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:
05:29 – Is my dad culpable for sin for selling his company’s products to a non-Catholic missionary?
13:01 – How is Jesus God?
18:29 – In Sunday’s gospel, what did Jesus mean when he said “heaven and earth will pass away?” And why did he say the Son of Man didn’t know the hour, if the Son of Man is God?
23:47 – If God is all-loving and all-knowing, why wasn’t he teaching Adam about repentance?
37:18 – Is it against the rules for Catholics to be freemasons?
46:40 – If a baby dies but it hasn’t had the chance to sin, would it go to heaven right away or to purgatory?
50:36 – How do we go from the apostles having the authority to bind and loose to the priesthood having the same authority? Why shouldn’t all believers have that authority once they receive the Holy Spirit?
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Questions Covered:
08:17 – How do we know that Jesus loves us?
15:11 – Why don’t we defend more of our teachings from scripture instead of from tradition?
24:09 – How can the Psalmist say that God is in Sheol if that’s separation from God?
32:38 – Besides purgatory, can our prayers help someone after they’ve died? Can they contribute to that person’s salvation?
40:27 – Why isn’t there a readily available collection of Catholic teachings that are based on tradition?
46:54 – Would it theologically or pastorally make sense to ask the bishops to make a statement forbidding pro-abortion politicians from receiving communion?
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Questions Covered:
03:48 – Are Cleopas and Clopas the same person?
07:49 – My son and his wife want to baptize their baby in the Episcopal Church because “there’s no difference.” How can I approach this with them?
15:25 – When I pray the Liturgy of the Hours, do I have to use the doxology written there, or can I use the usual one?
17:45 – What’s the Catholic view of what hell is?
21:14 – Does Fr. Sebastian ever give sermons on hell? I don’t think I’ve heard one in 30 years.
30:09 – How can grace be justly withheld, as St. Thomas says in the Summa Theologiae?
34:37 – My mother voluntarily skipped mass for the first time in a while. I know she’s suffering from deep depression, so is that a good reason to skip? Could it be physically debilitating?
41:17 – Is the congregation supposed to raise our hands during the Our Father in mass?
44:08 – What exactly does the sacrament of confession mean, and how does it compare to the Orthodox version?
48:27 – Fr. Sebastian’s book Secrets From Heaven had such a great impact on me. I did have a question about his interpretation of the woman who touched Jesus’s hem as someone showing a lack of faith. Couldn’t she rather be someone in a position of humility?
51:49 – How do we as Catholics show our love to same-sex attracted people while also professing the truth of Catholic teaching to them?
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Questions Covered:
09:50 – How can I communicate with a non-Catholic who believes in nothing but what’s in the Bible?
18:00 – For a while I thought I was called to evangelize to a leader of a non-Catholic Church, but he hasn’t replied to any of my contacts at all. Should I just give up, or try something else?
22:32 – How can I explain to my brother that Jesus is our brother without taking away from his glory as Son of God?
29:06 – Jesus said to make disciples, but there’s not one set way to do that. What’s the next step after telling people about Jesus?
35:40 – I wear t-shirts with Catholic messages on them and wear a rosary from my belt, and I think that’s an effective way to evangelize without words.
41:45 – I find myself getting defensive a lot. What’s an effective strategy for someone like me with a short temper or who might be too attached to logic when a more pastoral approach would be better?
46:06 – What do you do when a best friend says that you don’t have to know God to get to heaven, you just have to be a good person?
49:50 – How do I evangelize family members?
52:25 – How are we supposed to evangelize, which is a public activity, in accord with Jesus’s condemnation of the hypocrites who make a big show of themselves?
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Questions Covered:
12:10 – I’ve been to various recovery programs for addictions to gambling, overeating, and alcohol. None of them are working.
29:50 – I’m a recovering sugar addict. Have you encountered this before? For the most part it’s not looked at seriously.
35:40 – My son’s in a detox unit right now and I’m not sure how he won’t go right back into his addiction when he’s out.
44:30 – Does Catholic in Recovery have any place for someone who needs to break his alcohol addiction but not quit it for life? I don’t think quitting for life is a realistic possibility since it’s a disease.
49:50 – Could you give me more information on Catholic in Recovery retreats?
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