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:
03:49 – Can a person be held responsible for a sin he intended to commit but due to circumstances he was unable to commit?
05:13 – Who were the correct teachers of the law before Jesus?
12:32 – CA Live App… Do we have an idea of whose wedding Jesus and Mary went to in Cana?
14:32 – Will our knowledge keep growing infinitely after our resurrection?
17:19 – Rev. 17. – 7 heads and 10 horns, what is the Catholic perspective of what this means?
29:06 – What would happen to someone who is in mortal sin and has an appointment to go to confession, but then he dies?
33:09 – Is it inconsistent to ask for God to change someone’s mind while still acknowledging free will?
35:28 – When the second coming happens, will we still have free will?
41:29 – James 2:24, Eph. 2:8-11, Romans 3:22,27 – Regarding Faith and works, what is the work that Paul is referring to?
47:19 – My son is in RCIA and has been married a couple of times. Why does he have to have an annulment?
52:06 – Did the apostles teach the Marian dogmas?
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Questions Covered:
18:40 – Since Papal infallibility wasn’t defined till Vatican 1, how was a Catholic supposed to know when he was speaking infallibly?
21:36 – How can we explain the infallibility of the pope in a context that avoids seeing the limits as an excuse to ignore that which is not infallible?
32:25 – My cousin and her husband have started attending an independent Catholic Church (Society of Christ the King). Can I attend church with them even though they don’t accept papal infallibility?
36:58 – What declarations can a pope overrule from a previous pope?
46:00 – Why not just believe everything the pope says if it’s not really going to affect my life?
50:20 – I know the teachings on contraception were clarified by Pope John Paul II, I was told that Pope Francis overturned that teaching. Can he do that and is that true?
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Questions Covered:
13:52 – With everything going on with Russia, I worry a lot about my soul and my children. How can I compartmentalize and prioritize? How can I not bring those worries into my home?
18:41 – Does worrying negate your trust in God? Can you have peace and still have some worry?
22:58 – Worrying as a parent, how do I let go of always being in defense mode over my kids?
29:17 – I grew up as a protestant and always heard of Catholic guilt. Where did we get the idea that if you’re Catholic you are full of guilt? Do we need to feel guilt?
33:01 – What advice would you give to parents whose children struggle with anxiety?
40:43 – I worry over my health issues, I was just diagnosed with cancer. How do I cope with this daily?
45:38 – If I don’t worry about things I don’t get things done. How do I deal with that?
48:53 – Where’s the line between being too laid back and worrying?
51:23 – Sacred Heart Radio…How can we alleviate the stress of anxiety? How can we not be so angry when we worry? I shut down and fall into a toxic cycle.
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Apologist Joe Heschmeyer joins us to review Catholic Just War teaching, and spend some time discussing how that teaching applies to modern American wars.
Cy Kellett:
Is it still possible to have a just war in the modern world? Joe Heschmeyer is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. War become more common in recent years than it was in the past. We thought maybe in the modern world, with the rise of the modern world, warfare would go out of vogue, but it cer…
Questions Covered:
03:50 – What is the difference between papal supremacy and papal primacy? What does the Church teach on these two?
12:43 – What is the biblical basis for the sacraments being administered in persona Christi?
22:31 – If individual conscience is prime, how intrusive can the Church be when it runs against individual conscience. Specifically, in regard to the vaccine.
35:20 – God was and always will be and it’s hard to wrap our minds around that. Why would he make human beings at this precise time?
41:15 – How do Catholics reconcile 1 Tim 3:2 with celibacy?
51:20 – We know there are 7 sacraments, 2 being marriage and religious life. Why isn’t being single a sacrament of vocation as well?
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