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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
09:42 – How can I start a local group?
14:38 – My mom is in recovery and doesn’t think she needs more than AA. What resources can you provide? My sister and I enjoy an occasional drink. What do you recommend for us as children of an alcoholic, so we don’t follow the same path?
23:50 – I have a high schooler who’s struggling with online gambling addiction, and I need advice on how to handle this.
40:43 – I’ve been in recovery for 13 years and am a convert. I find the Faith and AA compatible.
43:40 – You mentioned overeating and I have an addictive personality.
52:07 – My fiancé is struggling with porn addiction. He’s been resistant to getting outside help. What can I do?
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Michael Lofton of the Reason and Theology podcast shares his experience of leaving Catholicism for Orthodoxy and eventually returning. He explains why he concluded he needed to be in communion with the pope, and why every Christian should.
Cy Kellett:
Is the grass greener in the Orthodox Church? Michael Lofton next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. This week, we welcome Michael Lofton who made his way from Protestantism into Catholic Church, made his way from the Catholic Chu…
Questions Covered:
03:22 – I’m Catholic and married a Lutheran, but she divorced me. Is the marriage still valid?
10:48 – How many times a day can you go to mass?
12:32 – Is God all-knowing and all powerful?
18:07 – I’ve been married and divorced. Does my divorce nullify me being Catholic?
30:27 – Did the followers of Jesus that had originally followed John the Baptist have to be rebaptized?
36:42 – I’m going to be received as a Catholic this Easter, can I go to confession now?
41:57 – I heard in an RCIA class that being Catholic is just a liturgical form of worship, if this is true why should I become Catholic?
47:36 – Baptism in Jesus, I have a defense for why it’s valid.
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Questions Covered:
03:22 – I’m Catholic and married a Lutheran, but she divorced me. Is the marriage still valid?
10:48 – How many times a day can you go to mass?
12:32 – Is God all-knowing and all powerful?
18:07 – I’ve been married and divorced. Does my divorce nullify me being Catholic?
30:27 – Did the followers of Jesus that had originally followed John the Baptist have to be rebaptized?
36:42 – I’m going to be received as a Catholic this Easter, can I go to confession now?
41:57 – I heard in an RCIA class that being Catholic is just a liturgical form of worship, if this is true why should I become Catholic?
47:36 – Baptism in Jesus, I have a defense for why it’s valid.
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Question Covered:
02:35 – Do we have an idea of how old Mary was when she was assumed?
14:17 – I was watching the conversion story of the late Alex Jones, how can I apply his story to my own conversion?
19:50 – What does Pope Francis mean by rigidity and why is it so important for us to avoid it?
35:41 – Since our Lord says no one is greater than John the Baptist, how can we say that Mary is without sin and greater than John the Baptist?
40:38 – What’s the difference between the Catholic and Orthodox lent period?
43:17 – My dad is judgmental about Catholics “parading around” with ashes. What’s a good way to respond to this?
51:14 – CORRECTION: Byzantine Rite starts Lent the Monday before Ash Wednesday not the 7th of March.
51:54 – How do you go about telling family and friends that you are becoming Catholic?
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