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:
02:25 – I’ve heard a lot of apologists refer to a 3-tiered system of priests. Could you talk about this in reference to 1st Peter and Exodus 19 in light of the golden calf?
14:30 – I was having a discussion with our associate pastor and he said Mary was not married and I disagreed with him. Was Mary married or not?
20:20 – I recently returned to the Church. I prayed to God asking how to get closer to him and out of nowhere, I heard “give up everything”. What does that mean and what do you have to give up to be a disciple of Christ?
29:30 – If I go to confession and after I confess everything, maybe an hour later I die, will I go directly to heaven?
36:15 – How can I explain to a protestant friend that it was never intended for there to be multiple denominations but only one church?
44:55 – What is the church teaching on the books missing from the bible? Should we be reading them?
49:45 – In Genesis 4:16-17, where did Cain find a wife if there were only 4 people on earth?
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Questions Covered:
04:30 – In the beginning of your book Pope Peter, you talk about how it’s a deficiency that protestants talk about the visible and invisible church. Why do you view it as a deficiency to have this viewpoint?
13:51 – In scriptures in the Old Testament, how do we know that God actually said what he said? Also, how did God speak to these people and how did they know he was speaking to them?
21:34 – What makes a confession valid? If a priest hears a confession, is it only valid if he’s in communion with Rome?
29:34 – How are patron saints chosen?
35:38 – Where in the bible does Jesus teach that pre-marital sex is a sin?
41:00 – My stepson is 9 but he has psychological disabilities in which he has rage fits where he throws things and says bad things. Does he need confession every week in order to receive the sacraments because of what he says and does?
50:25 – Why does Christmas have one “s” at the end, but when we separate “Christ” and “mass” there are two s’s?
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Drawing on his newest book — The Early Church Was the Catholic Church — Joe Heschmeyer describes what the very earliest Christians believed was happening in the celebration of the Eucharist. Did they see it as a sacrifice or just a memorial? Did they understand it as a sign or as the real presence of Jesus?
Cy Kellett:
Did the very earliest Christians think about the Eucharist like we do? Joe Heschmeyer is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Happy N…
Questions Covered:
15:14 – How does one answer a person who says he doesn’t believe that the bible is the inspired and inherent word of God?
20:18 – Could you please give a definition of “Theology”? I’m not really sure what it exactly means.
29:50 – Is there a theological preference based on the study of God’s word as to how he is worshiped in the liturgy?
35:53 – I heard about a teaching of the Church about how celibacy is an objectively superior state to marriage. How does it relate to Adam and Eve’s calling as a couple and does it indicate a shift after the coming of Jesus?
41:55 – I had a non-Catholic friend explain to me that compounding sin from Adam is the cause of our shortened life span. Is it true that the sins of our fathers are the reason we don’t live as long as Adam did?
49:12 – Why is the early church father Origen not a saint? As a catechist, do you recommend any sources for a full-blown catechist program?
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