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:
04:57 – In Mt. 12:36 what exactly is meant by “idle word?”
12:10 – How can we best prepare for receiving the Eucharist?
15:16 – Is there a primary way of receiving grace and coming to know God’s love without having received the sacraments?
21:54 – Aside from prayer to God and Jesus, what exactly can Mary do?
28:30 – What does the Church teach about hypnosis and 3rd dimensions?
36:30 – In the Apostles Creed it says descended into hell. Did he actually go to hell?
42:08 – I listened to your debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman. In the end of the gospel of John, it uses the pronoun we when the author refers to himself. Could you help clarify?
48:37 – Will adding one word to our wedding vows make the sacrament invalid?
51:28 – In Rev. 17 how they map out the size of heaven with cubits. Why is there a size denomination applied to heaven?
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Questions Covered:
02:15 – My son married a non-Catholic outside of the Church and is now divorced. What does he have to do to be in good standing with the Church?
08:30 – Regarding the Miraculous Medal. It’s starting to sound like a superstition to me. Can you help clarify?
13:48 – When we die, do we go to heaven now or in the final judgment?
19:11 – How does the idea of original sin affect our everyday lives?
29:32 – I’m a Baptist and had a change of heart on the Catholic Church. Is not becoming Catholic a grave matter?
36:33 – How does the Catholic view on justification differ from the protestant view?
44:22 – How do we know so much about angels?
47:00 – On the requirements for the first Saturday devotion: Should we be meditating on all 15 mysteries or is it just one?
50:15 – I’m coming into the Catholic Church. Where can I find the evidence for authority for private revelation in the Catholic Church?
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Questions Covered:
07:24 – Is binding and loosing evidence for Papal infallibility? The early church writings claim an unblemished church of Rome, does that correlate to infallibility?
18:45 – Why does the decree Sict Dudum only seek to protect Christians?
22:28 – If you are in a gay marriage and repented and now living celibacy, do you have to get a divorce?
31:26 – What has to happen for the Catholic Church to let gay men and women to get married?
38:55 – If the Latin rite and the Eastern rites have different beliefs, how can they both be Catholics?
45:10 – Why do Catholics not eat meat on Fridays during Lent?
50:45 – Where are the elders in the Catholic Church?
53:00 – My son married a non-Catholic outside of the Church and is now divorced. What does he have to do in order to be in good standing with the Church?
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Agnostics say they just don’t know the answer to life’s biggest question. Pat Flynn, Host of Philosophy for the People, says that, while agnostics make some good points, their decision not to decide is ultimately a mistake.
Cy Kellett:
Hey, let’s face it. Agnostics make some strong points. Pat Flynn is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, The Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Thanks so much for being here with us. Among those who we might contend intellectually here at Catholic Answers, what d…
Questions Covered:
07:54 – Can our guardian angel hear our thoughts? If they can, can fallen angels hear them?
17:04 – What’s the response to the argument that modern scholars claim that the gospels were not written until hundreds of years after Christ’ death?
24:05 – Is it possible for people to get married without the presence of the Church?
34:23 – How can Catholics believe in a standard view of evolution and accept the Church’s teaching on original sin?
44:53 – I want to work at a pregnancy center that is evangelical. I would have to sign an oath of agreement. I worry that it might not be ok for me to sign it as a Catholic. Can I get your thoughts?
47:44 – Is it valid to pray for people who died recently and a very long time ago? Purgatory is for real
51:59 – Why is the bishop of Rome not considered the Archbishop of Rome?
53:30 – What does the Catholic Church think of the Orthodox prayer the Hesychasm?
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