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:
07:15 – I’ve struggled with scruples for most of my life, and I want to mention that it’s a psychiatric condition that can be treated.
17:05 – I have heard that the candles on the altar are 51% bee wax. Do they have to be that way or can they be different?
24:00 – How do I explain the role of the papacy to an Armenian Orthodox and a Seventh-Day Adventist?
33:15 – What books do you recommend for one family member who’s atheist and another who’s “spiritual but not religious?”
45:45 – Why is purgatory a thing if God can do anything in an instant?
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Questions Covered:
06:30 – Is sexual attraction created by God? If it is, what about same-sex attraction? Is it good?
15:55 – How would you help a scrupulous person distinguish what is and isn’t sin?
31:10 – At what point does the Eucharist become the Real Presence of Christ?
41:30 – How could individual Catholics, in the moment, have known whether there was an antipope?
49:05 – Would Catholics agree that while salvation includes things like obedience, the sole basis by which we become friends with God is through faith?
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Thomas Aquinas, the Church’s greatest theologian, had lots to say about the nature of the human person. So what would he say about the modern transgender movement? We asked Father Hugh Barbour.
Cy Kellett:
What would Thomas Aquinas say about transgenderism? Father Hugh Barbour is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. So much talk about transgenderism these days, and it finally occurred to us, I wonder what Thomas Aquinas would have to say about that? And so we decided, we’ll ask a Th…
Questions Covered:
06:17 – Are the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch forgeries?
12:16 – Could Jesus have had a crush?
23:17 – What book should I give to a Muslim or a Buddhist who doesn’t know much of anything about Christianity?
33:33 – Could a loved one bring communion to a family member who’s close to death?
39:31 – What’s a good response to a pro-choice person who says we shouldn’t be forced to keep a person alive?
49:20 – What determines the words of consecration? I’m asking since there’s a discrepancy between the words of the Extraordinary and Ordinary forms, as well as with one of the Eastern rites.
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Questions Covered
04:51 – Hebrews 9:24 mentions “Christ” and “God” separately. Why does it say that if Christ is God?
14:48 – Why do Eastern Rite Catholics still venerate Orthodox saints?
19:19 – Can you explain why Mark brings up the naked man in 14:51-52? It seems kind of random.
31:28 – Some Jewish scholars claim that the Sanhedrin trial in Matthew isn’t historical. How would you defend its historicity?
45:09 – My sister believes in purgatory but thinks we’re living in it right now.
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