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:
05:57 – What is the difference between salvation and redemption? Who paid the cost for redemption?
07:56 – I’m a revert and I found out that since my wife and I were married outside the church, it’s not found valid. Can I have some clarification as to how our marriage is seen in the eyes of the church and how to go about this “hiatus” until we get it validated?
13:41 – Is there any reference in the bible to there being a “mother” God or a female figure God?
17:41 – If you’re going to have a religious practice that’s trying to study the heart and mind of reality, why wouldn’t your religion be totally scientifically based, Catholicism seems to always be on the coattails of science.
21:47 – I had a Methodist friend who argued for female ordination and brought up St Paul mentioning Junia, saying she was “honored among the apostles”. Could you talk about this and what it means in terms of females being able to be ordained?
30:55 – At the 2019 Amazon summit that met at the Vatican, what did the Pachamama statue that was presented to the pope symbolize? Was it the Virgin Mary or “mother earth”?
35:56 – How is there one God but then when talking about the trinity, it is said that God is then each of the three parts as well?
44:19 – A Lutheran friend said Christianity is the only religion where works are not required for salvation. Could you please give me a Catholic response to this?
49:00 – I’m a new Catholic. Once a month the priest gives a priestly blessing on new couples married within that month. He raises his hand to give that blessing. The parishioners raise their hands toward the couples as well but I never do it. What is the right way?
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Questions Covered:
06:20 – How can Jesus be both finite and infinite at the same time?
14:35 – In Hebrews 10:5-10 where it says “but a body you prepared for me,” is the “body” the body of Jesus or the body of the Blessed Mother?
17:05 – Why in Leviticus and Deuteronomy is the penalty for breaking so many laws death?
20:53 – How is the word “brother” used in the bible? Is it always just in the literal sense? In Luke 1:36 I believe it’s used differently.
28:39 – During the great schism, if the bishop of Rome separated from the rest of the patriarchy, why wouldn’t that be considered a judgement on the see of Rome by the united church of the first millennium?
33:21 – After the resurrection of Jesus, he tells Mary Magdalene not to touch him because he hasn’t gone to the father, but Thomas sticks his fingers in the wound prior to him going to the father. Why is that?
36:22 – I’m a confessional Lutheran, could you give me 3 of the most important ways we have it wrong and 3 of the most important ways we have it right?
44:59 – Are we allowed to consume meat from halal butchers? I’m not sure if it is prepared a certain way that would be against Catholic teaching.
50:33 – I want to go into apologetics, specifically for the unbound. How would I go about starting out?
52:00 – If the translations of the bible are from Greek, does it mean that the Greek bible has it all correct?
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Questions Covered:
07:26 – Where I live, any gathering of more than 50 people requires you to be vaccinated. Some masses are being restricted to vaccinated persons only. What’s the moral procedure in requiring this sort of thing in order to receive the sacraments?
17:30 – Where did the King David star come from?
21:58 – If I have a child out of wedlock, am I able to receive communion after going to confession?
28:53 – I’ve noticed some books have two stamps that go on the front of books that say they’ve been reviewed by the bishop and/or are free from doctrinal error. Why would some books that deal with doctrine choose not to be reviewed and approved in this way?
33:16 – I had a discussion with someone about praying to Mary and I said that Jesus obeyed the commandment to honor his mother and father. How do I respond to him asking if Jesus prayed to Mary?
36:42 – Is it true that when you receive Jesus that you are also receiving a part of Mary?
44:48 – Why would being vegetarian or vegan be against our faith?
48:25 – Why do Catholics pray to St. Michael and call him “thou” rather than “you” as if he is superior to humans?
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Questions Covered:
24:00 – When we as Catholics say Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, how do we know that the writers didn’t do that intentionally?
35:05 – Is there a Catholic book that talks about what happened between the Old Testament and the New Testament?
43:55 – How do you find the Immaculate Conception in scripture?
51:46 – I think when Jesus was walking with the two disciples after his resurrection is when he was connecting the dots between the Old and New Testament.
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Drawing on his book, Light From Darkness: Nine Times the Catholic Church Was in Turmoil and Came Out Stronger Than Before, historian Steve Weidenkopf answers our questions about the current Vatican deal with China. Is the agreement to let the Chinese government have a say about bishop appointments a return to the days of the Investiture Controversy?
Cy Kellett:
Is the China deal a repeat of the investiture controversy? Steve Weidenkopf is next.
Cy Kellett:
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