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:
10:50 – Do church authorities, the Popes and Bishops, synthesize the sources of our tradition or use tradition as guidelines when making authoritarian teachings?
22:38 – My priest only provides the host and not wine. Is that appropriate?
33:50 – I have heard that we can venerate statues of Saints, but not pray to them. Can I pray to a statue of Jesus?
40:29 – In the past I heard if you watch the Mass that you will not receive a blessing. Why wouldn’t I receive a blessing if I participated in the Mass?
45:13 – Jesus gives thanks to his Father for giving him disciples except Judas who he called a devil. How can Satan tempt a devil, Judas?
47:14 – I read information on a living icon in a Byzantine Church. Can you explain this description?
50:41 – I heard a response to school shootings is that God is no longer present in schools. Is this a reasonable response?
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Questions Covered:
03:26 – When Jesus asked Peter, do you love me 3 times, the Greek translates each differently. Is this also true in Aramaic?
07:00 – What advise can you provide for having a conversation with an Eastern Orthodox Priest belonging to Antiochene tradition on the role of the Pope?
10:49 – Does God have any part in sending people to Hell?
20:26 – Does Catholic mysticism have anything to do with Pantheism?
29:10 – Do you have any tips on how to deal with scrupulosity?
34:33 – In the bible, I have heard that Paul didn’t confront Peter, but a man named Cephas. Does this idea have any merit?
40:24 – Is the Sedevacantism movement considered a cult?
46:30 – Why does God choose circumcision as a sign of the old covenant?
51:16 – Can you explain the different accounts of Jesus’s sharing of the two great commandments?
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Questions Covered:
07:56 – Considering Jesus’ acceptance of prostitutes, thieves, tax-collectors, etc., why is someone’s “transgender status” an issue for Catholics? It doesn’t impact my Catholic faith or my following of Church teaching/Christ. Why can’t we just accept them?
37:30 – When I was younger, I dealt with gender dysphoria and I’m grateful the surgeries there are now weren’t available back then. It would have greatly changed my life for the worse.
44:30 – I have a son in law that has recently come out as “transgender feminine”. What would you suggest is the best way to deal with this situation with him?
49:15 – Some of this stuff with transgenderism seems totalitarian. People that agree with it seem to have the last word and are really harsh about voicing their views.
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Questions Covered:
16:37 – When is the proper time to take kids at mass to the back and the right time to let it go and stay in the pews? Is there a right or wrong way to approach this?
29:50 – Are there any Catholic educational programs for children outside of school? My kids go to public school, but it seems like there’s so much for Protestants and not much for Catholics.
47:49 – How do I draw my adult children, who have all fallen away from the church, and my husband, who has always been protestant, to the Church?
49:00 – What activities and formation would you recommend for children under the age of 5 to teach them about the faith outside of daily prayer and mass?
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Questions Covered:
18:03 – What should we say to young women who are forced to have an abortion?
24:03 – I’m not Catholic, my wife left me and returned pregnant. I raised the child as my own and became pro-life because of that.
29:10 – How do I talk to women who have had abortions who refuse to even consider any argument?
35:00 – How do I answer the following two objections: 1. The fetus is not a person. 2. You’re a hypocrite because you’re not adopting.
42:01 – Why do people refer to the unborn child as an it?
46:59 – I had an abortion and it left a scar on my soul, and I never want anyone to go through that.
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