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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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Father Hugh Barbour explains what Jesus meant when he said the measure with which we measure will be measured back to us. Is he really going to judge us the way that we judge others? If so, its time to get to work on all that judgment, gossip, and resentment.
Cy Kellett:
Are you telling me I can never judge somebody? Father Hugh Barber, next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and are you judgmental? Are you resentful of other people because of the judgments you make…
Questions Covered:
04:25 – My Protestant friend objects to the TV show “The Chosen” because she thinks it violates the second commandment. What can I say to her?
13:42 – How did the Liturgy of the Hours develop? Do religious orders have their own version?
18:18 – I always understood that we are judged at our death and then go to heaven, hell, or purgatory. But I heard the other day that we’re judged at the end of the world. Are we re-judged?
29:50 – What specific evidence do people usually use to claim that Christianity came from Zoroastrianism?
37:33 – Is it possible for the devil to enter your room during one of your dreams?
44:35 – If John the Baptist’s father was a high priest, why didn’t John serve as a priest?
48:48 – If Jesus blots our sins away, are we still going to be judged for that sin after we ask for forgiveness?
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Questions Covered:
4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it?
8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it?
16:48 – Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term metaousious?
20:51 – How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins?
28:30 – I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it?
31:15 – Can canon law be changed before the next edition?
35:50 – Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed?
41:42 – I’ve seen multiple priests, when I go up to receive communion, have one host at the ready but then switch it out for another when I receive. Why would they do that?
45:20 – If Adam and Eve had not sinned, would we be in need of heaven?
50:45 – When the priest’s hands are consecrated, can that consecration be passed down to a layperson?
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Questions Covered:
08:00 – Was St. Rita unequally yoked to her husband?
17:25 – Why doesn’t the Church or Christian counselors emphasize more the importance of making sure couples are in alignment with their faith? For example, frowning on marrying someone outside the faith.
21:53 – How do I handle a husband who is my same faith, but now seems to view God and my faith as a competitor, like I have another boyfriend or something.
30:32 – My husband and I are in the process of validating our marriage. What advice can you give when my husband doesn’t want to pray with me or participate at Mass?
42:15 – I’ve been married for 21 years but two years ago my husband left the faith and now my children are wanting to leave. I continue to go alone. What can I do besides pray?
48:07 – My friend is in a physically intimate relationship with a girl who is not Christian. He asked me if I thought they should break up. What should I tell him?
51:34 – My husband in Jewish and sometimes I just need his support, for example, to get my kids to come to Mass. What is your advice?
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Questions Covered
07:00 – What tips do you have for defending the faith against agnostic atheists with Buddhist leanings?
14:11 – What can I say to people who say “God is too big for one religion” and cite people of other religions who do great things?
19:44 – As a college student, what’s the best way I can I engage with people who are already theologically astute, especially of other faiths?
24:20 – How can I answer the Calvinist claim that the union of the Father and Son was broken at the crucifixion, and the Son felt the full wrath of God?
32:35 – How can you defend a faith that worships the most evil and most powerful deity?
40:20 – If Jesus is God, what’s the point of him being sinless?
45:40 – What’s the distinction between killing someone and letting them die, as it relates to abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide?
52:24 – How would you explain to someone that the Trinity is something logical and reasonable?
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