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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
The most wonderful time of year — the tree, the lights, the cider — oh, and don’t forget the stories about how Christmas is a pagan holiday basically stolen by Christians. Jimmy Akin joins us to get to the root of some of the claims made about the hidden paganism of Christmas.
Catholic Answers is proud to present a very Pagan Christmas, with Jimmy Akin.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host and that’s how I feel every Christmas. We’ve got t…
Questions Covered:
04:47 – Do you think there’s going to be a future with the Latin Mass or is the Pope trying to get rid of it entirely?
12:24 – According to Protestantism, they repent, their sins are forgiven, and they go to heaven. If we as Catholics don’t confess them to a priest, they are not forgiven, and we cannot go to heaven. Why is it that our terms are different?
21:43 – Paragraph 603 of the Catechism says, “Jesus assumed us in the state of our waywardness of sin”. Could you unpack and clarify this? I understand the son of God became a human being with all of our characteristics other than sin. If this is true, then how did He have “waywardness” Himself?
30:02 – John 3 says you need to be baptized to be saved. Luke 7 says your faith saves you. How did the woman in Luke get saved without Baptism?
36:23 – My daughter is having problems with fertility and her OB GYN is recommending she freeze her eggs. What is the Catholic Church’s view on this and fertility?
45:58 – Simon says to her, “Behold this child is destined for the rise and fall of many, and as a sign that will be contradicted, a sword will pierce so the thoughts of many will be exposed.” What is being contradicted and what is this sword that is piercing? Why is Mary’s heart being pierced taken only mystically and not literally?
50:51 – I was invited to a New Year’s party with friends and I know there is going to be excessive drinking and sexual immorality. What is the church’s stance on scandal and how would it relate to my situation?
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Questions Covered:
04:20 – Why is it that lay people cannot offer the Eucharist, at least to a limited capacity/ privately?
12:47 – What are some ways or methods to prove Apostolic Succession, going back to the apostles?
18:56 – Is it a contradiction that God is both perfectly merciful and perfectly just?
29:39 – I’m a recovering alcoholic and my kids told me I lashed out and that they prayed over me/ performed an exorcism. I ended up becoming sober a month later, but I have no memory of any of it. Can you tell me if it was valid?
40:30 – When we recite the creed, we say Jesus “will come again to judge the living and the dead”. If Jesus died for our sins, how does judgement come into play later on?
4:17 – Is it ok to take the COVID vaccine if it’s been tested on aborted fetal cells?
50:44 – I have friends who are bible Christians, and they have an aversion to Mary and the rosary. How can I respond to them saying that because it’s not in the bible, it’s not valid?
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Questions Covered:
05:45 – I feel the Catholic policies on priests being celibate and born-again protestants not being able to receive the Eucharist are wrong.
15:34 – I’m a protestant. Could you give an explanation on baptism being tied to salvation?
20:44 – What does the sacrifice of the mass refer to? Wasn’t Jesus already sacrificed?
29:01 – How can you go from experiencing Christ in the eucharist not just from a theoretical standpoint but a personal one as well?
40:20 – Could you provide some clarification on the Catholic Church’s teaching on the redemption of Christ? How does He redeem our souls with His death?
46:50 – I know that you’re supposed to confess past mortal sins if you remember them, but does this apply to someone with scrupulosity that has trouble discerning whether a sin is mortal or not?
49:53 – Why does the church have a stance of being against in vitro fertilization if God said to “be fruitful and multiply”?
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Questions Covered:
05:13 – I heard you quote there are less abortions now than before Roe V. Wade. I’ve had a pro-abortion friend tell me the same thing. How do you find a statistic like that?
16:42 – Do you think it’s morally correct to take the vaccine and how do you think it will have an effect on the pro-life movement?
28:46 – Why does the church advocate specifically for vaccines if they know they use aborted fetal cells in their development?
33:42 – My wife had an ectopic pregnancy and miscarried the baby at 6 weeks. Where does the church say the baby goes to? Are they in heaven or limbo?
43:57 – Can you disprove that Jesus was pro-choice? I really feel like Jesus wants us to choose life.
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