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:
03:57 – Is it possible for us as men who are living chaste appreciate a woman’s body without falling into sin?
13:31 – Is 1 Corinth 3:11-15 a typological reference Wisdom 3:1-7?
16:23 – What is one’s personal responsibility when it comes to end of life issues?
24:46 – I’ve asked my husband to pray together during lent and it still hasn’t happened. How can I encourage him to pray with me?
31:17 – I’m a convert but I still struggle with the teaching purgatory. I feel as though the verse “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” supports people going to heaven. Can you help clarify it for me?
43:27 – How can you show a protestant the truth of the Catholic faith when they don’t know the bible or doctrine?
49:44 – I try to pray without ceasing but when I’m praying, I feel my peace goes away for a bit and comes back. Can that be attributed to evil or dark entities?
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Questions Covered:
13:47 – Is there a cycle of readings in the Eastern Churches, and what are they? How do they differ from the west? Are they similar to the readings from Orthodoxy?
17:56 – I’m part of the Assyrian Church of the East, being in partial communion what should I do? Should I seek full communion?
22:09 – For any of the Orthodox churches to come into the Church, does it boil down to the primacy of Peter or are the other things that are in the way?
30:41 – Why do you think we don’t talk about the eastern rites among Catechism classes?
34:36 – I’m Eastern Orthodox. Why did you convert from Orthodoxy to Catholicism? Is there anything else we can do to promote unity apart from praying?
42:33 – I heard that as a Catholic you can go to an Orthodox divine liturgy and fulfill the Sunday obligation. Is this true?
44:51 – Can you explain the use of the prayer rope in the east?
47:27 – Does the Russian government have any role to play in the lack of unity amongst the eastern orthodox churches?
49:22 – Mickey Rorke played St. Francis of Assisi in a Biopic movie.
50:18 – Is there any belief that the Orthodox have that we don’t as a point of faith?
53:16 – What is your perspective on the Orthodox teaching on contraception?
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Questions Covered:
15:31 – Regarding the sacrament of penance, I know the Eastern Orthodox Churches deputize lay people to hear each other’s confessions. What is the Catholic view of this, and do we ever make allowances for this?
19:02 – I’ve been to confession where the priests asked me to choose my own penance or gave me a penance with no end date. Is this a normal thing to come across? What should I do in these situations?
29:22 – I have a big sin from my past that I’ve confessed and still feel guilty about. How can I get that guilt to go away?
34:44 – My parish priest visits me once a month and I take that time to go to confession. If I sin the day after he comes and I do a sincere act of contrition, am I forgiven then or do I have to wait till the next month to be forgiven?
44:20 – Is it sinful to question whether I’m actually forgiven?
48:14 – My elderly father has started to come to Mass again after a very long time. He hasn’t been to confession and has been receiving communion. What’s the best way to approach him?
51:14 – Is it possible to request from God and receive from God our penance to not get it in purgatory.
52:53 – Can one be forgiven for a sin that one is too embarrassed to confess but says “and forgive the rest of my sins”?
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Questions Covered:
03:39 – My girlfriend is not Catholic but is now open to converting. Does she have to go through RCIA to just get baptized or are there other options?
07:16 – I’m just getting started in RCIA but am in the class with children but getting mixed information of when I could join the Church. Should I just “parish shop?”
15:39 – My fiancé is non-denominational, and her parents are strong evangelicals. How can I guide and lead her to the Church because she’s expressed interest?
18:41 – I’m moving and am currently attending RCIA at a Novus Ordo (N.O.) parish, but I love attending the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Should I start attending RCIA at the TLM parish or continue at the N.O. parish? I plan on receiving the sacrament at the N.O. parish.
20:50 – I’m in RCIA and going with my wife but I’m not converting. If Mary and the saints are so important, why doesn’t Paul show that?
29:12 – I’m in RCIA, regarding the “I” “We” baptism story: How do I know whether my pastor said the right words and am validly baptized?
33:52 – I’m considering joining RCIA, there are currently no issues with me joining but if there is a problem within my family, is there a better way of going about joining the Church?
43:06 – I’m having my teenage daughter come live with me. She doesn’t have much faith formation. Does her entry to RCIA have to be on her behalf or can I put her in it?
47:07 – I just came back to the Church, when does a sexual thought become a sin?
51:40 – Do Catholic schools or RCIA do a better job at catechizing Catechumens?
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Questions Covered:
08:01 – My granddaughter is in RCIA, and we went to Ash Wednesday Mass together. She asked why we don’t have women priests. What’s a good way to explain this to a teen?
15:39 – I’m considering joining RCIA. Why can’t religion embrace evolution? If God infuses a soul, how do new souls come into existence?
21:12 – I’m a RCIA instructor, I want to ask you about the processes and if you think there’s a better way to instruct and improve now that you’re on the other side?
29:22 – I’m too shy to come into the Church but can I still receive the anointing of the sick?
35:42 – If a person was baptized into the Church do they have to go through RCIA to receive all the other sacraments?
40:30 – I’m very confident in converting but the one thing that hangs me up is not being married in heaven. Are we going to have a close relationship in heaven?
47:48 – Can a baptized 9-year-old go to RCIA and get formed in the sacraments?
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