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:
01:48 – What’s the difference between penal substitution and vicarious satisfaction in atonement theology?
13:18 – My son goes to Catholic school and was told by a teacher that Protestants reject that Mary is the Mother of God. Is this accurate?
15:11 – Is there any situation in which a pope can be removed from office? Specifically, if he is no longer of sound mind.
21:23 – Is there any record of the differences in light skin and dark skin people in the Bible? Why is there no mention of Africans in the Bible?
37:28 – Who coined the word saint? Is it a carryover from Judaism?
44:35 – Does the Church treat private revelation and near-death experiences the same? What are your thoughts on near death experiences?
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Questions Covered:
04:08 – If St. Paul was incorrect about the timing of the second coming, was he incorrect about other things?
09:37 – I’m having an operation, is it appropriate to receive the anointing of the sick and an apostolic pardon?
16:57 – If the 1965 Mass in Latin with some vernacular was the true intention, what was their motivation with adding additional Eucharistic prayers?
23:28 – If ‘once saved always saved’ isn’t true, when does someone lose salvation?
38:15 – Which of the apostles were present at the crucifixion of Jesus?
46:32 – Is it definitive that we’ll have glorified bodies in heaven, but will those in hell also receive a form of glorified bodies?
50:50 – Why did God kill all the first born in Exodus and could He have gone about it in a different way that led to the freeing of the Israelites?
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Questions Covered:
03:23 – Where is purgatory in the bible and how do you prove it to a Protestant?
13:46 – As a health worker am I morally able to work at a children’s hospital that offers hormone therapy and puberty blockers?
22:01 – What was the question? Am I in communion with bishops who are denying the faith in Europe?
34:26 – If Jesus did not forgive people on the cross, would he and all of humanity have been cursed?
40:02 – Why did you concretely assert that the gospels were written anonymously on page 155 in the Early Church book?
44:24 – Is God’s free will limited by his own omniscience?
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Questions Covered:
05:23 – Do I need to specify the number of times I’ve sinned during confession?
07:44 – How do I talk to my friends in class about becoming Catholic?
15:27 – When we talk about receiving communion people say they feel closer to God, but If we are always in God’s present how can we say that we are closer?
20:46 – What would happen if a priest were to claim that they are a woman? How would the Church respond?
30:33 – I’m a divorced Catholic, could I join a monastery?
33:06 – One of my favorite bands has some borderline sacrilegious lyrics. Is it a mortal sin to listen to their music or go to a concert?
38:11 – Under what circumstances does a non-Catholic have access to the sacraments?
45:26 – What is the Church’s teaching for those who are not disposed to receive communion but instead go up, cross their arms and receive a blessing?
49:07 – What is your advice to a fallen away Catholic who wants to return?
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Questions Covered:
06:34 – Is it appropriate to compare playing the lotto with the Apostles casting lot to replace Judas and the soldiers casting lots for Jesus’ robe?
15:46 – My wife and I just miscarried, what is the Catholic stance on cremation and also on scattering the ashes? Resource: heavensgain.org
21:59 – Gen 6 talks about how God was disappointed with the people and sent a flood. Weren’t the people that he killed innocent?
33:07 – Why do we only receive the host for communion instead of both species?
41:39 – I’m a 7th Day Adventist looking into Catholicism. How do I talk to people who feel that once you become a believer, that all your sins, past and future, are already forgiven?
51:04 – I believe in biological evolution. I have a hard time reconciling animals tearing each other apart with there being a just God.
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