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:
16:04 – I’m very close to joining the Catholic Church but how do I make sense of Pope Francis and his actions, especially the restrictions on the Latin Mass and the pope praying with non-Catholics in non-Catholic ceremonies?
21:47 – Can a pope declare a private revelation to be necessary for salvation or for one to be considered Catholic?
30:59 – Pope St. John Paul II declared that he had no authority to ordain women, was that considered an infallible statement?
36:13 – If a pope says something that isn’t true, is that a danger to souls?
45:42 – Is it true that the pope can declare something about the Mass that a future pope could not undo?
49:29 – Because Jesus instituted the papacy, the pope cannot declare new things like ordaining women.
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Questions Covered:
02:22 – Do you have any advice regarding forgiveness?
09:03 – What is the nature of man? Is Jesus’ soul separate from His divine nature?
14:47 – Was Moses circumcised?
18:55 – What is the formal definition of tradition?
22:30 – How do Catholics defend the practice of penance in light of the parable of the Prodigal son?
28:46 – Is capital punishment immoral?
34:13 – Why did Jesus go after the money changers in the temple? What was the source of the anger?
39:40 – Is the Flavian signature a valid argument?
43:05 – Is there any gray area to consider a marriage between a Catholic and a Jewish person in a synagogue without the bishop’s dispensation to be valid?
47:24 – Why does Christ sometimes appear in the form of a baby in private revelations?
48:58 – Why does God allow suffering and even asks us to bring more children into this world?
50:50 – Who were the sons of God mentioned in Deut. 32 and Psalm 82? Were they fallen angels worshiped as pagan gods?
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Questions Covered:
03:02 – Does God’s omniscience make an infinite past impossible?
07:28 – Were there early church fathers that bought into Calvinism?
12:20 – Is there a distinction between fallen angels and demons?
16:29 – Why did they change the name from RCIA to OCIA?
20:31 – What are the requirements for becoming a deacon or apologist/religious leader?
29:29 – In Romans 2:25-26, what does Paul mean here? Doesn’t God stay faithful to His covenants with His people no matter what?
35:27 – How are our internal organs affected by the resurrected body?
40:50 – Considering the verse that calls Christ the cornerstone, could you explain the stability of the Catholic church?
46:38 – Were the places that the Israelites attacked in the book of Joshua military bases or civilian towns?
49:53 – What’s the difference between praying, desiring, and wishing?
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Questions Covered:
01:46 – I grew up attending Spanish speaking mass and now I go to English Mass. I noticed that a lot more people receive communion in the English-speaking Mass. Is this a catechetical thing? Why is this?
10:12 – Why didn’t Jesus tell Mary that he was going to go to God’s house in Jerusalem?
14:11 – Luke 10:25 How is Jesus answering that question? It is vague. Why don’t we stress the deity of Christ instead of the divinity of Christ?
21:06 – What does the Church teach about deliverance prayer?
28:46 – St. Thomas More’s reflection asking for happiness. Should this be something we should be praying for?
34:00 – I was an OB/GYN for many years and was once asked to perform a baptism. Would using salt water and a syringe impact the validity of the baptism?
41:36 – How do I prove that infant baptisms are valid and being at the age of reason is not necessary?
47:08 – Is it ok as a Catholic to watch documentaries such as the Ed Warren cases on demons?
51:00 – How many physical bodies are in heaven according to the Church?
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Questions Covered:
09:01 – What was the creation of Jesus like? Begotten not made? Was he created since he is the Son God not Father God?
14:32 – If a bishop claims he is afraid of death, should we also be afraid of death?
21:45 – Do we know if the pope listens to Catholic radio, EWTN or Catholic Answers?
29:18 – Is it wrong to wait a few days to go to confession after committing venial sin? What’s the gravity of venial sin vs mortal sin?
38:14 – I was baptized as a Baptist at 8. Then I was baptized by a Sedevacantist priest and now am in full communion with Rome. What sins would I have to confess because I don’t know when I was validly baptized?
46:51 – Is the Deut. 32:8 worldview in The Unseen Realm by Michael Heiser compatible with Catholicism?
51:17 – In the Exodus story, did God take away Pharaoh’s free will when he hardened his heart? How do we understand that phrase?
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