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:
19:30 – Should I fear purgatory?
28:40 – Does the apostolic pardon remove all temporal punishment, or is there some other thing you have to do like being completely detached from sin?
33:10 – Did I answer my granddaughter correctly when she asked me “If purgatory is real, why did Jesus die?”
41:00 – If we pray for the souls in purgatory, do they know who prays for them? And is it okay to hear several masses for them, or is one sufficient?
46:50 – It’s a good idea to begin suffering in this life so we don’t rely on purgatory too much.
51:30 – Is it possible to prove that purgatory exists?
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Questions Covered:
16:45 – How can I reach my son who refuses to talk to me at all?
22:50 – My son just told me he no longer believes in Christ but he wants a Catholic marriage to a girl who’s a devout Catholic.
43:15 – How do you turn off your mind at night when you’re thinking about your kids?
49:50 – How do I talk to my adult son and daughter who are fallen-away Catholics?
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Number two will BLOW YOUR MIND! Popular Catholic Apologist Trent Horn, the author of Why We’re Catholic, reflects on the three big errors all apologists should avoid.
Cy Kellett:
What are the big mistakes apologists make? Trent Horn is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith.
Cy Kellett:
I’m Cy Kellett, your host. One of the great defenders of the Catholic faith and one of the great defenders of life in the world today is our young friend, young Trent Horn. And he has a great following…
Questions Covered:
06:10 – Why is Michael the Archangel a saint if he’s an angel? When did the Church first start having saints?
16:15 – What is the origin of birthstones? Are they a pagan item? If so, is it ok for Catholics to have them?
23:19 – Following the resurrection, we’re told God exists outside of time and space. Given this, how would we be with him in the new world?
28:25 – What is the Church’s teaching on marital rape? A friend said it was never seen as rape but just a marital dispute so the law never had any say in it.
31:07 – Have you heard of Wycliffe’s bible? If so, is it ok for Catholics to read from it?
35:10 – As a Catholic, will your book A Daily Defense help me explain our faith to people who may not believe in it?
38:22 – How can I defend and incorporate my faith into conversations with Atheists and Protestants?
44:30 – Is there any connection between the sons of Noah and the 3 languages on the cross?
Resources Mentioned:
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F. F. Bruce
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig Blomberg
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, by Richard Bauckham
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Questions Covered:
06:19 – In other religions, can there be miracles? What do we do with the stories of other so-called saints from other religions?
14:05 – Can you explain the process of how the church declares something infallible?
16:15 – I’m an immigrant and I’ve lived in the US for 19 years but I don’t have legal status. What advice would you have for someone like me that wants to be a good Catholic and live a good life according to Christ’s teaching?
20:00 – You mentioned the best dating for the birth of Christ being 2-3 BC. Where did you get this conclusion from? Why do you believe that is the best time period as opposed to a different time period?
28:55 – I’m not sure what to do about my husband receiving communion. When I met him, he said he was Catholic but when we did marriage classes, he told the deacon he had only been baptized and didn’t receive his First Communion. I only recently found out about this so what should we do about this as he has been receiving the eucharist for 25 years now?
35:04 – How can I explain to someone that says a fetus is not an alive human? They made the argument that since you check for heart and brain activity to see if someone is dead, that would be the case for a fetus as well.
40:35 – If an orthodox church came back into communion with the church, what would they do about their cannon? Would they have to get rid of it?
47:00 – Was dividing animals and walking through them ever part of the marriage covenant?
51:03 – To what extent can you disagree with the Church and the Pope before it goes too far?
Resources Mentioned:
CA Focus episode – What Was the Star of Bethlehem?
The Handbook of Biblical Chronology, by Jack Finegan
From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology, by Andrew Steinmann
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