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:
18:40 – Since Papal infallibility wasn’t defined till Vatican 1, how was a Catholic supposed to know when he was speaking infallibly?
21:36 – How can we explain the infallibility of the pope in a context that avoids seeing the limits as an excuse to ignore that which is not infallible?
32:25 – My cousin and her husband have started attending an independent Catholic Church (Society of Christ the King). Can I attend church with them even though they don’t accept papal infallibility?
36:58 – What declarations can a pope overrule from a previous pope?
46:00 – Why not just believe everything the pope says if it’s not really going to affect my life?
50:20 – I know the teachings on contraception were clarified by Pope John Paul II, I was told that Pope Francis overturned that teaching. Can he do that and is that true?
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Questions Covered:
13:52 – With everything going on with Russia, I worry a lot about my soul and my children. How can I compartmentalize and prioritize? How can I not bring those worries into my home?
18:41 – Does worrying negate your trust in God? Can you have peace and still have some worry?
22:58 – Worrying as a parent, how do I let go of always being in defense mode over my kids?
29:17 – I grew up as a protestant and always heard of Catholic guilt. Where did we get the idea that if you’re Catholic you are full of guilt? Do we need to feel guilt?
33:01 – What advice would you give to parents whose children struggle with anxiety?
40:43 – I worry over my health issues, I was just diagnosed with cancer. How do I cope with this daily?
45:38 – If I don’t worry about things I don’t get things done. How do I deal with that?
48:53 – Where’s the line between being too laid back and worrying?
51:23 – Sacred Heart Radio…How can we alleviate the stress of anxiety? How can we not be so angry when we worry? I shut down and fall into a toxic cycle.
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Apologist Joe Heschmeyer joins us to review Catholic Just War teaching, and spend some time discussing how that teaching applies to modern American wars.
Cy Kellett:
Is it still possible to have a just war in the modern world? Joe Heschmeyer is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. War become more common in recent years than it was in the past. We thought maybe in the modern world, with the rise of the modern world, warfare would go out of vogue, but it cer…
Questions Covered:
03:50 – What is the difference between papal supremacy and papal primacy? What does the Church teach on these two?
12:43 – What is the biblical basis for the sacraments being administered in persona Christi?
22:31 – If individual conscience is prime, how intrusive can the Church be when it runs against individual conscience. Specifically, in regard to the vaccine.
35:20 – God was and always will be and it’s hard to wrap our minds around that. Why would he make human beings at this precise time?
41:15 – How do Catholics reconcile 1 Tim 3:2 with celibacy?
51:20 – We know there are 7 sacraments, 2 being marriage and religious life. Why isn’t being single a sacrament of vocation as well?
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Questions Covered:
07:59 – If a person prays while in mortal sin, is meritorious and is God still hearing it? I’ve heard different things from different priests.
14:46 – Does Tom think the great Apostasy prophesied in Fatima is currently happening now?
21:04 – I’m thinking about converting from the Methodist church, with the current situation about invalid baptisms in mind, will my baptism be considered invalid?
23:38 – My friend and I were talking about Martin Luther and the Reformation. She brought up the selling of indulgences. What is the Church’s response?
35:00 – Is it true that St. Augustine had a mistress and he called her by a derogatory name? This was a reason a friend used to leave the Church since he’s a canonized saint.
40:37 – In Mt. 6. “If you have to cut off a hand to keep from sinning, do it. It sounds very serious, but other places seem to be very light on sin. What am I supposed to do if I’m struggling with sin?
48:30 – Speaking in tongues, Is there any explanation on what language it is?
52:40 – Why can’t a Catholic Priest get married after he becomes a priest, but an Anglican priest can get married? And if the Anglican priest converts to Catholicism, why can he remain a priest and be married?
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