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:
02:25 – If you get blessed before you die, do you go straight to heaven?
04:54 – In 1 Cor. 7, St Paul says no one should get married. Can you clarify what he meant?
11:39 – I’m Protestant. Regarding the process of the canonization of saints, and the qualification of bearing good fruit. I see this as flawed because some cultures like Wiccans claim to produce good fruit from worshipping Mary. How should the process be understood?
20:13 – What are your thoughts on the statement that people have a misunderstanding of Vatican 2 because local churches haven’t properly educated people and implemented the council?
28:58 – What separated the Catholics and the Orthodox?
33:31 – How does one discern when humor is sinful?
40:56 – Can the devil enter souls?
47:17 – At the last supper, did Jesus actually turn the bread and wine to his body and blood?
51:41 – What is the bible verse that Jesus says that his apostles are hearing what he’s saying but not listening?
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Questions Covered:
05:35 – In Genesis it says that there were wild and tame animals but there was no mention of tame and wild animals in the garden of Eden. Could you explain?
08:08 – What’s the best historical evidence that the resurrection happened?
15:42 – How do I correctly explain things to people online?
20:41 – Could you explain the Calvinist idea of total depravity and compare it to the Catholic and Orthodox understanding of original sin?
28:36 – What would you say to someone who says that Catholicism is only one form of Christianity?
35:52 – I’ve come to disagree with a major Catholic teaching. What do I do and should I still be approaching communion?
44:26 – Why do Catholics pray to Mary and not God?
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Questions Covered:
18:14 – My sister never disciplines her children. How can I help?
23:47 – My child refused to return to school after Covid19 and now refuses to go to Church with us. What do we do to get him to come with us? Where do we draw the line?
33:28 – How can I help the behavior of my grandchildren without meddling?
40:15 – How do I deal with parenting guilt knowing that my adult child has many issues?
44:45 – I really appreciate your comment that ‘you are a better parent than you think you are.
50:27 – Thank you for the advice that you gave me on raising adult kids.
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Questions Covered:
7:02 – My agnostic friend asked: Why did Jesus say ‘I’m the alpha and the omega’ if he didn’t speak Greek?
13:46 – How would you convince your own family member not to abort a baby?
22:53 – What’s the difference between the ascension and the assumption?
29:49 – Can you give me practical tips to respond to sensitive topics to middle schoolers?
39:14 – How would you go about doing apologetics with non-Catholic family members?
43:11 – I’m protestant, I’m not necessarily opposed to the Marian dogmas, but my inner skeptic tells me that it’s not in scripture. How do I overcome my inner skeptic?
51:09 – How do you tell someone that their beliefs are false if they believe that their beliefs can be false?
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Questions Covered:
02:29 – How do we understand that the institution of the Church is a good thing especially for people who have been hurt by the Church?
07:57- What can I say to a friend who questions whether to remain Catholic because they see atheist friends having such a fun and great life without God?
16:13 – Who is Phillip the Evangelist? I thought there were only 4 evangelists.
24:17 – Is it true that if we light a candle in church for a soul, and they are in purgatory, the light will guide them to heaven? Is this an indulgence?
28:43 – What do you think of trying to teach Christian morals apart from teaching the whole of Christianity?
31:54 – How would you reconcile saints who say few will be saved and other saints who emphasize mercy and make it sound like salvation is more attainable?
39:55 – In Daniel 10:10-14, God sends an angel, and it was delayed by 21 days. Can you give me more insight on why it would be delayed?
44:39 – I had a vision in which I think I saw Satan. I wanted to know your thoughts on that.
52:49 – How do we know that John the Baptist was born without original sin?
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