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:
03:47 – Do you know anything about The Healing of Families by Fr. Yozefu B. Ssemakula and whether it contains harmful falsehoods?
05:11 – Are Protestants who divorce and remarry (while still remaining Protestants) in adulterous relationships?
14:58 – My friend just delivered a premature baby. Her priest says he can’t baptize the baby because he can’t be touched inside the incubator. Is that correct?
19:21 – How do I respond to my Anglican friend who says that the Eucharist is simultaneously the Body and Blood of Christ and the bread and wine?
28:35 – What are the origins of depicting God as an old man and Jesus with long hair in religious art?
37:20 – How did John the Baptist end up living in the wilderness without his parents?
41:30 – My friend is going through a difficult time with his paranoid religious mom and I’m wondering if there’s anything I can share with him from a Catholic perspective that will help him out.
44:46 – How many times can you receive communion in a day?
46:55 – What’s the Bible’s advice about being vulnerable?
50:03 – Why is the priest allowed to dip the consecrated host in the precious blood before receiving, but the laity aren’t?
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Questions Covered:
19:30 – Should I fear purgatory?
28:40 – Does the apostolic pardon remove all temporal punishment, or is there some other thing you have to do like being completely detached from sin?
33:10 – Did I answer my granddaughter correctly when she asked me “If purgatory is real, why did Jesus die?”
41:00 – If we pray for the souls in purgatory, do they know who prays for them? And is it okay to hear several masses for them, or is one sufficient?
46:50 – It’s a good idea to begin suffering in this life so we don’t rely on purgatory too much.
51:30 – Is it possible to prove that purgatory exists?
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Questions Covered:
16:45 – How can I reach my son who refuses to talk to me at all?
22:50 – My son just told me he no longer believes in Christ but he wants a Catholic marriage to a girl who’s a devout Catholic.
43:15 – How do you turn off your mind at night when you’re thinking about your kids?
49:50 – How do I talk to my adult son and daughter who are fallen-away Catholics?
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Number two will BLOW YOUR MIND! Popular Catholic Apologist Trent Horn, the author of Why We’re Catholic, reflects on the three big errors all apologists should avoid.
Cy Kellett:
What are the big mistakes apologists make? Trent Horn is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith.
Cy Kellett:
I’m Cy Kellett, your host. One of the great defenders of the Catholic faith and one of the great defenders of life in the world today is our young friend, young Trent Horn. And he has a great following…
Questions Covered:
06:10 – Why is Michael the Archangel a saint if he’s an angel? When did the Church first start having saints?
16:15 – What is the origin of birthstones? Are they a pagan item? If so, is it ok for Catholics to have them?
23:19 – Following the resurrection, we’re told God exists outside of time and space. Given this, how would we be with him in the new world?
28:25 – What is the Church’s teaching on marital rape? A friend said it was never seen as rape but just a marital dispute so the law never had any say in it.
31:07 – Have you heard of Wycliffe’s bible? If so, is it ok for Catholics to read from it?
35:10 – As a Catholic, will your book A Daily Defense help me explain our faith to people who may not believe in it?
38:22 – How can I defend and incorporate my faith into conversations with Atheists and Protestants?
44:30 – Is there any connection between the sons of Noah and the 3 languages on the cross?
Resources Mentioned:
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F. F. Bruce
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig Blomberg
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, by Richard Bauckham
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