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:
05:17 – The thief on the cross was told he would be in paradise, but he died before Pentecost and was not baptized. Is paradise separate from the kingdom of heaven and did he make it to paradise?
16:01 – If you go out for dinner with someone during lent on a Friday and they eat meat, how do you let them know politely that is inappropriate, and are you also sinning by witnessing that sin?
22:56 – Why does the formula for confession not change regardless of rite and who you confess to? And when you say “bless me father for I have sinned” are you speaking to God, the priest, or both?
29:21 – There are Catholic missions approved by the bishops that do not allow their counselors to speak about God or pray to clients unless they ask for it. Can you explain to me why? Are they denying their conscience?
40:40 – How do we handle critical race theory and the mandated training in the workplace (having unconscious unbiased etc.) especially as the sole breadwinners of the family? Do we stand up for our faith beliefs?
48:30 – What is the church’s teaching on Limbo?
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Questions Covered:
03:04 – Can I get Jimmy’s comments on Scholar Michael Heiser and what he has to say about original sin in the bible?
12:04 – Did other Jewish sects accept the Septuagint?
15:30 – I heard there was a saint who once said that God revealed to them that 60,000 died, 3 went to purgatory and the rest went to hell. Is this true?
20:29 – How would the sovereign quality of contrition affect the validity of a confession?
24:30 – Does St. Thomas Aquinas argument for movement undermine free will?
33:37 – Why would God want the church to become extinct, or give Satan power to destroy at the end of time?
39:40 – I’m an extraordinary eucharistic minister and I was wondering if I have the ability to bless children that come up during communion?
44:10 – I heard someone once mention that Adam and Eve were not the first humans because of the creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. Can you explain this?
49:30 – Should Reiki healing ever be received or practiced by Christians? And if not, how do you explain the alleged healings people have experienced through it?
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Questions Covered:
01:52 – On Ch 28 of Karlo’s Meeting the Protestant Challenge he explains that because the Old Testament has priests the second should as well, but I don’t understand this because I thought having priests in the first testament was somewhat of a mistake. Can Karlo explain further?
10:47 – Why did God create us if he knew we would sin?
17:00 – Can Karlo comment on Matthew 10:28 and offer me some clarification?
22:10 – I was previously agnostic for a very long time but have recently come find answers and believe in God, but the one thing I can’t reconcile or understand about the catholic faith is the recent sex scandals and how the church and/or clergy justifies of covers these wrongdoings.
35:48 – My fiancé is not catholic but I am. I’ve heard it is true that once you understand the truth you have an obligation to accept it. However, despite my efforts and hers to understand and find answers about Catholicism she is still not “sold” on common struggles like how Mary is the mother of God etc. Can Karlo comment on the possible state of her salvation regarding misunderstanding and denial?
43:00 – Why can’t a priest celebrate the sacrament of marriage outside of a physical catholic church?
49:55 – Jesus is the son of God, but in the bible, lineage traces back Adam as the son of God because he had no mother or father. Is the Apostles’ creed and the church wrong about who or how many sons God really has?
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Questions Covered:
05:16 – In my studies with transubstantiation I’ve heard that one central theme is the use of Aristotelian categories (substance etc.) How central is that to the doctrine of transubstantiation?
16:42 – Isn’t the Holy Spirit the father of Jesus, because in the Nicene creed it is “by the power of the holy spirit” that Mary conceived Jesus?
28:51 – I disagree with the church’s rule of not allowing women to be ordained priests, but believe the catholic church is the true church because of the eucharist. Can I still be a catholic considering I don’t believe every truth but some of the truths of the church?
43:07 – Are St. Thomas Aquinas’s first three ways disproved by modern science?
50:19 – Catholic Radio Network…If Pope Francis says to paraphrase ‘other religions are okay’ why should we remain or still follow Catholicism?
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Clearly Catholic bishops need closer collaboration with lay Catholics if we are ever going to get past the leadership models that led to the sex abuse crisis. But what is appropriate lay participation in keeping bishops honest? Jason Negri discusses one model being pursued by the Daniel Coalition, a local effort for reform in Lansing Michigan.
Can the laity hold bishops accountable? Jason Negri, next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome again to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. A great deal of suffering in recent decades around the se…
