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
08:55 – What did the Church Fathers say about perfectionism (the idea that we can be perfect in this life)?
15:20 – My friend is completely against the death penalty and all wars because he says they don’t give someone the chance to repent. But couldn’t God see into the future and see whether someone would repent or convert if given the chance?
30:10 – Is it acceptable to use a Greek Orthodox prayer book?
34:45 – Do we eat the accidents of Christ in the Eucharist? If not, what do we make of Eucharistic miracles?
52:30 – What’s the difference between the free will of 1) Lucifer, Adam and Eve, 2) the Virgin Mary, and 3) everyone else in heaven?
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Can a Catholic assent to blowing up entire cities? What about when to do so will save perhaps millions of lives? Catholic Answers President Chris Check joins us as we consider again America’s use of Atomic weapons to end a long, bitter war with Japan.
Cy Kellett:
Why would a Catholic support nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Chris Check is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host, and this week, as this episode is posted, we’re commemorating the anniversary o…
06:54 – What was the process of determining the canon of Scripture?
21:00 – What’s the difference between communion in Catholicism and Protestantism?
31:57 – Can you discuss the disagreement between Catholics and Orthodox over the Immaculate Conception?
42:20 – Are organ transplants acceptable in the Catholic Church?
51:55 – What’s the history of the phrase “call upon the name of the Lord?”
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06:27 – Can you explain Tertullian’s comment that “The soul is naturally Christian”?
10:25 – What’s the biblical basis for the prayer of oblation?
24:20 – Were the children of Sodom considered innocent? Why would God destroy the city if they were?
38:06 – Are the “sons of Heaven” in Gen. 6:2 angels?
50:08 – If I have to receive absolution from a priest, does this mean Jesus didn’t pay the price for sin on the cross?
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Questions Covered:
05:35 – In the Old Testament why did God kill people?
12:56 – My brother thinks that the bible was changed through the years and so it is not trustworthy. How do I answer his claim?
18:13 – When defending the Faith, how does one answer the accusation that you are “playing with words”?
22:34 – Did the Catholic Church forbid the reading of the bible ever?
29:00 – How to respond to someone who says that the Church is anti-Semitic?
43:23 – What does Trent think about the verse where Jesus tells the apostles to go preach to the cities but that they won’t get to all of them before he returns?
49:23 – How can the Catholic Church truly be Catholic if it is fundamentally Latin?
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