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
Trent helps callers to better defend their Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
06:11 – I have a bible study with some Protestants. They all think you can’t lose your salvation. Can you give me some ammo to argue with them?
20:52 – Has the Protestant church presented enough evidence to suggest that they are the church with true authority?
29:07 – I really struggle to talk about pro-life issues and Catholic issues with my sister. If I send her an article from a Catholic or pro-life site, she dismisses it immediately as propaganda. What can I do?
37:45 – Someone posed a pro-choice argument to me that Catholics care more about unborn children than born children. How can I best respond?
48:05 – I am trying to defend Last Rites to a Protestant. They believe that Last Rites doesn’t grant you entrance to heaven. How can I respond?
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The boss is back, and this time he’s taking on the big daddy of Catholic misbehavior: the Spanish Inquisition. Our president, Chris Check, wraps up our three part series on inquisitions with a sober look at an iconic time in Catholic history. And if this piques your interest, take Chris’s class on the Inquisition at the Catholic Answers School of Apologetics. schoolofapologetics.com
Cy Kellett:
Trying to make sense of the Spanish Inquisition, Chris Check is next.
Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. …
Questions Covered:
02:02 – What role do the bishops play in the Magisterium?
03:56 – Do Catholics believe that Mary was part of Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross? Do they believe she is a mediator?
12:18 – Does the Holy Spirit leave you if you enter a state of mortal sin?
21:36 – How do I know which diocese I am in? I go to college, but also live in my hometown part of the year.
23:14 – What is the Catholic belief about 2 Timothy 3:16-17? I am a Protestant.
36:15 – How do we know that the Blessed Virgin Mary is sinless? Words of Eternal Life
44:47 – What is the origin of the use of the confessional booth?
47:52 – Why is it a moral issue to use fetal cells in vaccines? People donate their organs when they die all the time.
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Questions Covered:
02:54 – I am trying to evangelize my 24-year-old nephew who I recently found out is living a gay lifestyle. How can I reach him?
06:33 – When was Christian baptism established? Was it after Jesus died or at his own baptism?
13:36 – What does it mean to say that the soul is the form of the body? What is the soul?
17:30 – How can I prove and explain that Mary was ever virgin? Was Joseph a virgin as well?
29:14 – What does the Church teach about visitations from dead loved ones?
34:03 – Can a practice Catholic believe in premillennialism and the Rapture?
42:00 – Where do your guardian angels go after your death?
42:00 – Where do your guardian angels go after your death?
46:13 – I just found out from my mom that my grandfather will be cremated, and his ashes will be split up among his kids. How involved should I get in trying to stop this from happening?
49:23 – Are there any relics of St. Joseph or does he have a tomb somewhere?
51:37 – Can we use philosophy for evangelization? I just read Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and find it helpful.
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Questions Covered:
13:15 – A lot of people are scared to go to confession because they are afraid that the priest is judging them and remembers all their sins. Is this the case?
18:35 – Pope Benedict’s changes in the liturgy some years ago changed most of the uses of the word ‘cup’ to ‘chalice’. But the word cup is maintained in the memorial at the acclamation. Why is that?
20:56 – A lot of people tell me that you don’t have to do good works to get out of purgatory. How does one get out of purgatory?
31:10 – Who or where do we look within the Church to speak to such matters as the covid vaccine?
36:12 – What is the Catholic perspective on the first commandment in light of idolatry compared to how Protestants view it?
40:28 – My coworker is a Lutheran and he often tells me that the Church is wrong. Today, he gave me Romans 8:1-8. How do Catholics view these verses?
44:30 – How can I be sure that the absolution I received on Saturday is valid? It was not the traditional, “God the fathers of mercy…”
48:35 – Simeon’s prophecy to the blessed Mary confuses me, he says, “The thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” What does this mean?
50:21 – Can a dogma be changed?
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