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:
19:50 – Based on the Catholic teachings, is it wrong to celebrate the feast days commanded in Lev 23?
23:08 – How could God condemn Adam of Eve of sinning because of eating from the tree of good and evil? They didn’t know the difference before eating from the tree, so how can you count it as sin?
24:39 – Is it okay to not believe in a historical Adam & Eve?
31:14 – Why isn’t St. Constantine on the Roman calendar? In the East we celebrate the feast of St. Constantine and Helen, but the west only celebrates St. Helen…do Latin Catholics reject his sanctity?
34:32 – When certain faith communities refer to a “great apostasy,” what are they talking about? Is there a certain period when the church fell away?
36:25 – How can a person believe something that seems false to them? If you aren’t convinced of a thing, can you really say you believe it?
43:06 – Father, would you explain the icon of Jesus holding an infant in swaddling clothes? Is this Mary?
46:55 – With regards to the book of revelation, is there any reference to a one world government with regards to events to come?
49:38 – What does the church teach regarding suicide? I have heard conflicting answers.
52:37 – Can a priest be sent to minister to someone dying in their final hours who is not a Catholic?
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Questions Covered:
04:00 – As a protestant, we were focused on present-day miracles from Christ, but Catholics are more focused on miracles through intercession from saints.
16:30 – What is the 54-day rosary novena?
20:00 – Is the phrase “full” in Luke 1:28 when Gabriel says “Hail Mary full of grace” an inaccurate translation?
28:43 – What happens to the soul when somebody goes to communion with mortal sin?
36:12 – Did God the father die when Jesus died?
40:47 – Nancy Pelosi recently made a statement using the term “free will”, I think the Catholic media needs to do a better job at responding to it. How would you define free will?
48:41 – What is your take on the controversial blessed Carlo Acutis stained glass image? Joe Heschmeyer argued against a Catholic Youtuber that said in the stained glass he’s wearing sneakers and jeans and some Catholics took an issue with that.
52:44 – How does the Anglican/Protestant view of the doctrine of justification differ from the Catholic view of it? Could you explain the differences?
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Questions Covered:
17:00 – What is the best way to find God’s will for your life?
22:37 – How do you “let go and let God” on a situation, but also continue to pray for the situation?
33:26 – I am struggling with the happiness part, could you summarize how to get there?
42:20 – How do you recognize when God answers your prayer?
48:25 – My husband is a worrier and often angry, how can I deal with him?
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Live from the big stage at the Catholic Answers Conference!
Questions Covered:
06:15 – Are you familiar with the portrayal of Our Lord in The Chosen TV series? If so, what do you think about it?
09:22 – I understand the role of Judas, but I struggle with him being predestined to betray Jesus. How should we feel about him?
18:20 – What are ways the Church can encourage young people in their faith in our ever-changing world?
23:30 – What is your perspective on Catholic education today on forming our children?
34:15 – How can we avoid falling into tribalism in the Church without failing to protect Catholic teaching?
49:10 – Why isn’t the Church supporting more classical academies?
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Live from the big stage at the Catholic Answers Conference!
Questions Covered:
2:20 – What would you say are the most important things the we as Catholics can do to share the love of Christ and promote the cause of life in our communities?
05:05 – We know that out of respect for the body, the Church requires the remains or cremains must be interned whole and complete. So why do we spread class 1 relics all over the globe? Doesn’t this violate church teaching?
07:50 – My sister joined a church that rearranges their Creed to read “crucified, descended into hell, died, and was buried.” What are the implications of the Harrowing of Hell on Christology?
13:40 – How can we respond to someone who challenges the Church’s and Christ’s moral teachings out of a sense of empathy?
17:00 – How do you explain to fellow Catholics that Christ is in time but is fully God and God is outside of time?
19:40 – How would you go about the transformation by the renewal of your mind as St. Paul describes in Rom. 12:2?
22:55 – How has the Church portrayed Christ by allowing Cardinal McCarrick and other priests to remain in office even after their sexual abuses became known?
28:55 – Where in scripture does it show that Christ has a sense of humor?
30:50 – Why did Jesus Go to hell to save people? Why didn’t he do it from heaven?
33:55 – We just heard a talk on why Jesus’s manhood is so important. In light of that, shouldn’t we place similar importance on his ethnicity?
37:55 – If I don’t get the COVID vaccine I could lose my job, but it goes against my conscience. What would Jesus do in my situation?
46:50 – Jesus’ last words to the woman caught in adultery were instructions to sin no more. How does one not become discouraged over this seemingly impossible command?
50:38 – I’ve heard it said that transgender people are less likely to commit suicide if we refer to them by their preferred pronouns. How do you respond to that and have a conversation with regards to transgenderism considering the Church’s teachings and the image of God in us?
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