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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!
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Catholic Answers Quiz Show!
Elisha vs. Angel
Contestant One
1) Which of the following encyclicals was not written by Pope JPII?
a) Pacem In Terris (Peace on Earth)
b) Veritatis Splendor
c) Evangelium Vitae
2) Pope John Paul was the first non-Italian pope in:
a) 1237 years
b) 871 years
c) 455 years
3) Pope John Paul II attended
a) The First Vatican Council.
b) The Second Vatican Council.
c) Neither because he lived in communist Poland.
Contestant Two
1) Pope John Paul gave his teaching, now called the Theology of the Body:
a) In an encyclical
b) At his weekly audiences.
c) In a book called Fides Et Ratio.
2) Pope John Paul got lots of criticism because he once kissed:
a)A copy of the Koran.
b) Fidel Castro.
c) A statue of the Buddha.
3) Pope John Paul II was shot:
a) On the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
b) On the feast of the Divine Mercy.
c) On the feast of Sts Peter and Paul.
ROUND TWO
Contestant One
1) The souls in Heaven:
a) Are given faith in proportion to how they lived.
b) Do not have faith.
c) Are given a superabundance of faith.
2) The Apostle Paul was a:
a) Sadducee
b) Temple Priest
c) Pharisee
3) The title “Theotokos” or God-bearer was used:
a) By only one of the early church fathers.
b) By none of the Church fathers. It is a later development.
c) By many of the early Church Fathers.
Contestant Two
1) The Communion of Saints refers to:
A) The canonized saints who can be honored at Mass.
B) All of the saints in heaven whether they have been canonized or not.
C) All of those who have been made children of God by Christ whether in heaven, on earth, or in purgatory.
2) Which of the following is true about St. Paul:
a) He was a powerful healer, so much so that people could heal the sick just using objects that had touched Paul.
b) He was a preacher, but unlike the other apostles, he had no healing ministry.
c) He taught that only the sacraments could heal.
3) The bishops of the Orthodox Churches are:
a.) Not successors of the Apostles as Catholic bishops are
b.) Successors of the Apostles
c.) Successors only of St. Paul but not of St. Peter
FINAL JUDGMENT
True or False: The Holy Spirit is not the Father, the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Holy Spirit.
True or False: The Investiture Controversy involved Greek Patriarchs refusing to allow the Pope to appoint bishops.
True or False: During the Roman persecutions, those who caved to Roman pressure were never allowed back into communion.
True or False: Jesus chose only Jewish men for his Apostles.
True or False: Jesus had the Beatific vision even when he was in Mary’s womb.
True or False: Detraction is the sin of lying to hurt the reputation of another.
True or False: One is not morally required to always choose the highest good.
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Questions Covered:
19:15 – A few weeks after my miscarriage I saw JPII in a dream, and he said to me “You have a child.” I was pregnant again in the next week. That’s why he’s the patron of my daughter.
24:20 – Do you think JPII should be declared a Doctor of the Church?
31:25 – JPII’s intercession helped deliver my daughter safely, and also made for a special connection between her and Our Lady.
36:27 – I thought JPII was a great pope, but the religious summit at Assisi was problematic because it led to religious indifferentism.
51:50 – I really appreciated JPII’s theology on marriage and divorce.
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Questions Covered:
04:30 – What does metanoia mean?
11:00 – Are there any arguments from the early Church Fathers in favor of iconography?
13:00 – I have a question about preterism. Who is the man of lawlessness? Could it be Nero?
17:35 – How would you approach the topic of suicide with someone who hasn’t brought it up but might be showing hints?
23:55 – What are your thoughts on Jesus being able to custom-tailor Mary to be the perfect mother of him and the Church?
31:45 – How is the first chapter of Genesis compatible with science? What’s the general opinion of the Church on how it should be interpreted?
37:40 – How can I explain to a Protestant our understanding of cooperation with God’s grace?
44:20 – What’s the Catholic understanding of faith vs works and how they play into salvation?
46:10 – I spoke with some Protestants who talked about an idea of “Mother God.” They believed in the persons of the Trinity, but also believed that, taken all together, there was one “Mother God.” Has this idea come up before? Did the Church have to address it?
48:25 – Is it okay to play Dungeons & Dragons?
50:30 – Is there any circumstance in which a Catholic married couple, under the guidance of a priest, could use condoms?
52:45 – How should we submit to authority when there’s so many laws we don’t know about?
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Questions Covered:
04:25 – My spouse has a severe porn addiction. We’ve tried so many ways to break it but it seems like it’ll never stop. How can I raise my children so they won’t be harmed also?
14:41 – What does it mean when people say “Offer it up to God”?
16:30 – Do you believe that we’re coming close to the end times based on what we know from Revelation and what’s happening in the world today?
21:13 – When does Genesis go from being literal history to poetic, symbolic literature?
35:03 – How can I find a good priest in my area? Do you have any recommendations?
43:20 – Why do we believe that the deposit of faith ended with the Apostles? I’m in a discussion with Mormons who are strongly pressing me on this.
48:15 – Since one of the founders of the neocatechumenal way, Carmen Hernandez, is being considered for beatification, would that remove some of the negative perceptions surrounding it?
52:40 – When we say the Our Father, why do we leave off “For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever”?
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Some Christians miss or explain away the amazing gift that Jesus gave his Church when he told the Apostles, “Whose sins you forgive are forgiven…” This unique moment is given to us in John 20:23. Karlo Broussard joins us to explain why the most obvious reading is the right one — Christ gave the Apostles the power to forgive sins.
Cy Kellett:
Did Jesus give the church a sacrament of confession or not? Karlo Broussard is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy K…
