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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
Questions Covered:
10:50 – I find the Church to be unfriendly.
19:58 – “The Bible is a Catholic Book” gives me the impression that the Church put the Bible together, but many books of the Bible predate the Church. Why is the Bible a Catholic book, then?
29:12 – I am already a Christian, so what’s the point of being Catholic?
34:15 – I am not Catholic because I don’t want to go through the Annulment process.
47:03 – I’m Episcopalian/Anglo-Catholic, and I believe everything that Catholics do.
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It turns out that Catholic Answers Apologist Joe Heschmeyer is also a lawyer, so we asked him about the recent Supreme Court decision that allowed a Catholic social service agency to continue refusing to place foster children in the custody of gay couples. Is this discrimination? And what does this ruling suggest about the future of religious freedom?
Cy Kellett:
Is the Supreme Court letting Catholics get away with discrimination? Joe Heschmeyer, next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast, for living understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, yo…
Questions Covered:
00:45 – Has anyone tried to make a gospel that is a combination of the four gospels?
08:19 – At Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down and the apostles were able to speak many languages. When they went and preached to all the nations of the world were they still able to speak many languages?
15:43 – Why has the two source hypothesis theory for the synoptic gospels gained more popularity than the one source theory?
24:40 – I asked a Priest to bless my new Jerusalem bible. The Priest said it was not a real bible and that they normally don’t bless them. However he said some “sanctifying” words over it. Could I get some clarification on why it isn’t a real bible?
32:23 – Where do the nativity narratives come from in Luke and Matthew? It seems strange that Jesus would tell people and talk about His birth. How did the gospel writers hear the account of His birth?
39:00 – Why do newer translations of the bible have different words in place of words in older translations of the bible? I feel like important details are left out when certain words are changed.
44:22 – Joseph had a dream where there were eleven stars bowing down to him which represent his brothers and mother and father. But the bible also says that Rachel died at birth with Benjamin. How can this prophecy be true if his mother (Rachel) died?
51:06 – Is Matthias an apostle or not?
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Questions Covered:
03:47 – When one receives penance but doesn’t do that penance with sincerity, does it become the babbling that is mentioned in Scripture in reference to insincere prayer?
08:27 – What does Luke 22:38 mean?
15:10 – The introduction to the books of Esther says that her story is fictional. Is that true? If so, why is it in Scripture?
21:00 – Can we respond to the objection that since Jesus spoke in Aramaic and the gospels were not written in Aramaic, that they’re not reliable?
25:08 – Are the doxology and the Lord’s prayer recited together when they are not found together in the Bible?
33:37 – Someone claimed to me that there is no evidence for hell in the Bible. How can I respond?
38:18 – Who funded the writing of the gospels and what would it have cost?
44:30 – Someone suggested that there could have been freemason influence that changed the bible. Does this have validity?
49:09 – John 8:1-11 There was a footnote in my bible that said that ancient authorities did not contain this passage and that it was added in later. Is that true?
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Questions Covered:
04:40 – I am divorced, but not annulled. I want to come back to the Catholic Church and so I broke up with the woman I had been dating. Was this the right thing to do?
11:32 – How can I respond to people who say that Vatican II is merely pastoral and not authoritative?
15:57 – Where do we get the idea of tithing ten percent? Can we give that to whoever or whatever we want within the Church or only our parish?
20:00 – I just became Catholic and today I heard someone say, “I am going to pray a rosary for you.” What does that mean? I thought the rosary was a prayer for contemplating the mysteries of Christ’s life.
23:22 – How can I defend the existence of purgatory using Scripture?
29:32 – My brother is probably not getting married in the Church because he’s not really a practicing Catholic. I know that people can get a dispensation to not marry in the Church, but can that be obtained for a person who doesn’t practice the faith anyway?
33:22 – How do we respond to people who say that Catholic usage of the Old Testament is just cultural appropriation of Jewish culture?
39:53 – Was there ever a time when only priests and bishops could partake in the Holy Eucharist?
42:48 – In Mark 2:7. The Pharisees ask, “Who can forgive sin but God?” Why did Jesus say that the Son of God had the authority to do so rather than just saying he is God? Does this have anything to do with John 20:23?
46:05 – Earlier Jimmy said the requirement for the 10% tithing rule is no longer obligatory. I heard that in the New Testament there’s an account of two people who were struck dead by God because they didn’t bring their full tithe into their community. How can this be reconciled?
49:03 – I want Jimmy’s advice on how to respond to an atheist who says, “Why if God knows everything in our heart would he command Abraham to kill his son if God knew that Abraham would obey?
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