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:
03:38 – Are the Jewish-Christian lead tablets forgeries?
06:38 – Can a trans-man marry a trans-woman in the Catholic faith?
11:27 – It seems like a lot of the popes in history have been mean and evil? How does the Church respond? Was Martin Luther correct in trying to go against those things?
18:28 – How does the Church respond to a politician who supports abortion and receives communion?
28:11 – Being that there’s bishops in Germany advocating for a change in the catechism regarding the LGBT community, what are the disciplinary measures that the other bishops can place on them?
32:46 – I was accused of being a cannibal because of the Eucharist. How do I respond?
40:58 – Is it accurate to say that God’s ordaining will is will in himself? Is this will unrelated to his creation while his permissive will is in relation to his creation?
43:27 – How can I bring up a conversation about faith with my boyfriend?
48:15 – If both parties in a marriage have to freely enter into it, then, historically, how were arranged marriages valid?
52:17 – I’ve heard that you’re not supposed to judge someone’s soul, but can you help find it in the Catechism?
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Questions Covered:
03:45 – My priest tends to make jokes to families during Baptism, is this proper?
08:00 – Does the Spirit of Truth from John Chapter 16 apply to every believer or just the magisterium?
12:40 – Does a Catholic in a civil marriage who is married to a non-Catholic need to get an annulment?
17:45 – Did Jesus wash the feet of Judas on Holy Thursday?
22:20 – When praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet how can I say I offer the body, blood, soul, and divinity?
29:30 – When they divided Jesus’s clothing, they were also called priestly garments. Do we know the ancient name or today’s equivalent name of the garments?
32:15 – Where in the bible do we get the criteria for proper marriage or an annulment?
36:10 – Is it appropriate to ask a priest for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick before an open-heart surgery?
44:05 – How can I tell my adult children about getting an annulment?
52:10 – What is the best way to offer Mass for souls in Purgatory?
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Questions Covered:
09:30 – How do you respond to the argument that banning abortions will actually make them increase?
15:00 – Is forcing someone to continue a pregnancy conceived in rape a continuation of the original crime?
20:35 – When I change someone’s mind on abortion, how do I keep them from going back to being pro-choice?
23:30 – What should we say about women who are in tough pregnancies due to poverty or abusive partners?
28:45 – How do you respond to the claim that children born from unwanted pregnancies would become criminals?
32:15 – Is abortion ever medically necessary? Are cases like ectopic pregnancies real?
36:50 – When abortion rates started decreasing, did adoption rates start increasing?
43:00 – If one day we could fully grow a fetus outside of the womb, what would be the Catholic position on that?
50:15 – Is there a moral difference between a two-year-old and an unborn child? I don’t know if the Church teaches that.
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Questions Covered:
48:21 – I’m so glad you guys finally said this out loud! We don’t need to poke the bear!
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Questions Covered:
08:30 – Roe V. Wade document Leak
47:33 – I’ve been in the prolife movement since 1985. You’re right, most people in the movement are religious and those that are not, burn out quickly. Stigmatizing abortion helped to keep it in the spotlight. It showed what it really is.
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