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:
03:25 – Could you help clarify the idea that Mary is the spouse of the Spirit?
17:15 – Is it possible to create a 3rd or 4th class relic using the host of a Eucharistic miracle?
21:30 – If Christ restored everything to pre-golden calf times, why isn’t the priesthood extended to everyone?
36:16 – Is God’s love for us unconditional or conditional?
44:06 – I’m a lapsed Catholic seeking to come back. Why are saints’ bodies dismembered after their death and spread throughout the world? And why do they do this before they are declared saints?
52:00 – My boyfriend and I want to get married but I’m Catholic and He’s Protestant. What do we have to do? What does the Church say about mixed marriages?
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Questions Covered:
19:16 – How do the beatitudes relate to promises made to Abraham in Genesis?
24:02 – “Blessed are the poor in spirit…” I take this as someone who is not particularly spiritual. Is this a valid way to look at it?
29:07 – Could you give insight on the last part of the beatitudes, going from “blessed are those “to, “blessed are you?”
32:58 – What exactly does meek mean?
48:50 – Is the woe to those rich because it’s harder or more testing? Is it woe to those who rejoice in this world because he deserves all the glory?
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Questions Covered:
12:25 – Why are there more verses that stress belief in Jesus for salvation rather than baptism for salvation?
17:49 – Does it matter if you were baptized in a hospital vs inside a Church?
24:54 – If baptism is necessary how could the good thief be saved if he wasn’t baptized?
33:06 – I’m protestant. We believe you reach salvation not by going underwater but by the spirit. Is Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus a proof of separation of baptism by water and baptism by the Spirit?
45:38 – Does it say in the bible that you need the age reason for someone to be baptized?
52:23 – Why did Jesus get baptized if he didn’t need it?
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Questions Covered:
20:57 – What can we learn from how the crusaders governed?
28:47 – What was the impact of the order to destroy the Holy Sepulchre?
37:48 – Can you elaborate on the idea that Christian, Muslims, and Jews civilians lived in harmony prior to the army and government influence?
43:58 – How did the nature of indulgences change throughout the crusades?
49:56 – What was the Northern Germanic perspective on the Crusades?
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Questions Covered:
15:20 – How can I best respond with love to an atheist and non-binary sibling?
21:38 – Can a Catholic vote in favor of restrictions on abortions that do not outright ban it?
24:48 – How do we balance an absolutist view on morality with the Catechism’s teaching on following our own conscious?
32:00 – How are Christian supposed to react to the death penalty being used in the past verse today?
36:14 – What resources would you recommend for a high school moral theology teacher?
43:34 – Am I wrong for wanting people to stop using the words abortion and euthanasia because they are too ambiguous?
46:26 – How can I respond to relativists who say I am pushing religion by saying objective morality is from God?
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