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:
02:23 – How do we make sense of how we are not crucifying Christ during the mass?
18:38 – I’ve noticed that some Catholics and Protestants are acting as though we are in the end times. How do I go about talking with them?
35:19 – I need help responding to some saying that Mary disproves the Eucharist?
47:41 – Why does a bishop have to give permission to perform an exorcism?
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Questions Covered:
02:34 – When we choose our investments for retirement, can a Catholic invest in companies who we know are contributing money to Planned Parenthood?
11:26 – Since James was writing before the events of Acts 15, did he fully understand the gospel?
17:14 – How would you talk to someone for the World Mission Society, Church of God?
22:34 – How do I evangelize my agnostic brother?
29:19 – Can you recommend a source on the history of communion?
34:18 – Is it permissible to bless my home with blessed oil?
36:22 – Why do Catholics keep using the word pray when it comes to communicating with the saints? If they change the wording it may not cause as much confusion?
43:06 – Do you think an individual blessing given during communion is in violation of Fiducia Supplicans?
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Questions Covered:
07:35 – What is Marian Consecration and how do I go about doing it?
14:40 – How do I explain the sign of the cross to a 4-year-old from a different faith background?
20:19 – Considering the Church calls abortion evil, why hasn’t the Church sanctioned Catholic politicians who are vocally pro-abortion?
31:52 – Where do Catholics get the idea of honoring Mary in the rosary?
41:19 – Why is it that it takes ordained ministry to celebrate most sacraments but not marriage and baptism?
45:17 – Why is it that we are seeing a spike in celebrity conversions?
51:58 – Could you clarify what you mean by visible Church and invisible Church in your book Pope Peter?
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Questions Covered:
07:35 – What is Marian Consecration and how do I go about doing it?
14:40 – How do I explain the sign of the cross to a 4-year-old from a different faith background?
20:19 – Considering the Church calls abortion evil, why hasn’t the Church sanctioned Catholic politicians who are vocally pro-abortion?
31:52 – Where do Catholics get the idea of honoring Mary in the rosary?
41:19 – Why is it that it takes ordained ministry to celebrate most sacraments but not marriage and baptism?
45:17 – Why is it that we are seeing a spike in celebrity conversions?
51:58 – Could you clarify what you mean by visible Church and invisible Church in your book Pope Peter?
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Questions covered:
02:17 – It seems like a lot of non-Catholic religions in which people speak in tongues. Why don’t Catholics do that? And what is the Catholic position on speaking in tongues?
11:49 – What must one do to be saved?
16:49 – What are the rewards that we can obtain in heaven?
19:29 – Why are we still split with the Orthodox over the filioque when Greek is no longer the dominant language in the Church?
24:53 – Can you help me understand the Church’s current teaching on the death penalty in relation to its older teachings? It seems like it’s done a complete 180, not a development.
44:32 – If someone knowingly votes for a person who supports abortion and then dies before confessing, does he go to hell?
49:59 – Why is an infertile person allowed to be married but an impotent person is not?
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