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:
05:20 – What is the difference between the orthodox and Catholic churches?
12:05 – My daughter is in a same-sex relationship. If she decides to get married, could I attend that ceremony?
17:00 – I heard that in Mexico, women can get married to Christ, as an alternative to becoming a nun. Is that a real option and what is the reason for it?
20:16 – My brother told me to wait to have a baptism for a baby past 14 days of their life is a mortal sin. Is that true? If not, how can I respond to him?
29:00 – Why are priests so easy on people in the United States? It’s not very traditional or orthodox, when in Mexico, it’s much more intense.
35:05 – How did sacramentalism develop? Is it possible that it developed as a reaction to Gnosticism?
44:50 – My husband and I want to do our kid’s faith formation at home, rather than sending them to classes. Is that possible to do?
49:14 – Is it okay in the Church’s eyes to get a prenuptial contract before getting married?
52:30 – How much money do priests make in a year?
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Questions Covered:
15:15 – Why should we believe that we’ve had valid popes since Vatican II?
20:32 – I don’t believe in the pope because I don’t know how the papacy was established.
34:02 – I am a recent convert to the eastern orthodox church. I don’t accept the papacy because infallibility of the pope does not excuse the bad popes that have been. How does infallibility deal with a bad pope?
43:03 – I am an Anglican. What are your thoughts on Isaiah 22 and the “keys to the kingdom”?
47:15 – I am a new Catholic. When I have questions, I defer to the Vatican because I feel like it’s all we have from Christ to lead us. Is this a correct way to think about things?
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Questions Covered:
05:22 – What do you think of using Bayes’ Theorem to predict the probability of the Resurrection of Jesus?
14:22 – Does the Church teach that people are innately good but commit evil acts, or that people are evil when they’ve committed evil acts?
23:42 – I am not Catholic yet. What happens if I die before I can go to my first Confession?
31:50 – How do I know if I am hearing God’s voice?
42:10 – If Mary had stepchildren by Joseph, would they have had a responsibility to care for Mary after Jesus died?
49:23 – When the Final Judgement happens, will people experience purgatory any longer?
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Questions Covered:
11:00 – What would Jesus have thought the stars were? What did people at that time think that they were?
19:10 – What are we to do with Old Testament books like Samuel and Chronicles, which seem to be anachronisms? Should they trouble us?
31:53 – At the Last Supper, were the bread and wine transubstantiated?
35:40 – Why did the Church reject the gospel of James?
44:01 – Is the Roman Catholic understanding of reality based on God’s Word and revelation? For example, atheists might have a theory of knowledge based on empiricism, while Christians seem to believe in creation based on the Bible, God’s Word.
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Questions Covered:
07:33 – What is the difference between Calvinist vs. Thomist predestination?
20:07 – What happened to Matthew 23:14 in Catholic bibles? It is not there!
33:30 – How should a catechumen go about his Catholic journey if he commits a mortal sin while in the process of becoming Catholic?
48:15 – I recently attended a Melkite Catholic liturgy and wondered – how can we preserve the identity of these rites when pastors and bishops of these eastern Churches are responsible for ministering to Christians of all rites?
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