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:
05:10 – It seems like there’s an apparent contradiction between the value of women in the book of Sirach and in the rest of the Bible. It talks about daughters being a liability, divorcing your wife, and the wickedness of man being better than the righteousness of women.
14:25 – Since there were bishops from the East who became popes before the East-West schism, isn’t that an argument in favor of the papacy?
18:10 – How should I talk to my friend about the hierarchical structures of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches? He seems to be leaning more Orthodox on this point.
29:00 – In my theology class we were talking about whether a traditional family (only father works + stay-at-home mom) or a non-traditional family lifestyle (mother works, or both parents work) is more beneficial. Is there a definite answer?
33:05 – What is the treasury of merit and how does it play into the theology of indulgences?
40:25 – How do you defend the Church against someone who believes it has pagan beginnings and that the Vatican is shaped like a dragon?
49:00 – I believe that since the second person of the trinity became a man, not a martian, that means there are no aliens. What is Jimmy’s best response to this?
41:40 – Is acupuncture approved by the Church?
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Questions Covered:
06:05 – Why do Catholics single out abortion as a sin that we’re expected to stop others from doing? There are many many other sins in this world, so why should I be concerned with this one in particular?
13:00 – How will you know when Jesus has come again?
19:45 – If evil thoughts come into someone’s mind, could they be put there by Satan apart from my will? If that’s the case, do I have to confess it? What’s the Church teaching?
24:40 – Can the Catholic stance on the death penalty be backed up with sola scriptura?
35:30 – As a Protestant, where should I begin my research if I’m interested in Catholicism?
43:05 – Are Satan and the demons in hell suffering, or just the people who go there? And are we able to contact the souls in hell, whether from this life or the next?
48:20 – Have you read By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed? What do you think of what it teaches about the death penalty compared to what Pope Francis is teaching now?
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Questions Covered:
5:19 – I don’t think God’s going to send anyone to hell, because Jesus died for the whole world and God is love.
19:17 – If someone dies and we don’t know whether they believed in God before they died, should we still pray for them? Are they in purgatory? Will the masses said for them be effective?
29:57 – If salvation is a covenant, then isn’t it wrong to speak of it as being lost, rather than as being broken?
33:59 – If someone is baptized and confirmed Catholic, but then leaves the Church later, how does that affect their salvation?
43:26 – Purgatory sounds like a second chance at salvation.
47:33 – I looked up the definition of mortal sin and I’m wondering how it’s different from every other sin. Doesn’t all sin separate us from God?
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Questions Covered:
12:13 – How can I tell my Protestant father about the Catholic view of salvation?
17:47 – If God’s ultimate plan is for all to be saved, why would he create anyone knowing that they’d be damned?
30:37 – Why is the crucifixion necessary for our salvation?
36:43 – Is salvation eternal or temporary?
42:01 – Why wouldn’t God give the grace of salvation to everyone?
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In the second part of our discussion with Father Hugh Barbour about Catholic Faith and the transgender movement, he brings out a forgotten document from Pope John XXIII. The document was never promulgated by the Second Vatican Council, but it says a great deal about how the Church thinks about sex, and sex “reassignment.”
Listen to the first part here: Aquinas on Transgenderism
Cy Kellett:
What the Second Vatican Council almost said about sex changes. Father Hugh Barber next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for Living, Understanding and Defending Your Cat…
