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:
03:27 – I heard that a priest could deny someone forgiveness. Is that possible?
10:49 – Will a baptism be valid if I took the child to be baptized or performed the baptism myself without the parents’ consent?
17:54 – How would you reconcile evolution with original sin?
20:58 – What’s the difference between the magic in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings because it seems like the magic in Harry Potter is bad?
28:44 – Why can’t we have separate chalices when receiving communion?
33:04 – Is it ok to add an Our Father for Uriel the archangel to the St. Michael Chaplet?
37:14 – I’m a lapsed Catholic. How would I begin my journey to return?
42:27 – I’m not Catholic. Am I understanding this next statement correctly: When Catholics receive the Eucharist, they are truly becoming one with Jesus.
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Questions Covered:
03:40 – If something is taught by the magisterium but is not infallible, could a person disagree with it?
08:03 – How would I defend that the Catholic Faith is true to protestants?
18:44 – I have never been fully satisfied with the Catholic response to “call no man father.” Can You help clarify it for me?
28:40 – I’ve been practicing martial arts and I’m getting a new instructor, but it feels like it borders on eastern religion. Can I still practice this as a good Catholic?
32:48 – What are the positions that the Church relooked at that were once considered modernist ideas that are now approved?
36:45 – Can you help me better understand devotion to relics?
44:48 – In the TLM the consecration prayer for the chalice includes the words the mystery of faith. It was dropped in the new mass. How do I explain to someone that this doesn’t make the Mass invalid?
51:12 – I just became Catholic. I’ve heard some say that Mary didn’t have childbirth pains and others say she did. What’s correct?
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Questions Covered:
02:40 – I reverted to the Church and I wanted to share the miracle God did to bring me back!
12:44 – I come from a southern Baptist background. How can I improve my prayer to the saints I have devotions to?
21:50 – Can a non-Catholic go to confession and receive absolution?
30:18 – What are we as Catholics doing to talk to the youth about sexuality?
40:59 – There’s a pastor in my town that claims the bible approved polygamy, can you help me answer this question?
43:48 – Could the pope be heretic?
51:53 – I wasn’t given the option to choose a saint when I was confirmed. How can I integrate that into my journey?
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Questions Covered:
12:27 – What are the boundary lines for a Catholic regarding predestination?
21:48 – Is it necessary to be Catholic?
29:22 – I was never taught to deal with sin as a protestant. What’s the best way to approach a sin that I continually struggle with?
42:45 – In the OT when David killed Goliath, King Saul sounds like he didn’t know who David was. It seems like the story is not in chronological order. What are your thoughts on it?
48:03 – Why do we bless statues with incense?
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Good apologetics is not just a quest to have the right answer. It is, instead, one tool in a larger struggle to win souls. This means that it involves spiritual battle. Our guest, Dan Burke, explains spiritual battle for apologists.
Cy Kellett:
You want to defend the church? Don’t neglect your own spiritual life. Dan Burke is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. I remember being a young California Catholic heading off to Boston College to study theology and…
