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:
13:38 – Why do Catholics place such emphasis on confessing to a priest?
22:41 – Why do Catholics believe in the concept of lost salvation?
31:00 – When you lose your salvation, how can you get it back?
34:40 – Aren’t we saved just by believing in Jesus? Wouldn’t works come from being in that state of salvation?
48:20 – What is the problem with Christian Mortalism?
53:19 – When Protestants object to purgatory because “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” is it theologically sound to say that in purgatory we actually are present with the Lord?
Resources mentioned:
The Immortal in You by Michael Augros
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Questions Covered:
22:35 – I had a nondenominational friend who helped me grow closer to my faith.
34:35 – My ex-Catholic evangelical sister is marrying another evangelical. Can I attend their wedding?
43:30 – I was helped in my faith by two famous Protestants who got me to read the Bible and by the charismatic movement that was both Catholic and Protestant.
47:35 – I was helped by a book “Christian Secret to a Happy Life” by a Quaker, Anna Smith. It seems useful to every Christian, but I want to see if Mark’s heard of it.
49:30 – My protestant friend helped me back to my Catholic faith.
52:29 – I was helped to the Catholic faith by the Salvation Army.
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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls changed the way modern scholars view Judaism in the time of Jesus. John Bergsma, author of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity, joins us to explain some of the ways the scrolls shed light on the gospels.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. One of the things we have to defend our Catholic faith against is the idea that modern scholarship debunks the Gospels, or somehow shows them not to be leg…
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:
05:50 – My neighbor is a Lutheran who told me that even Mary doubted who Jesus was. Is that true?
13:48 – Can the text of the gospel be changed to accommodate people better? For example, instead of ‘men’, to say ‘people’?
22:25 – Is sedevacantism true?
29:55 – How can we combat transgenderism?
37:35 – What is the logic of the necessity of purgatory?
45:00 – What are the earliest accounts of the sacraments of confirmation?
52:29 – I am going through RCIA, but my wife does not want to go through it. What is the status of our marriage? Can I take the Sacraments?
Resources Mentioned:
Redemptionis Sacramentum
Purgation Station
Scripture Confirms It
The 7 Signs
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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:
02:39 – How can I strengthen my faith in God the Father?
13:24 – What are Protestants missing out on by not having the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church?
22:28 – Why aren’t there more books refuting the eastern orthodox church?
33:47 – My Protestant friend thinks that Matthew 16:19 is saying that Peter determines who goes to heaven. Can you help me to respond to him?
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