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:
09:48 – How do I explain to my Catholic friends that when we pray to Mary, we are not taking glory away from God?
15:35 – I’m not Catholic but I’m trying to find in the bible that you will be blessed more if you give more. Where can I find that?
20:45 – Would it be reasonable for the Church to assert a lawsuit for plagiarism against those who teach heresy?
32:24 – Why does Mary have her own power? Why does she ask for shrines in her name?
41:45 – Is it ok to receive communion on one knee?
48:17 – After I apply a plenary indulgence to a departed soul, do I no longer have to pray for them?
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Questions Covered:
12:42 – How effective are prayers if you are not in the state of grace? How effective are non-Catholic prayers?
24:18 – If Christ’s death on the cross was enough, then why do we need purgatory?
35:35 – I used to go to mass daily as a kid. Where do we go from here with the massive cultural change?
46:05 – In John, Jesus says if you believe in my name, you will be saved. Is he talking about Sola Fide?
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Chris Check, president of Catholic Answers, joins us for a Cinco de Mayo bonus episode to discuss some of the struggles faced by the Catholic Church in 20th Century Mexico. It’s a dramatic story with astonishing heroes and heroines, and nasty villains, one of whom called himself, “The personal enemy of God.”
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Questions Covered:
07:00 – How do I live an orderly life and control one’s appetites?
18:15 – Do people conceived through IVF and cloning have souls?
24:37 – What’s the distinction between the Hellenist and a Hebrew as mentioned in Acts 6?
35:24 – Could you explain Mary’s perpetual virginity and her assumption?
44:25 – Is communal confession permitted?
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Questions Covered:
07:15 – The Church teaches that we need to avoid the near occasion of sin. How am I supposed to approach life if, due to my severe scrupulosity, I find myself always in the near occasion of sin?
22:33 – I heard that the Magi saw different instances of Jesus, but I cannot find any source on that. Are you familiar with this?
32:38 – The CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church) says you’re morally obligated to help others if you can. If you are and are omnipotent, are you obligated to help everyone?
49:35 – How do we respond to the claim that ensoulment does not happen after 40 days?
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