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:
24:00 – When we as Catholics say Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, how do we know that the writers didn’t do that intentionally?
35:05 – Is there a Catholic book that talks about what happened between the Old Testament and the New Testament?
43:55 – How do you find the Immaculate Conception in scripture?
51:46 – I think when Jesus was walking with the two disciples after his resurrection is when he was connecting the dots between the Old and New Testament.
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Drawing on his book, Light From Darkness: Nine Times the Catholic Church Was in Turmoil and Came Out Stronger Than Before, historian Steve Weidenkopf answers our questions about the current Vatican deal with China. Is the agreement to let the Chinese government have a say about bishop appointments a return to the days of the Investiture Controversy?
Cy Kellett:
Is the China deal a repeat of the investiture controversy? Steve Weidenkopf is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. The long history of…
Questions Covered:
07:02 – Is holy orders necessary for someone to receive a valid sacrament from them?
17:03 – Did the Catholic Church start novenas?
21:53 – Is it ok for Christians to uphold some stoic thought? Also was Saint Paul influenced by stoicism at all?
25:09 – How did the early Christians interpret the words “the Holy Catholic Church” in the Apostles Creed?
32:45 – I heard that Augustine taught that baptism was done “ex opere operato”, but the fathers before him taught that it was through faith. Why is that?
36:45 – I was reading your book Pope Peter and you had a different interpretation to Galatians Ch 2. How did you come to the conclusion that the James that’s being spoken about is James, son of Zebedee and not James, son of Altheas?
43:00 – If I belong to a church that is in communion with Rome, like Lutheran or Orthodox, then why should I become Catholic?
50:01 – When did the Tabernacle start to become instituted?
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Questions Covered:
18:53 – How can we be sure that Church Fathers weren’t just handpicked to fit the views of The Church? Why should we listen to their words as opposed to other people of importance?
32:10 – Did the Catholic Church embrace or allow certain pagan practices? For example, the Christmas tree, giving presents, hanging lights, etc.
49:20 – Could you explain how to distinguish between when Jesus and the church fathers are speaking symbolically and literally? Specifically, how to answer Protestants that argue that Jesus was just speaking symbolically about the real presence of the Eucharist.
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Questions Covered:
00:54 – Why can’t we commune with people that are dead? See them, talk to them, etc. My husband recently passed away.
17:00 – Why was a land flowing with milk and honey attractive to Jews if they’re lactose intolerant?
23:39 – In the garden of Eden, why is the “evil” tree called the tree of knowledge? A lot of atheists attack in this way, saying that God doesn’t want us to have knowledge.
33:14 – When Martin Luther left the Catholic Church, were there other Priests that either left with him or, if they didn’t leave, they agreed with him?
35:28 – How can infants be baptized if they have not repented? In the New Testament, it seems to insinuate that baptism is not possible without repentance and discipleship.
44:39 – In the Old Testament we have tetragrammaton, the unpronounceable name of God. Why are we or aren’t we allowed to say this?
52:30 – If you wanted to understand the mind of God, why wouldn’t your religion want to study what exactly God did? Shouldn’t there be a more scientific approach to religion?
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