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:
03:22 – I’m Catholic and married a Lutheran, but she divorced me. Is the marriage still valid?
10:48 – How many times a day can you go to mass?
12:32 – Is God all-knowing and all powerful?
18:07 – I’ve been married and divorced. Does my divorce nullify me being Catholic?
30:27 – Did the followers of Jesus that had originally followed John the Baptist have to be rebaptized?
36:42 – I’m going to be received as a Catholic this Easter, can I go to confession now?
41:57 – I heard in an RCIA class that being Catholic is just a liturgical form of worship, if this is true why should I become Catholic?
47:36 – Baptism in Jesus, I have a defense for why it’s valid.
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Question Covered:
02:35 – Do we have an idea of how old Mary was when she was assumed?
14:17 – I was watching the conversion story of the late Alex Jones, how can I apply his story to my own conversion?
19:50 – What does Pope Francis mean by rigidity and why is it so important for us to avoid it?
35:41 – Since our Lord says no one is greater than John the Baptist, how can we say that Mary is without sin and greater than John the Baptist?
40:38 – What’s the difference between the Catholic and Orthodox lent period?
43:17 – My dad is judgmental about Catholics “parading around” with ashes. What’s a good way to respond to this?
51:14 – CORRECTION: Byzantine Rite starts Lent the Monday before Ash Wednesday not the 7th of March.
51:54 – How do you go about telling family and friends that you are becoming Catholic?
https://timstaples.com/2019/are-the-ashes-of-ash-wednesday-contrary-to-s...
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Question Covered:
02:35 – Do we have an idea of how old Mary was when she was assumed?
14:17 – I was watching the conversion story of the late Alex Jones, how can I apply his story to my own conversion?
19:50 – What does Pope Francis mean by rigidity and why is it so important for us to avoid it?
35:41 – Since our Lord says no one is greater than John the Baptist, how can we say that Mary is without sin and greater than John the Baptist?
40:38 – What’s the difference between the Catholic and Orthodox lent period?
43:17 – My dad is judgmental about Catholics “parading around” with ashes. What’s a good way to respond to this?
51:14 – CORRECTION: Byzantine Rite starts Lent the Monday before Ash Wednesday not the 7th of March.
51:54 – How do you go about telling family and friends that you are becoming Catholic?
Resources Mentioned:
https://timstaples.com/2019/are-the-ashes-of-ash-wednesday-contrary-to-s...
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Questions Covered:
11:50 – Is it moral for a married couple to use IVF if that is the only option to conceive naturally?
19:05 – Does a woman have to go through the same process for surrogacy as she would with IVF
30:09 – How do I talk to a family member who has gone through IVF and is continuing to go through it?
37:07 – God is present when a child is conceived either in a tube or the body. You are implying that God’s hand is not involved. I want to challenge you on that claim.
48:06 – It seems like you’re splitting hairs between fertility clinics and IVF procedures. If God has determined that people can’t get pregnant, how is it different?
51:03 – What are the Repercussions if someone decides to do an embryo adoption? Does it pose a moral problem?
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Questions Covered:
05:56 – How would Trent demonstrate that a fetus has the right to live in the mother’s womb?
15:15 – It seems that there is no legal responsibility for the man. It is his fault for not having safe sex and kicking off the natural course of the events. Why is he not held accountable?
22:02 – Jer. 1:5 “I had a plan for you, called you by name” If there’s a child that was made with a plan, but there’s no soulmates, how can you have both? If there’s a plan, then how can you explain rape and incest?
35:58 – More attention needs to be given to men who lost children through abortion. https://www.usccb.org/committees/pro-life-activities/hollow-men-male-gri...
42:49 – I’m an ER physician and have read that its permissible for women who have been raped to take the morning after pill within 48 hours. Has the teaching changed? https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/health-ca...
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