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:
05:45 – I feel the Catholic policies on priests being celibate and born-again protestants not being able to receive the Eucharist are wrong.
15:34 – I’m a protestant. Could you give an explanation on baptism being tied to salvation?
20:44 – What does the sacrifice of the mass refer to? Wasn’t Jesus already sacrificed?
29:01 – How can you go from experiencing Christ in the eucharist not just from a theoretical standpoint but a personal one as well?
40:20 – Could you provide some clarification on the Catholic Church’s teaching on the redemption of Christ? How does He redeem our souls with His death?
46:50 – I know that you’re supposed to confess past mortal sins if you remember them, but does this apply to someone with scrupulosity that has trouble discerning whether a sin is mortal or not?
49:53 – Why does the church have a stance of being against in vitro fertilization if God said to “be fruitful and multiply”?
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Questions Covered:
05:13 – I heard you quote there are less abortions now than before Roe V. Wade. I’ve had a pro-abortion friend tell me the same thing. How do you find a statistic like that?
16:42 – Do you think it’s morally correct to take the vaccine and how do you think it will have an effect on the pro-life movement?
28:46 – Why does the church advocate specifically for vaccines if they know they use aborted fetal cells in their development?
33:42 – My wife had an ectopic pregnancy and miscarried the baby at 6 weeks. Where does the church say the baby goes to? Are they in heaven or limbo?
43:57 – Can you disprove that Jesus was pro-choice? I really feel like Jesus wants us to choose life.
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Questions Covered:
02:55 – Does the original 1611 King James version of the Bible have the deuterocanonical books in it? I know the Douay-Rheims version does but would that King James version be ok?
07:10 – Is it a sin to listen to music that has swear words? Can you enjoy it even if you don’t agree with what they’re talking about?
13:10 – I was raised a Catholic but have been away and haven’t gone to reconciliation for a number of years. All I remember is going as a child. How does an adult go to reconciliation?
20:15 – How could the Catholic Church have avoided The Great Schism and The Protestant Reformation?
29:54 – I’m doing my best to fast and pray but it almost feels like nothing is coming of it, especially with trying to end abortion and euthanasia. I just don’t know what else I can do. How can I get past this point?
35:32 – Since Mary was born without original sin, didn’t that predispose her to say yes to the angel Gabriel? If it didn’t, then why was she born without original sin? How is it known that she wasn’t born with it and not just purged of it after she said yes.
41:59 – I was reading the Saint Joseph bible and it said after Jesus was born, Joseph and Mary had sexual relations. Why did it say that if Mary was a perpetual virgin?
48:48 – If even though Mary was born without sin and then chose not to sin, wouldn’t the same be true about Jesus himself?
51:59 – Does Jesus break the law of non-contradiction since he is both divine and human at the same time?
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Questions Covered:
05:10 – We were just informed that our granddaughter is bisexual and has a friend that is becoming transgender. How do we treat this situation?
12:47 – I am recently divorced. I’ve already talked to a priest, and he said we have grounds for annulment. How soon should I go about starting this process?
18:20 – What is the point of elevation during mass?
21:46 – My family friend bought a book for Christmas and the past 5 or 10 years, the author has been implicating the Holy Father in nefarious end time prophecies. Can I trust him and his book regarding these prophecies?
29:41 – I had a friend get a chapel veil for a Christmas present. Could you tell me more about it? When and how did it come about and when is it appropriate to wear one?
32:03 – How are we supposed to deal with someone that is in a same-sex relationship at our church? They’re in a leadership position and actively leading young people astray. It seems like no one else is dealing with it.
40:58 – I haven’t gotten the vaccine yet and I don’t know if it’s right or wrong. If I get it, will I go to hell?
47:00 – My favorite translations of the bible are the King James and the New King James versions. As long as I am reading the deuterocanonical parts in the Catholic Bible, is it wrong to read from these Protestant versions? Is there anything anti-Catholic in these versions?
50:49 – I want to gain a better understanding of priests and the orders they choose. How do they go about choosing one and when? Also, do they have to stay a part of that order the rest of their lives or can they switch?
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Questions Covered:
01:30 – A friend of mine says historically the transubstantiation was just developed by the authority and the clergy to get people to give more money and to control the church. She also said that priests are celibate because the church didn’t want to pay for wives and children. Are either of these statements true?
11:30 – What do you think of the book “Purgatory” by Father FX Schouppe?
16:15 – How does retirement work with Jesus saying not to store up treasures?
19:25 – Why do we have to wait until children are born for them to be baptized? If there is a surgery done where they must be taken out of the womb and then put back in, could they be baptized during that time?
22:00 – Could you talk about Hebrews 10:29, specifically where it mentions “sanctifying”? When I was having a dialogue with some Calvinists, they said he who is being sanctified is Jesus himself but to me it seems that it’s talking about a person who is falling away from the faith.
34:15 – What are the origins of saints being a patron of a specific cause?
43:20 – Can humility bring about harm to other people if you ask for it for yourself?
47:50 – What is the origin of Christmas as a holiday? I’m a high school student and today in class a student and teacher told me it’s a pagan holiday. Could you give some clarification as to where they may have gotten that from and if it is indeed a pagan holiday?
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