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:
03:46 – Is it appropriate for a Catholic to use the practice of accessing your inner child by using your non-dominant hand to write with?
10:37 – My dad is very close to converting to Catholicism. His wife is more hesitant, do you know any books in Chinese that I could give her?
14:00 – Why doesn’t the Church come out and say marijuana isn’t an intrinsic evil and actually has good potential for medical use?
21:42 – What would happen is a mega church pastor converted to Catholicism, would he be able to be ordained as a priest?
31:57 – What is the Catholic interpretation of Hebrews 6:4-6?
41:36 – My catechism book says that if you feel guilty for a sin that you have already been forgiven for, that you should still confess it. Is this true?
46:57 – Is it alright to ask Jesus to pray for you?
52:50 – What’s the proper term for a person who received all the sacraments but didn’t live it out until 20 years after being away from the Church?
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Questions Covered:
03:40 – Would you like to continue our Socratic dialogue on the argument from cosmology?
18:03 – Why do we have and need godparents for sacraments?
20:58 – Why do some translations have “blessed are you among women” in the story of the Annunciation but not in others?
24:06 – Can you compare the Catholic and Protestant understanding of 1 Corinth. 11? Was there both a feast and a liturgy?
32:00 – How do we talk to Protestants about the Deuterocanon?
41:34 – Why doesn’t the Church include the Didache and Clement’s letter to the Corinthians into the canon of scripture?
44:43 – What is sanctifying Grace? How do we get it? Did Jesus need it and how did He get it?
48:35 – Why did the translation change from “forgive us our debts” to “forgive us our trespasses?”
51:39 – Is it proper to take pictures of the Eucharist in the monstrance?
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Questions Covered:
04:55 – How does the annulment process work? If the process is approved, what does that imply?
14:30 – If I stand in line for confession but it ends, am I still able to receive communion even though I didn’t get to go to confession?
17:59 – Since Jesus is the only path to salvation, how is it possible to pray to Mary? Is it somewhere in the bible?
28:34 – Is there still purgatory after the final judgment?
33:09 – What is a lukewarm soul?
39:50 – Are you allowed to get married after your ex-wife dies? And if you remarry, can you receive communion?
43:33 – 1 Jn 3:6 My friends use this passage as evidence for once saved always saved. How do I respond?
48:50 – Is it likely that Joseph moved up the “engagement phase” with Mary? If Mary and Joseph had had marital relations during the betrothal, would it have been a stonable offense?
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Questions Covered:
02:45 – Where’s the line for fraternal correction for a pope?
11:48 – Is increase in merit necessary to enter into heaven?
22:56 – One of my favorite saints is Padre Pio but I struggle with his severity in the confessional. How do we square his approach with our current approach of mercy?
35:19 – 1. Corinth 6:1-11 Why did the Church change the wording of Paul from condemning homosexuality to condemning boy prostitutes?
46:30 – Acts 2:41 Does it conflict with Peter’s promise that baptism will be for our children?
52:10 – Is it ok to attend a re-baptism of a friend or family member in a protestant church?
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Questions Covered:
02:32 – If demons can possess people, could Raphael have possessed a willing host such that when he introduced himself as Azarias son of the great Ananias he wasn’t actually lying? I heard an answer recently where you addressed this falsehood and my husband came up with this potential alternate solution.
12:11 – What blessings can a layperson give? What effect does it have? How does it differ from blessings given by priests bishops and deacons?
17:17 – If God is omniscient, why does he create souls he knows he is going to throw into hell at the end of their life?
23:33 – Jimmy, I love your Mysterious World! Can you explain what the Apostolic Pardon is? I think many people would be interested to learn about this since none of us are getting out of this world alive. Thank you and God bless.
29:44 – The Enchiridion of Indulgences seems to grant a plenary indulgence at the moment of death to every Catholic who makes a regular practice of praying throughout their life. Can you confirm this, and whether this is something automatically applied to every Catholic who regularly prays, such that purgatory for praying Catholics is not an option?
36:59 – Does the penance given in the confessional in response to a good full confession equate to a plenary indulgence?
40:28 – What is the canonical status of the Greek introduction to the Book of Sirach? Is it considered to be an inspired part of the book or is it more like the Greek Ezra, 3 Maccabees, or Psalm 151–a work associated with the Bible, and sometimes even printed in the Bible, but not considered to be Scripture (“semi-scriptural stuff”)?
47:46 – What is the difference between sinful usury of biblical times and non-sinful usury of modern times?
50:10 – Is somebody who is unable to access their preferred form of the Mass (e.g., someone who would usually go to a Latin Mass and only a Novus Ordo Mass is accessible, or vice versa as well) required to attend another form to meet their Sunday/Holy Day obligation?
And if so, what can someone say to somebody who is convinced they are excused from their obligation if their preferred form of the Mass is not accessible on a given obligatory day?
Resources Mentioned:
https://jimmyakin.com/2020/12/why-would-god-create-people-he-knows-will-...
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