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:
07:00 – I have a friend who is hesitant to convert to Catholicism because the idea of confessing her sins to a man seems shameful.
16:38 – How do I respond to the “forced birth” argument?
21:09 – I teach a catechism class at a local public school (Australia). I was inviting them to our parish confirmation program even though most never go to church. One question I couldn’t answer: How did Peter know what Jesus meant by “Church” in Matt 16? Was the term used before then?
24:46 – What is the best way to open conversation with family who are practically atheist?
36:46 – Is it wrong to gamble during a financial struggle?
42:22 – What, in your opinion, was Christ’s strangest teaching?
47:05 – What is the difference between Protestant and Catholic salvation?
50:25 – Why would Mary Magdalene go to the tomb if it was sealed and guarded?
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Questions Covered:
03:58 – How do I respond to someone who says that bishops’ authority did not exist until after Constantine and that Protestant ministers serve the same role as these bishops prior?
12:25 – How do I respond to an apatheist?
19:25 – How do you speak out against certain sins when there is public knowledge that you have a history of struggle with this sin?
29:20 – How can we defend the divinity of Christ and the fact that Jesus is God?
32:38 – How do I defend the Church from the claim that she changed her teaching on the death penalty?
44:50 – How do I prove that the Sabbath is on Sunday instead of Saturday?
51:50 – Why does the Church need a pope?
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Questions Covered:
04:31 – How do I respond to the Protestant claim that antipopes ruin the line of apostolic succession and that there are subliminal Satanic messages in the Vatican?
15:19 – If a priest uses your phone for a prayer, does the phone become blessed? And if you hear a prayer in a different language, are you still praying?
22:01 – What is the church’s position on popes and heresy? Can popes commit heresy? What happens if they do?
35:17 – Could you explain Marian apparitions for someone who struggles with them as a stumbling block?
49:10 – Does the Vatican have an observatory, and if so, why? Will we know when the end of the world is coming based on Revelation?
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Questions Covered:
19:23 – Can you touch on the significance of Mary Magdalene finding Jesus first after the Resurrection?
35:10 – Is it possible that John made up verses to address heresy? It seems his gospel is frequently in discord with the other synoptics.
44:18 – Why do some Bibles not include John 8?
48:56 – Are we inspired in a way like the Synoptic Gospel writers?
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Questions Covered:
19:23 – Can you touch on the significance of Mary Magdalene finding Jesus first after the Resurrection?
35:10 – Is it possible that John made up verses to address heresy? It seems his gospel is frequently in discord with the other synoptics.
44:18 – Why do some Bibles not include John 8?
48:56 – Are we inspired in a way like the Synoptic Gospel writers?
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