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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
03:20 – How does dispensation work?
08:35 – How do I explain to kids why the Church is opposed to the LGBTQ movement?
18:00 – What do I do when my wife doesn’t want to practice Natural Family Planning?
20:44 – Why is there an Apostles’ Creed and a Nicene Creed?
28:38 – Is it true that the Church canonized Buddha?
31:16 – Would a prenuptial agreement invalidate a marriage since it presupposes divorce?
35:38 – Would it be immoral to go to a mass held against a bishop’s orders
42:52 – Are Homo sapiens the only members of our genus that possess the image of God?
46:50 – Do Catholics believe in the Rapture?
52:19 – Is it morally acceptable to attend the funeral of someone who committed suicide?
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Questions Covered:
16:24 – I’ve been practicing NFP for my whole marriage and have two kids, but now I feel like I missed out on having a bigger family. I wanted to hear Beth’s thoughts.
21:00 – What are your thoughts on single motherhood?
35:30 – What are your views on how mothers should encourage their young adult children to communicate with their fathers?
45:47 – Is there a good reason for a family to limit the number of children they have?
49:02 – What’s your advice for mothers in their crazy early stages?
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Questions Covered:
03:50 – I’m not Catholic because of all the corruption in the Catholic Church throughout history.
17:00 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t think all the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament have been fulfilled.
28:55 – My biggest obstacles to becoming Catholic are the Catholic view of baptism and the use of icons.
42:55 – My biggest obstacle with becoming Catholic is the Papacy and its imperfections in the house of God.
52:00 – I’m not Catholic because I’m more comfortable in other Churches.
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Mark Brumley, the well-read president of Ignatius Press, joins us for a brief conversation about books in which he gives his suggestions for Catholics looking for some good summer fiction.
You need a good summer book to read. Mark Brumley, next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. To be a Christian is to be engaged with the word, the written word and the word of God in the person of Jesus. Words, words, words, Conversation. That’s a great deal of what Catholic and Christian life is about. Spe…
Questions Covered:
06:39 – How should Job 38:1-6 be interpreted? It doesn’t sound like a compassionate God.
17:15 – Why are the Jesuits considered to be the black sheep of the Catholic family?
23:38 – What is the nature of heaven’s structure like, since we know that at least 3 people have bodies there?
32:55 – Do people who receive the Eucharist unworthily eat and drink condemnation (mortal sin) on themselves? Isn’t that the punishment of choosing to receive unworthily?
42:20 – I don’t think the book of Job is divinely inspired. How could such a vengeful God be our God?
53:05 – Now that marijuana is legal, is it okay to take it in moderation like a glass of wine or some Zoloft?
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