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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
11:15 – My 104-year-old grandmothers have an appointment to be euthanized tomorrow. She is an atheist, and I was looking for some advice on how to try and help or stop her before tomorrow morning considering that it is challenging to reason with someone whose core beliefs differ so drastically.
17:15 – A coworker gave me a new living translation of the bible but, because it is missing the books and I know does not offer the fullness of the truth how can I let him know I won’t be reading it? And what do I do with it?
20:38 – A protestant brother had once disagreed with me over the scripture regarding the good thief. So, when two people read the same words in the Bible but believe two beliefs about it, how can we defend why our “interpretation” is correct.
29:00 – Karlo just said the church needs to be the interpreter of the bible. In Isaiah 30:20-21, it explains the holy spirit should be guiding us directly. So, how and why should the church be the interpreter and not just the holy spirit.
33:52 – I have a group of friends from different denominations (Quakers, Episcopalians, evangelists, Baptists, protestants etc.). Most of my friends share the belief that God is a relative concept and religion is a construct to maintain social civil-ness. How can I explain to and defend the truth to these close friends who are also in their senior ages?
43:25 – Can absolute truth change and/or expand?
49:00 – I’ve been recently speaking with many Muslim friends and if, as Catholics we believe that all people through the grace of God can achieve salvation, is it possible for a Muslim to be saved even if they don’t believe Christ is God?
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Questions Covered:
12:40 I am looking for some clarification because Joe was explaining that Jesus told the apostles he wasn’t going to be back until the end of time, but I understand that Jesus and Paul mention he will be back soon.
28:50 Why did Jesus hide his identity on the road to Emmaus from the two travelers?
34:22 – In the apostle’s creed we say “on the third day he rose again from the dead” did he resurrect twice?
35:38 – If part of the ascension is that Jesus has ascended with his body into heaven, how can we hold the transubstantiation?
41:50 – When did the ascension take place?
46:20 – In Matthew 24:36, it seems clear that Jesus does not know when he will return, but if he is also God and knows everything why does he not indicate the time of his return?
49:00 – Jesus tells the good thief that he will be with him in heaven but, if he was not Catholic, he was still able to achieve salvation through Jesus. How does this apply to those who believe salvation can be achieved without being Catholic?
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Not all opposition to the idea of free will comes from atheists. In fact, a prominent strain of Christianity denies free will as it strives to defend the omnipotence of God. But does such a strategy turn God into a monster? Trent Horn explains.
Cy Kellett:
Does God decide everything or do I get to decide some stuff? Trent Horn is next. Hello and welcome to Focus The Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And most Christians throughout most of the history of Christianity have believed that we have a choice. Certainl…
Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
05:22 – How is faith a rational thing?
14:20 – Why are there candles in front of the statues of Mary in Catholic Churches?
17:52 – A Protestant recently told me that 1 Maccabees 9:27 proves that Maccabees could not be written by an inspired author, and he also claimed that same lack of inspiration for the other Deuterocanonical books. How can I refute that?
22:50 – Who were the different Mary’s at the foot of the Cross?
29:04 – Is it true that change cannot happen outside of time? Does the Church teach this?
36:10 – What is ‘selah’ in the Bible?
43:28 – I am Protestant but recently married a devout Catholic man. I love going to Mass with him, but I also love being Protestant. Is there some way that I can have both?
49:00 – When Jesus was tempted in the desert, did he even have the option of committing a sin and giving in to temptation, as he is God?
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Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
04:01 – How do you resolve the incongruity between some of the acts of the Magisterium and clergy and the truth of Catholicism? How do we come to terms with clergy that don’t live Catholic truth?
16:06 – How can I respond to people who claim that the Latin Mass is the only valid and sacred liturgy?
21:07 – Why were seven books taken out of the Protestant Bible?
29:03 – Why would adopting frozen embryos be immoral? If it is immoral, what should be done with those frozen embryos?
36:24 – I came to the Catholic faith through reason. How do I find the joyful heart-connection and faith in Jesus that so many Protestants seem to have? Intellectually, I am convinced, but my heart is not there.
47:09 – Which church is the true Church- the Catholic Church or the Greek orthodox church?
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