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:
02:55 – How are certain saints’ bodies incorruptible?
13:56 – How could Mary be the New Eve if Eve was Adam’s bride and Christ’s (the New Adam) bride is the Church?
22:36 – What are the actual locations of the tomb of Christ and the upper room?
38:20 – Why is St. Michael the Archangel considered a Saint? Aren’t only humans Saints?
42:07 – Why should we confess to a priest instead of going directly to God?
50:46 – I have seen some translations of the fifth commandment as “Thou shalt not kill” and some as “Thou shalt not murder.” Which is more correct?
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Questions Covered:
03:07 – An atheist told me we can’t use presuppositions in arguments unless they’re axioms. Is that true?
16:00 – How does the criterion of embarrassment fit into the dating of the Gospels (especially John)?
23:23 – Should Catholics read or learn about pagan mythology? Is there any good reason to do so?
32:59 – If I need an infallible authority (like the Pope) to interpret the infallible word of God, do I need an infallible authority to interpret THAT authority as well, and so on?
41:21 – My friend believes that God is some kind of collective consciousness. How should I talk to him about it?
49:34 – My grandpa believes we are all pre-programmed by alien scientists. How would I respond to him?
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Questions Covered:
08:25 – In the Eucharistic prayer one, the priest seems to say that he is offering the bread and wine as a sacrifice, and then again later, as Christ’s sacrifice. Why does it seem like there are two sacrifices happening?
16:47 – What is the most comprehensive set of historical facts about Jesus that would aid me as a Christian in defending my faith?
19:22 – How do I reassure someone about the Catholic Church who is concerned about it because of the sexual scandals that have happened?
24:40 – How does archaeology of artifacts from the Bible work? Have there been items found that have compounded what is taught as history in the Bible that date back correctly?
37:05 – Some of the prayers on prayer cards say that they’ll grant indulgences if you say the prayers, taking a certain amount of time off purgatory, etc. How is that determined?
44:31 – What are your book recommendations for a person preparing a child for their first Eucharist?
48:50 – What power does Satan have? We obviously have to deal with him, but God has ultimate power.
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Questions Covered:
13:48 – If someone is in a vegetative state, is it considered moral to disconnect the person from machines that are continuing to keep the person breathing or heart beating?
18:00 – Why would our government be in control of whether suicide is legal? I worry that people will then think they have a right to commit suicide.
29:08 – I am a speech therapist and I work in a nursing home and deal a lot with swallowing issues. Is it considered immoral if I must tell someone that they cannot eat by mouth anymore?
31:52 – Do you know of any national lawyer organizations of pro-life lawyers who can fight the good fight together?
34:10 – Would the advanced directive that the NCBC provides stand up in most situations? I have been told that it would require a living will.
40:08 – I have a Catholic living will. Because of covid, people aren’t allowed to come into the hospital with the patient. In case of emergency, how can a person be sure that the care providers are aware of the pro-life living will?
43:12 – I am a DPOA for my brother. Could his daughter fight me to have him off of a feeding tube?
45:50 – What is the difference between the respirator and the g-tube? Which was good and which was bad?
50:03 – I work in cardiac surgery. Many of our patients are not likely to survive surgery. Is it moral for us to operate on them and have them die in the hospital when they could potentially live more peacefully at the end of their life at their home?
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Questions Covered:
04:42 – How do we know we’re right about what we believe?
08:08 – In Genesis 18 who is Abraham talking to exactly?
16:30 – Can Jimmy offer me some clarification on Matthew 18:19?
29:36 – Why did God give his only son to be murdered, and where is justification for this in the Bible?
34:30 – I was reading a book by Bart Ehrman and he spoke about some of the St. Paul letters and I was wondering what Jimmy has to say about Ehrman’s statements; if they are true or not, and if true, how that changes our view on St. Paul’s letters.
41:50 – Scripture says, “I go to my God and you to your God”. Doesn’t that take away from God’s divinity?
48:42 – I’ve heard because Mary is without sin and was a virgin, she did not suffer birthing pains but, in Revelations 12 the verse says she labors in pain. Can Jimmy offer some clarification on this?
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