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:
04:44 – My 7-year-old daughter wants to know why do we abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays?
11:07 – What does “created” mean in Sirach 1:4. – “Wisdom was created before all other things, and prudent understanding from eternity”
14:56 – How is the bread consecrated without Jesus being sacrificed yet while he was in the upper room during the last supper?
17:41 – I was married outside the Church to a non-practicing Catholic. I was never Confirmed and we divorced 3 years ago. Are we technically still married?
21:55 – I was raised Pentecostal and I had a vasectomy, would this bar me from becoming Catholic?
29:16 – Is it a mortal sin to provide transportation for someone who doesn’t have a work visa to work?
32:43 – In Matthew 6 it says that Jesus goes back home and does not perform miracles because they don’t have faith. How does the people not having faith play into Jesus not doing miracles?
35:29 – I tend to be emotional over the grandkid and my mom who is elderly, why do I get emotional? I’ve talked to a priest in the past about this.
40:56 – I’m not able to attend Mass on Ash Wednesday because I’m a trucker. Am I going to hell?
45:25 – Follow up on Vasectomy: I got one and my wife had medical issues where it was risky for her to get pregnant. Can you help me sort through the logic and values associated with the vasectomy decision?
51:09 – How do I approach my 26-year-old son when he challenges me about the Church? He insinuates that religion is evil and brings up slavery, inquisition etc.
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Questions Covered:
04:44 – My 7-year-old daughter wants to know why do we abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays?
11:07 – What does “created” mean in Sirach 1:4. – “Wisdom was created before all other things, and prudent understanding from eternity”
14:56 – How is the bread consecrated without Jesus being sacrificed yet while he was in the upper room during the last supper?
17:41 – I was married outside the Church to a non-practicing Catholic. I was never Confirmed and we divorced 3 years ago. Are we technically still married?
21:55 – I was raised Pentecostal and I had a vasectomy, would this bar me from becoming Catholic?
29:16 – Is it a mortal sin to provide transportation for someone who doesn’t have a work visa to work?
32:43 – In Matthew 6 it says that Jesus goes back home and does not perform miracles because they don’t have faith. How does the people not having faith play into Jesus not doing miracles?
35:29 – I tend to be emotional over the grandkid and my mom who is elderly, why do I get emotional? I’ve talked to a priest in the past about this.
40:56 – I’m not able to attend Mass on Ash Wednesday because I’m a trucker. Am I going to hell?
45:25 – Follow up on Vasectomy: I got one and my wife had medical issues where it was risky for her to get pregnant. Can you help me sort through the logic and values associated with the vasectomy decision?
51:09 – How do I approach my 26-year-old son when he challenges me about the Church? He insinuates that religion is evil and brings up slavery, inquisition etc.
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Questions Covered:
09:42 – How can I start a local group?
14:38 – My mom is in recovery and doesn’t think she needs more than AA. What resources can you provide? My sister and I enjoy an occasional drink. What do you recommend for us as children of an alcoholic, so we don’t follow the same path?
23:50 – I have a high schooler who’s struggling with online gambling addiction, and I need advice on how to handle this.
40:43 – I’ve been in recovery for 13 years and am a convert. I find the Faith and AA compatible.
43:40 – You mentioned overeating and I have an addictive personality.
52:07 – My fiancé is struggling with porn addiction. He’s been resistant to getting outside help. What can I do?
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Questions Covered:
09:42 – How can I start a local group?
14:38 – My mom is in recovery and doesn’t think she needs more than AA. What resources can you provide? My sister and I enjoy an occasional drink. What do you recommend for us as children of an alcoholic, so we don’t follow the same path?
23:50 – I have a high schooler who’s struggling with online gambling addiction, and I need advice on how to handle this.
40:43 – I’ve been in recovery for 13 years and am a convert. I find the Faith and AA compatible.
43:40 – You mentioned overeating and I have an addictive personality.
52:07 – My fiancé is struggling with porn addiction. He’s been resistant to getting outside help. What can I do?
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Michael Lofton of the Reason and Theology podcast shares his experience of leaving Catholicism for Orthodoxy and eventually returning. He explains why he concluded he needed to be in communion with the pope, and why every Christian should.
Cy Kellett:
Is the grass greener in the Orthodox Church? Michael Lofton next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. This week, we welcome Michael Lofton who made his way from Protestantism into Catholic Church, made his way from the Catholic Chu…
