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:
03:46 – Should Catholics be in support of criminalizing pornography?
14:20 – How can we better understand the Father and the Holy Spirit when they are so intangible?
21:04 – How can it be justified to profit from religious products or services?
31:00 – Why do people bow to the Pope and kiss his ring when Peter did not want people to do that to him?
35:58 – What are some ways that I can defend apostolic succession?
46:03 – How is Jesus’ death not some sort of predestination, since it had to happen?
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Questions Covered:
06:50 – How does an all good and loving God allow Animal suffering?
15:55 – I’m not atheist, but have often heard it argued by atheists that Christians can’t use historical evidence to prove something supernatural?
23:05 – I’m an atheist and I wanted to talk about atheist moral values versus catholic moral values.
41:21 – Why are atheists and non-religious people often more concerned about animals than human beings? I’ve heard. “Animals don’t have rights because animals don’t have responsibilities” is this true, or is it because animals have no soul or a soul that is limited and unique as opposed to the human spirit?
46:25 – If martyrs are proof of the legitimacy of religion, would mass suicides in cults (dying for a belief in a deity) would disprove martyrdom as proof of religion?
52:43 – My 9-year-old daughter has recently shown interest in Christianity, but I have for most of my life been ignorant of any religion (even though I am not a proclaimed atheist). Where do I begin for my daughter and for myself?
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Questions Covered:
18:30 – Why do Catholics continue to use and promote Facebook (and other social media platforms) when it has negative motivations and repercussions?
24:20 – Does the Vatican have a prison? Is there an established legal system?
29:31 – The pope’s statements often get mistaken, confused and stated infallibly. How can we approach the pope’s statements in conversation with non-Catholics? Also, where does catholic teaching fall within doctrine, dogma and discipline?
35:18 – Does JD have any comments or clarification to offer on the letter Cardinal Ratzinger sent to archbishop McCarrick addressing the issue of politicians advocating abortion and being able to receive communion in 2004?
44:00 I’ve heard Father Altman say the democratic platform/party is all engulfed in mortal sin and that if we choose to vote liberally, we are committing that sin. Is this true?
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Questions Covered:
00:50 – When two bishops come out with opinions that seem to contradict each other, how is a lay person supposed to make sense of things?
14:30 – What is the most charitable way to interact with friends and family members who are on either side of all the polarized situations that have arisen in the last year?
23:38 – Once marijuana becomes the new norm, what can Catholics do to combat it?
31:30 – How do I dispose of a broken rosary?
36:21 – After St. Peter died, what were the relative levels of authority between the subsequent popes and the remaining apostles?
44:05 – What is our responsibility as Christians when it comes to family or friends who we know are engaging in questionable life choices or are shirking important practices?
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Questions Covered:
02:53 – If a person entered an invalid marriage (e.g. felt forced), can they subsequently make that marriage valid (e.g., by willingly staying, praying for grace, offering the situation to God, etc.) without doing something like renewing their vows? I assume they cannot just walk up the aisle like newbies anymore.
06:33 – Besides the battle from the Book of Revelation, where do we get the notion of Satan saying that he will not serve and that he is like God?
15:00 – Since the Catholic Church accepts Trinitarian baptism, regardless of denomination, does that mean that there are baptized Protestants who are really Catholic? If so, why don’t we refer to those baptized Protestants as Catholics?
28:45 – How is Ur called Ur of the Chaldeans in Genesis when that culture didn’t appear until centuries later?
31:30 – Why are angels illustrated using human image with wings where the bible paints these angels having very weird features?
42:57 – If Jesus ascended with a glorified body, does this mean that God, the second person of the Trinity, is both material and immaterial permanently?
47:52 – If you need to be in the state of grace to receive Communion, but assuming you’re in the state of grace is a mortal sin, how can we receive?
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