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:
02:37 – What is an apologist? What do they do? What’s a good solid study of apologetics that I can start with?
06:05 – What would you say to someone who says that Mary can’t be the bride of the HS and the Church can’t be Christ’ bride because there is no marriage in heaven?
14:50 – How do I process converting to Catholicism? How do I deal with family?
20:45 – What historical evidence for Jesus founding the Catholic Church outside of the bible?
28:56 – My grandson is being asked to officiate a wedding. How can I discuss this with him in a loving way?
34:00 – I’m in the military, we are not allowed to openly discuss the transgender issue. How do I defend the faith in a less than optimal circumstances?
41:44 – Why can’t Catholics be socialist?
47:47 – Can frozen embryos be saved?
52:42 – What resources do you recommend to those who want to prepare to defend the faith against friends and family?
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Questions Covered:
21:03 – What’s the Church’s position on families adopting fertilized eggs that were frozen for IVF?
31:04 – I’m looking to donate my body to science for study. Is it ethical and how would you go about it? What would be the burial options after the donation since body part would be missing?
38:29 – I heard scientists are putting miniature human organs on microchips? Could you verify whether this is happening?
47:10 – What is being done to generate new stem cells for vaccines?
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Questions Covered:
08:29 – Could you give me the scriptural basis for the papacy?
17:35 – does it say in the bible that you shouldn’t judge?
20:50 – How do you approach protestants to start evangelizing? Should we wait till they engage?
29:19 – When Jesus came down from heaven (resurrected), what happened to the people who hurt Jesus?
31:16 – What does the bible say about the resurrection of our loved ones?
39:30 – My husband is an evangelical and I’m a revert Catholic. I feel like I’m letting God down by not making the sign of the cross before meals. Is it a sin?
44:57 – Follow up on judging question: How far do we go with judging? We don’t want to push them away, do we?
47:44 – Regarding the thief that Jesus promised him he would see him in paradise. How does this relate to purgatory?
51:42 – is it safe to pray the rosary in Latin? I’ve been involved in the occult and trying to get out.
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Questions Covered:
03:27 – I heard that a priest could deny someone forgiveness. Is that possible?
10:49 – Will a baptism be valid if I took the child to be baptized or performed the baptism myself without the parents’ consent?
17:54 – How would you reconcile evolution with original sin?
20:58 – What’s the difference between the magic in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings because it seems like the magic in Harry Potter is bad?
28:44 – Why can’t we have separate chalices when receiving communion?
33:04 – Is it ok to add an Our Father for Uriel the archangel to the St. Michael Chaplet?
37:14 – I’m a lapsed Catholic. How would I begin my journey to return?
42:27 – I’m not Catholic. Am I understanding this next statement correctly: When Catholics receive the Eucharist, they are truly becoming one with Jesus.
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Questions Covered:
03:40 – If something is taught by the magisterium but is not infallible, could a person disagree with it?
08:03 – How would I defend that the Catholic Faith is true to protestants?
18:44 – I have never been fully satisfied with the Catholic response to “call no man father.” Can You help clarify it for me?
28:40 – I’ve been practicing martial arts and I’m getting a new instructor, but it feels like it borders on eastern religion. Can I still practice this as a good Catholic?
32:48 – What are the positions that the Church relooked at that were once considered modernist ideas that are now approved?
36:45 – Can you help me better understand devotion to relics?
44:48 – In the TLM the consecration prayer for the chalice includes the words the mystery of faith. It was dropped in the new mass. How do I explain to someone that this doesn’t make the Mass invalid?
51:12 – I just became Catholic. I’ve heard some say that Mary didn’t have childbirth pains and others say she did. What’s correct?
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