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:
02:33 – I am evangelical and I have a question for Mr. Staples about apostolic succession.
15:46 – Ever since the Pope’s letter came out, I have been trying to find the “new” (Novus Ordo) mass in Latin, but I can’t find one. Why isn’t this form of the Mass being promulgated?
26:33 – I have a family member who does not believe in the divinity of Jesus because there is only one God. How do I answer him?
34:35 – I’m getting ready to start RCIA and I wanted to know what the Catholic Church teaches about “binding and loosing”. I also had my kids dedicated. I know it’s not the same as baptism, but does it hold any weight?
44:27 – Does Romans Ch. 7 negate mortal sin and turn it into venial sin?
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Questions Covered:
1:42 – Bishop Barron questions if anyone is in hell and he says there is no church teaching on who is in hell. Are there people in hell and can we know if there are?
11:48 – Can Tim help me formulate an answer to the pro-choice argument that pregnancy is extremely dangerous and so therefore abortion is okay?
23:29 – Why does the Pope come out with the Motu Proprio but not come down strongly on politicians who are pro-choice and still receive communion?
39:44 – Why should I be Catholic?
44:29 – How do I answer the claim that St. Augustine was a Calvinist made by my protestdent friends?
46:20 – I’m an orthodox Christian and I’m discerning marriage with a Roman Catholic girl. I really cherish the tradition we have of infant baptism, confirmation, and communion happening all at the same time. Why doesn’t the Roman Catholic church have this tradition? How can you claim the fullness of the faith without doing this?
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Questions Covered:
14:40 – How would I respond to a friend who keeps sinning and going to confession as a “ticket out” (and not stopping sinning)?
20:40 – What can you do about confession if you’re not yet a Catholic?
32:11 – A few times when I went to confession I forgot my penance. Is my confession valid?
36:35 – Why do we have to confess mortal sin and not venial?
42:00 – When did we start having private confessions?
48:19 – I had not gone to confession in over 40 years and went earlier this year. But then I remembered additional mortal sins after I had gone to confession. What do I need to do?
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Questions Covered:
07:38 – When the ‘65 Mass and missal were around, did priests have the choice to celebrate 1) either all in Latin or with some vernacular, and 2) either facing East or not?
11:30 – How can parish priests evangelize to fallen-away Catholics?
16:12 – Will the Eucharist be in the New Earth?
19:05 – Is it morally acceptable for me to ask someone their gender if I already have a good idea what it is?
21:02 – I recently learned my marriage isn’t valid. Do I have to refrain from receiving Communion until it’s validated?
24:24 – Is the Catechism infallible? How should we use it as a source if it’s not? What exactly is theological opinion?
32:04 – What’s the latest Canon law thinking on the pope’s motu proprio?
34:10 – Is JPII’s Theology of the Body considered doctrine or just theological opinion?
45:20 – My church doesn’t kneel after the “Holy, holy, holy” in the Eucharistic prayer. We sit instead. Is this okay?
48:03 – How was it decided which specific saints are in the Eucharistic Prayer?
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In her new book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology, Noelle Mering argues that our “woke” moment is, in fact, a surrender to the age-old temptation to take the place of God. It is also the direct consequence of the sexual revolution. She joins us to explain how an awake Christian can help free the world of the destructive ideology of “woke”.
Cy Kellett:
Can a Christian get woke? Noelle Mering is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. …
