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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
02:58 – My biggest issue with the Church is language. You use similar words for different meanings.
19:22 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t know which religion to follow since there’s so many different churches out there. I just believe in Jesus.
30:06 – I was brought up protestant and have recently felt the call to be Catholic. Why did Jesus descend into hell? Where do I start to be Catholic?
36:42 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t believe in Jesus, who I believe is just a fictional character in a book.
48:29 – I’m not Catholic because it seems like a labor-intensive religion.
…
Questions Covered:
05:35 – My husband isn’t Catholic anymore because he doesn’t think God is good. How can I respond? The problem of evil is his big objection.
14:12 – I’m not Catholic because they don’t pray directly to God. Why is that?
20:35 – I’m not Catholic because I grew up as a southern Baptist and had all the preconceived notions that a Baptist has. I am feeling drawn to the Church. Where do I start?
24:31 – I’m not Catholic because I can’t fully comprehend the Eucharist.
35:13 – I was raised Catholic and fell away because I just didn’t care and was later baptized non-denominational.
42:25 – My girlfriend is not Catholics because we do strange things like the sign of the cross.
46:00 – The early Church was not the Catholic Church because they were a Sabbath keeping Church.
…
An argument has been spreading that Francis is not the pope because Benedict retained some of the papal powers. We ask apologist Michael Lofton to explain the munus/ministerium debate.
Cy Kellett:
What about the theory that Pope Benedict resigned only part of the papacy? Apologist Michael Lofton 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, and our guest this time is Apologist Michael Lofton. Michael Lofton has actually been quite critical of Pope Francis, and so we t…
Questions Covered:
03:40 – I’ve noticed a non-Catholic friend go up to receive communion during Mass. What’s the Church’s official teaching on this?
13:42 – My Godson said he learned in Catholic school that your venial sins are forgiven during communion. I thought venial and mortal sins could only be forgiven during confession. Could you help clarify?
18:30 – Domestic Church Radio…Why did God throughout Salvation History demand a blood sacrifice?
23:40 – What’s a good book that shows that the Catholic Church is the one true Church?
28:50 – Why did Jesus not say “This is my body” at the feeding of 5,000? This would have been more convincing.
32:30 – Why do we only receive the host and not from the Chalice during communion?
38:50 – How do you properly dispose of a broken rosary?
40:55 – Why would abortion automatically excommunicate someone? Wouldn’t confession just solve it?
46:10 – Do I have a responsibility to talk to someone who has given up hope on salvation? How would I go about that?
51:16 – When the priest says that Jesus loves you more than your parents, what does that mean?
…
Questions Covered:
03:26 – In the gospels, Jesus says he will not take away anything from the law but later he lets his disciples take things away. Can you clarify?
14:03 – Do we sacrifice Christ over and over again? Can you help me understand that and respond?
24:13 – Did Galileo get in trouble with the Church because he didn’t have enough evidence and was claiming Copernicanism as fact or was it because he was interpreting scripture as a scientist?
33:33 – The Pope came out with scripture in defense to bring LGBT people into the Church while allowing them to continue to live the lifestyle. Isn’t this contrary to the Church’s teaching?
46:20 – What is the best course of action to address churches named after the controversial “Our Lady of All Nations?”
50:10 – Why can’t women be priests?
…
