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:
05:38 – In Deuteronomy 22:28-29 It talks about a man lying with a virgin. What does it mean from the Catholic perspective?
16:12 – I’m a 2nd grade catechist. They want to know why God judged Adam and Eve so harshly? Why couldn’t it be just a teaching moment?
22:22 – What if a person holds back a sin due to shame before their wedding? Will that person’s confession and marriage be valid?
24:30 – Why did God direct the Israelites to kill the other nations who were occupying the promised land if we’re all God’s children?
35:43 – I’m blind and I just wanted to tell Cy thank you and I love your audio book.
41:25 – My protestant friend called me and told me that he was convinced that hell doesn’t exist. Could you explain if it does exist and how you get there? How could it exist if Jesus died for everyone?
48:46 – If the sacraments are efficacious should we expect a temporal manifestation of that grace?
52:22 – I feel drawn to become Catholic. How can I approach this with parents who are deeply opposed?
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Questions Covered:
02:15 – Should we avoid any forms of media that can be linked to the demonic?
12:18 – Why did the Church in the west retain the Latin language in the liturgy? Prior to the Reformation, were homilies delivered in Latin? How would you answer a protestant if they say that the Church kept everything in Latin to keep people from understanding?
23:10 – My sister is going to marry a non-Catholic outside of the Church. Will her marriage be a valid Christian marriage?
28:43 – Why do some bibles have different chapter numbers for the Psalms?
31:35 – What did the souls that went to heaven do differently from the souls that went to purgatory?
46:10 – Why do we believe that Jesus is not speaking in hyperbole in John 6?
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Questions Covered:
10:05 – Did Adam and Eve benefit in any way from eating of the fruit before being expelled from the garden?
11:35 – James and John talked about sitting on Jesus left and right and Jesus rebuked them. On the cross Jesus told the good thief that he would be sitting by his side in heaven. Could you clarify this for me?
14:05 – We as Catholics are told to call priests father when in the bible it says call no man father?
19:12 – What’s the biblical basis of relics?
28:40 – What do you think of the Douay-Rheims in terms of it coming from older manuscripts that are now available?
38:55 – In the bible it says having faith the size of a mustard seed can move a tree. How can I know that I have faith?
43:50 – In Deuteronomy 23:12 and Wisdom starts at 3:16, it says that children born through illegitimate births will not inherit heaven. Can you clarify this for me?
51:11 – I’ve heard it said that one doesn’t have to believe in personal revelation, but Paul had personal revelation. Why do we put so much emphasis on Paul’s personal revelation?
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Questions Covered:
06:05 – Could you expound upon the writer and history of the book of Sirach?
15:42 – How did all the races change after the flood?
31:21 – Mary Magdalene went to touch Jesus and was told not to touch him. Jesus then told Thomas to touch him. Why was Mary Magdalene not allowed to touch him, but Thomas was?
36:13 – Is there biblical support for intercession over praying to saints?
43:16 – Does the Catholic Church have an official translation of the Septuagint?
48:22 – Does Jesus actually mean that we are consuming his flesh and not bread?
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Questions Covered:
12:36 – Was the Lazarus that received the drop of water on his tongue the same Lazarus that was Mary and Martha’s brother? I hear of a lot of Mary’s apart from the Virgin Mary, are they all the same woman?
17:31 – The pope said we have a moral obligation to take vaccines. Is this true?
20:08 – I’m protestant and I’m exploring Catholicism. Where does one start with a true clear picture of Catholicism?
29:33 – How can you be assured of your forgiveness of sins? In Purgatory you’re being purified from attachment, but I’ve read that people went to hell because of their attachment. Why wouldn’t they just go to purgatory?
40:24 – I was told the word homosexuality was never mentioned in the bible up until 1946. Is this true?
50:04 – I’ve heard it said that it was impossible for Jesus to sin. Could you explain?
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