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:
01:00 – how do you know when you’ve had a bad pope?
12:09 – I understand that saints pray for you if you ask but what happens if you request something that’s wrong or evil?
16:45 – What do you do with Eph. 2:9 and Heb. 7:27 as a Catholic?
38:15 – I’m in RCIA. I was baptized at a Pentecostal church and was told they don’t keep records. How should I proceed?
45:45 – Why can’t non-Catholics receive communion in a Catholic Church?
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Scott Weeman discusses Catholic in Recovery, the 12-step model, and support for those battling addiction, include marijuana’s impact and family struggles…
Questions Covered:
10:46 – My wife died earlier this year and fell back into drinking. Does CIR offer a 12-step model?
14:43 – Thank you, Scott. I’ve been attending the pilot programs for CIR in my diocese.
19:17 – I just wanted to share how CIR helped me a year ago.
30:08 – How addictive is Marijuana? My son smokes a lot and I asked him to stop and refuses to quit.
35:07 – How can I find out if they have groups in my area?
41:08 – My 33-year-old son is suffering through all kinds of addicts. What advice can you offer and how can we help?
48:10 – Is there anything I can do if a neighbor is so caught in addiction that the kids are being neglected? I’ve become a money pit for them.
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William Albrecht tackles key canon debates—John 8, Nicaea, apocryphal books, and translation changes. Can we trust the Church’s authority on Scripture?…
Questions Covered:
06:35 – Considering scholarship on Jn 8. How do we justify it being in the bible since it’s not in the earliest manuscripts?
13:21 – How does the Church rectify other churches’ canons when they enter into communion?
16:34 – Can you talk about Cyril Lucaris and the canon conflict
19:03 – How do we relate to the oriental canon?
20:42 – What is the council of Nicaea 1 and 2? Could there have been other books that were considered a part of the canon during those councils?
22:23 – Book of Judith. It says Nebuchadnezzar was king of Assyria and I’ve heard it said that is historically incorrect. Can you talk about it?
34:07 – Does Tobit 12:9 contradict Paul?
37:23 – Could you elaborate how we could persuasively argue how we should trust the Church on the canon, especially for laymen who don’t want to get into the scholarship?
44:13 – In Mark 10:13-16 a new translation. Question on if they changed the reference to the child from ‘him’ to ‘it’ to be inclusive?
46:17 – I’ve heard that the doxology of the Our Father (for thine is the kingdom…etc.) is a marginal gloss, and not part of the original text of scripture. If that’s the case, why is it still in there?
48:13 – Why should we trust these men to put the bible together and not others?
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