a supreme court nominee to lie in order to get on the court to strike down abortion?
35:32 – Who are the watchers mentioned in the book of Enoch?
41:10 – I grew up believing in the rapture. I was recently told that it’s wrong but was never told what is right. What do Catholics believe?
48:37 – How can you be absolutely sure that Christianity is the right religion?
52:25 – How does a physician tell a patient who is near the end that it’s going to be ok?
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