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:
4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it?
8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it?
16:48 – Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term metaousious?
20:51 – How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins?
28:30 – I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it?
31:15 – Can canon law be changed before the next edition?
35:50 – Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed?
41:42 – I’ve seen multiple priests, when I go up to receive communion, have one host at the ready but then switch it out for another when I receive. Why would they do that?
45:20 – If Adam and Eve had not sinned, would we be in need of heaven?
50:45 – When the priest’s hands are consecrated, can that consecration be passed down to a layperson?
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Questions Covered:
08:00 – Was St. Rita unequally yoked to her husband?
17:25 – Why doesn’t the Church or Christian counselors emphasize more the importance of making sure couples are in alignment with their faith? For example, frowning on marrying someone outside the faith.
21:53 – How do I handle a husband who is my same faith, but now seems to view God and my faith as a competitor, like I have another boyfriend or something.
30:32 – My husband and I are in the process of validating our marriage. What advice can you give when my husband doesn’t want to pray with me or participate at Mass?
42:15 – I’ve been married for 21 years but two years ago my husband left the faith and now my children are wanting to leave. I continue to go alone. What can I do besides pray?
48:07 – My friend is in a physically intimate relationship with a girl who is not Christian. He asked me if I thought they should break up. What should I tell him?
51:34 – My husband in Jewish and sometimes I just need his support, for example, to get my kids to come to Mass. What is your advice?
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Questions Covered
07:00 – What tips do you have for defending the faith against agnostic atheists with Buddhist leanings?
14:11 – What can I say to people who say “God is too big for one religion” and cite people of other religions who do great things?
19:44 – As a college student, what’s the best way I can I engage with people who are already theologically astute, especially of other faiths?
24:20 – How can I answer the Calvinist claim that the union of the Father and Son was broken at the crucifixion, and the Son felt the full wrath of God?
32:35 – How can you defend a faith that worships the most evil and most powerful deity?
40:20 – If Jesus is God, what’s the point of him being sinless?
45:40 – What’s the distinction between killing someone and letting them die, as it relates to abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide?
52:24 – How would you explain to someone that the Trinity is something logical and reasonable?
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Questions Covered:
01:24 – How do Catholics understand Daniel 9:24-27, particularly the part about the messiah being cut off in the middle of the week?
08:30 – The death penalty is all over the Bible, but is it supported by anything Jesus said?
15:33 – Where should I tell my agnostic friends to begin reading the Bible?
20:17 – When Jesus died, did just his human nature die or both his human and divine natures?
24:36 – In Romans 9, is “Those he foreknew he also predestined” the most accurate translation? If not, what’s more accurate? If it is, how is that compatible with free will?
36:12 – Does 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 and 10 require women to wear veils at Mass?
44:03 – Could Mary have said no?
48:28 – Is it wrong to ask the Saints to physically do something for us?
50:43 – Colossians attributes creation to the Son, but the Creed attributes it to the Father. Who created?
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Questions Covered:
04:47 – What’s the logic behind the objections to the deuterocanonical books?
16:01 – Is the divine simplicity found in the Bible? Can a Catholic hold to a different metaphysical view?
22:46 – Does Heb 11:6 mean that someone who doesn’t believe in God can’t do anything good?
34:00 – Where does the Bible mention the existence of purgatory?
37:45 – I’ve been told that the temple description in Ezekiel is supposed to be a representation of the Church today. If that’s the case, why did Ezekiel go into so much detail about the temple?
46:38 – Isaiah 3:44 says “All the hosts of heaven shall rot away.” How is that possible?
52:34 – What does Paul mean in 1 Tim 1:13 when he says shown mercy because of his ignorance?
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