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:
08:09 – Do men need to be infallible in order to determine the canon of Scripture?
18:57 – Where and how do Adam and his descendants in the Bible fit into the theory of evolution?
28:45 – In Luke 8:2, the demons were driven out of Mary Magdalene. How and why does God allow people to become possessed by demons?
35:37 – Why did Christ say, “Why have you forsaken me?” to his Father on the Cross? A Protestant preacher I heard yesterday said it was because all the sins of the world descended on him at that moment.
44:02 – Words of Peace and Goodness Catholic radio…John 5:19 says that the Son can only do what he sees the Father doing. How do I understand this in terms of the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus?
50:13 – At what point in the Bible was Mary deemed a saint or deity?
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Questions Covered:
04:16 – What is the morality of the covid19 vaccine? Is it safe and good for Catholic to do?
18:00 – I am married but not in the Catholic Church. Can I receive Holy Communion?
22:26 – If humans ever settled on Mars, which Church calendar would they use?
28:38 – When is one to admonish the sinner, especially in cases of marriage in the Church?
35:48 – Matthew 6:6 says to go into your closet to pray. My father uses that verse as an excuse to not go to church. How can I refute him on this?
42:23 – Is it true that the Catholic Church was responsible for the Dark Ages?
49:34 – What is the Catholic definition of apostasy or schism? Would it apply to a person who rejects the reality of the True Presence?
51:33 – What is your opinion about the q source in making the gospels?
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Questions Covered:
04:10 – Why is the principle of first fruit giving not taught in the Catholic Church?
07:06 – Which of the apocryphal writings are worth reading and learning from, and which ones should we forego reading?
11:46 – I am interested in becoming a priest. How does that work? How much freedom does one have in deciding one’s role in the Church?
13:46 – Is it permissible for a layperson to serve as a subdeacon if he is not on his way to Holy Orders?
15:13 – My brother convinced his girlfriend to get an abortion a few years ago and he just confided this in me. I am having trouble not being angry and forgiving him for it. What can I do?
17:30 – Why haven’t the clergy been teaching the laity? There doesn’t seem to be enough education or catechism for lay people.
23:11 – Why are certain elements of the Levitical priesthood retained in the Catholic Mass and priesthood while other Old Testament laws are completely done away with by Jesus?
28:44 – Why is Matthew 17:21 not included in so many Bibles?
33:05 – How can I convince someone that Christ is God? They asked me why he would call himself Son of God if he is God.
35:15 – How does our post-modern society, which doesn’t believe in real love, compare with the early pagan societies of Jesus’ time?
40:32 – Is a person who has an eating disorder in a state of mortal sin every time they misuse food or their body?
41:14 – Is it okay to date after a divorce?
42:57 – Is it okay to make a spiritual communion in Mass when you’re not in a state of grace and so can’t receive?
44:06 – I lost my brother to suicide. He struggled with diabolical things. Is my brother lost, according to Catholic teaching?
49:35 – I am a born-again Christian but not yet a Catholic. If I die, will I not be saved?
51:27 – My daughter has chosen a different sexual orientation. How can I talk to her about the truth of this? It is causing a lot of anger and frustration in our home.
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Why be a Catholic and not a member of another faith tradition?
Questions Covered:
06:53 – I am having a discussion with a Protestant friend who doesn’t think Catholics will be saved. How can I best prepare for the conversation?
13:45 – I don’t believe you need to be Catholic to be saved. I have a personal relationship with God, and it doesn’t matter to him if I am Catholic. I was not comfortable in the Catholic Church because it was just a bunch of rituals.
29:08 – My brother recently left the Church. At his church, they take communion that his pastor says is the body and blood of Christ. He says, why be Catholic when I can have the True Presence in another church?
35:19 – Why would someone want to be Catholic when the Church messed with the 10 Commandments?
45:04 – When I am talking to Protestants, the conversation often turns historical. Distortions of history are presented and it is difficult to authoritatively address these misrepresentations of the Church. How do I best have these conversations and is there a resource respected by Catholics and Protestants to establish the historical truth?
50:19 – I was raised Baptist but am really interested in the Catholic Church. I am told a lot that Catholics worship Mary. Is there biblical evidence for saying the ‘Hail Mary’?
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Why be a Catholic and not a member of another faith tradition?
Questions Covered:
18:30 – In Lumen Gentium, it says that all religions participate in the truth of God. This is confusing. How can Catholicism be the one true faith, but a Church document also states that other religions kind of have it right, too?
33:05 – There seems to have been a shift in the Christian faith in general that the Lord is always merciful, and not about his justice. People say, yes, I am not Catholic, but I will be fine because God is merciful. How would I respond to someone who approaches being a part of the Church without conviction?
41:46 – My son is not Catholic because he agrees with Protestants who say that you just have to profess your life to God and that’s it. How do I speak to him about this?
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