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:
01:02 – I have three arguments for why women should be allowed to be priests.
15:07 – What’s the scriptural and/or traditional basis for saying the fall of the angels took place before the fall of man?
21:46 – What is the connection between Christ’s ongoing intercession and the Eucharist? And if Christ’s intercession is reliant upon his sacrifice, doesn’t that hinder God’s omnipotence?
29:09 – Why would we choose wearing either a scapular or crucifix instead of the other?
35:14 – Do my wife and I have to wait to get our marriage convalidated before we try to conceive?
41:44 – What happens to Protestants who are in mortal sin but don’t have the sacrament of confession available to them?
47:50 – When we pray the Fatima prayer, do we really mean “Lead all souls to heaven” or just the elect?
51:15 – What happens to people who are ill and die without receiving last rites?
Resources Mentioned:
Edward Feser, How to Go to Hell
Catholic Answers Focus: Is the Church Hiding the Book of Enoch?
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04:41 – Why does Peter have such a strong reaction in Acts 10 against eating what is unclean when he heard things like the bread of life discourse?
08:54 – How does free will play into the story of the Fall of man?
16:05 – Is there any subtle mention of the Trinity in the Old Testament?
20:27 – What do these verses from Isaiah and James mean?
24:05 – How do I respond to the claim of limited atonement?
35:20 – Sometimes I feel like God has set us up to sin. We’re predisposed to sin, but God set us up that way. Why would he make us like that?
42:30 – Is it okay for me to attend my half-sister’s wedding after she’s left the faith?
47:36 – Is it okay for me to worship on my own instead of in a particular church?
53:03 – Is it okay to work at a place where you can reasonably suspect people go to commit sin?
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Questions Covered:
05:00 – I’m an altar server. Should I bow with the priest during the consecration and rise after, or keep bowing?
13:50 – When Mary was made queen, did they actually see the coronation or was it a symbol?
18:05 – Why would God give Adam and Eve the temptation of the tree if he wanted them to go to Heaven?
21:29 – What does the Catechism mean when is says that the Eucharist preserves us from grave sins?
29:00 – Was the devil created by Jews in order to explain evil?
39:30 – Did Mary become more beautiful when she went to Heaven, or was she already as beautiful as she would be since she was without sin?
42:35 – What are some good arguments for Christianity that are not the trilemma or historical evidence?
47:40 – Why do we have to go to Heaven?
50:45 – If I pray the St. Therese novena will she give me a flower?
53:10 – Is it’s okay for girls to be altar servers?
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Questions Covered:
15:29 – What was Mary called by those around her in her time? And if Mary never sinned, does that mean she always did everything right?
31:55 – Why do Catholics say that Mary is the Immaculate Conception?
42:10 – What is a dogma, and why is the birth of Mary not considered a dogma?
44:44 – Is there any Church tradition or Biblical title that first declared Mary as Undoer of Knots?
49:05 – If Mary was an immaculate conception, were her parents immaculately conceived too? How far back does it go?
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03:09 – Did the Catholic Church recognize any of Luther’s 95 theses as legitimate, and did any of them actually help reform the Church?
08:20 – When are Catholics born again?
15:03 – Is prayer less efficacious if you’re in a state of mortal sin?
20:55 – Is using profanity a sin? If it is, how should we address the many Catholics who do it?
28:50 – What is the Leviathan in the book of Isaiah?
29:50 – If Christ is real, why have priests molested children?
44:40 – Is it morally okay for a librarian to check out and stock books of an immoral nature?
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