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:
01:53 – 2. Sam. 24:1 God said to David make a census but the 1st. Chronicles 21:1 Satan entices David to take a census. Who incited David to make the census. Is this a contradiction?
12:18 – If I am in a state of mortal sin and can only get a ride from a friend who only has a provisional license and legally can’t ride with him, am I morally okay to still get a ride with him?
15:23 – How would you refute the Orthodox claim that liturgical abuse in Catholicism is the biggest sign that the Catholic Church is not the one true Church?
21:19 – Is it wrong for me to go to clinic that has some involvement with abortion but seeking non abortion services?
23:57 – I’m an illustrator that has to do a lot of research for references. Some of the things I have to research dives into pagan deities. How do I find the line between my faith and these things that make me feel uncomfortable?
33:41 – Are we only going to see Jesus in heaven or are we also going to see God the Father?
39:00 – I struggle with the idea that fallen away Catholics getting married outside the Church don’t have a valid marriage. How should I approach those marriages? Can I celebrate them?
46:30 – I’m allergic to incense and my pastor just started using it heavily. Where does this leave me in attending mass?
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Questions Covered:
05:35 – What are your thoughts on prima scriptura over sola scriptura?
12:36 – How should we approach submission to church authority when we have problems with her teachings?
21:58 – How do I level admonishment and prudence when considering approaching a friend who married outside of the Church?
33:28 – John the Baptist knew that Jesus was the Messiah in Mt.3 but sent to question whether He was the Messiah in Mt. 11. Was he doubting Jesus?
41:23 – How does the Catholic Church elect its new bishops?
45:38 – If God knows everything, why did he still create Satan and the third of the angels that fell?
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Questions Covered:
22:01 – What’s the difference between stem cells and cell lines?
34:13 – How do we respond to people who ground human value in consciousness?
36:54 – Could you give an overview of transhumanism and if there is any link to the covid vaccine?
41:19 – What do you think is the reason why people become gay? Is it genetic or is it cultural?
46:51 – The drug Humera is made with human and animal cells. Do you know what those cells are specifically from? https://cogforlife.org/
49:23 – If a trans person is considering joining the Catholic Church, would they have to detransition?
52:40 – Have we forgotten that there is a stage in human development where we have a nonsexual same sex attraction?
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Questions Covered:
03:05 – How would one come to know the gender of one who is intersex?
11:21 – What’s the reasoning behind the teaching that Jesus is present in both species?
14:45 – Is it possible to live a contemplative life as a married man?
21:57 – If Adam and Eve were perfect before the fall how did they have imperfect judgment by choosing sin?
30:01 – How can we prove that Mary was always a virgin?
38:12 – How can I prove that we receive salvation through faith and works and not salvation through faith alone?
43:19 – Does God already know if we are going to heaven or hell?
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Questions Covered:
04:01 – Imagine a technology developed that gives two people the ability to share feelings, emotions, physical sensations, etc., with each other as if they were truly experiencing the other person in the exact state that they are in at that moment in time. I’m thinking of a situation where John is trying to explain how he feels about something important, but he just can’t put it into words for Jane to understand. To solve the problem, they both connect their minds with the technology and for a brief moment, Jane knows exactly the how’s and why’s of John’s emotions, even his physical sensations or pain or pleasure. She is now able to understand him on a level that is too complex for words, resulting in greater intimacy and love between them. If we apply this to Church teaching on marriage, would a husband and wife be obligated to participate in this activity as a means of total giving of oneself to the other? If not, could you think of some variation of this technology or scenario that the Church would promote or even require? For the purpose of this thought experiment, assume that you wouldn’t be able to abuse this technology or generally use it in a negative way.
15:30 – Is there competition in heaven? It seems to be part of human nature.
18:54 – Assuming that there is life on other planets and that they have been given the same immortal souls as we have, and assuming that they are susceptible to death as we are, does that mean that Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory are currently comprised of human souls and the souls of what we would consider aliens, too?
22:51 – Has a convert ever been Pope?
24:32 – Are the proposed alien sightings aliens or angels and/or demons?
34:25 – My understanding is that the soul is the life principle. When stem cells are removed from a body and cultured, do they receive a new sensitive soul but not rational soul?
41:52 – Some writers through history have depicted multiple “levels” of hell and heaven (e.g. Dante). Is there any biblical support for distinct experiences of heaven and hell?
48:06 – Could the other people mentioned in Genesis be the Neanderthals? (See Genesis 4 and the reference to the people who might kill Cain)
52:03 – What happens to your soul if you get assimilated by the Borg?
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