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:
03:23 – When the church’s dicastery has approved all miracles and is ready to be declared a saint, how do they decide what they will be the patron saint of?
09:30 – Does one spouse receive grace from the other spouses’ works?
14:54 – Where is purgatory in the bible? How do I better explain purgatory to my protestant friend?
23:02 – Would there be a sacramental characteristic that will be visible to us in the next life? Would the 3 levels of holy orders be visible?
24:52 – When Paul was headed to trial before Caesar, would it really have been before CAESAR HIMSELF or just a magistrate, or appointee who heard cases?
33:46 – Why do Catholics collect pieces of the saint’s body?
37:06 – Was Joan of Arc schizophrenic?
47:58 – What was the purpose of the Transfiguration?
53:30 – What is a novena? Is it a specific type of prayer?
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Questions Covered:
08:42 – How do we know that the Holy Spirit inspired the books of the bible?
13:52 – I grew up protestant and divorced because of abuse. I remarried and now want to know what step I would have to take to enter into the Catholic Church?
21:32 – Are godparents by proxy still a thing?
24:35 – Why have the German bishops who have been preaching heresy never been excommunicated?
32:29 – Can Abortion be forgiven by a priest?
34:50 – The visiting priest at my parish changed the wording during the consecration. Was it a valid consecration?
40:19 – What does it take to become a priest? I’ve been feeling a call.
44:05 – If you are a Catholic priest, how are you married?
48:00 – How should I handle my relationship with my cousin who’s living with a divorced woman?
51:52 – At my parish the priest has asked us to wait till he has processed down the aisle before we can pray the St. Michael prayer. Is this a common practice?
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Questions Covered:
08:42 – How do we know that the Holy Spirit inspired the books of the bible?
13:52 – I grew up protestant and divorced because of abuse. I remarried and now want to know what step I would have to take to enter into the Catholic Church?
21:32 – Are godparents by proxy still a thing?
24:35 – Why have the German bishops who have been preaching heresy never been excommunicated?
32:29 – Can Abortion be forgiven by a priest?
34:50 – The visiting priest at my parish changed the wording during the consecration. Was it a valid consecration?
40:19 – What does it take to become a priest? I’ve been feeling a call.
44:05 – If you are a Catholic priest, how are you married?
48:00 – How should I handle my relationship with my cousin who’s living with a divorced woman?
51:52 – At my parish the priest has asked us to wait till he has processed down the aisle before we can pray the St. Michael prayer. Is this a common practice?
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Questions Covered:
12:37 – What’s the difference between Catholics and Eastern Orthodoxy?
17:26 – Does the pope have the authority to order the bishops to celebrate the Tridentine Mass?
29:33 – How can you explain violent acts that the church used to get rid of people who opposed it?
34:23 – When did the Church start instituting daily mass?
37:47 – What does the Catholic Church think about the traditions of other religions?
43:50 – Could you give me your thoughts on my understanding of tradition based on the family and its basis and its importance to culture?
50:16 – Is the communion fast biblical?
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Questions Covered:
03:30 – German Synod.
42:00 – Pray for Nicaragua and the Queen
47:35 – A really interesting article on the collapse of Catholic practice in 1965 https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/09/13/anatomist-of-the-catholic...
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