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:
04:32 – How does a Catholic deal with some of the hard passages of scripture like 1 Samuel 15:3, in which God seems to be advocating genocide?
15:57 – What do Catholics mean when they talk about a “broken world?”
22:22 – Are video games that include things like demon hunting okay to play?
24:07 – Does the Bible ever use false images to represent the truth?
28:45 – Based on Genesis, wouldn’t every animal in paradise be a vegan?
33:48 – What’s the Catholic stance on fasting?
42:47 – What’s the difference between the deity of Christ and the divinity of Christ?
44:18 – What is the Catholic view on predestination?
48:48 – What happens when a Catholic receives the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin?
Resources Mentioned:
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Questions Covered:
13:54 – Was the historical Reformation a lost cause?
22:00 – If the physical body is a manifestation of your identity, how do intersex people or people with chromosome abnormalities identify? Are gender and sex synonymous in the Catholic faith?
29:42 – If Peter was married and the Eastern Catholics can marry, why do Roman priests have to be celibate?
35:15 – If the Marian doctrines are so necessary to Catholicism, why did none of the epistles cover them?
44:36 – How do you know if you’re in purgatory? And is purgatory the dark night of the soul?
49:03 – Why do Catholics think Protestants are wrong about the Eucharist when the early church seems to resemble Protestantism more?
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Father James Boric, the rector of America’s first cathedral, the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore, joins us to explain why he chose Eucharistic adoration as a cornerstone of his parish-building efforts. It turns out there is a lot of power in sitting quietly with Jesus.
Cy Kellett:
Why bother with adoration? Father James Boric is next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and right in the heart of Baltimore is America’s oldest cathedral. Oh, well, we’ll ex…
Jimmy answers a variety of questions on Sacred Scripture.
Questions Covered:
00:59 – Is there biblical evidence for Confirmation that I can share with my daughter who is supposed to be Confirmed this year?
06:37 – Why has the understanding of idolatry changed over time? It used to be more about images and physical items and now it seems like it’s about greed or putting things above God.
14:55 – In Mark 2, Jesus misquotes the Old Testament about the name of the high priest. Why does he do this?
20:16 – What does the Bible say about fraternal correction?
28:29 – How can I address the laws of the Old Testament, when people say that they are immoral?
35:30 – The Greek word in the original Lord’s Prayer that is translated as ‘daily’ in Catholic Bibles seems to be a vague translation. Would it be more correct for it to say ‘supersubstantial’?
43:12 – Why wasn’t Genesis written first? When is it estimated to have been written?
48:46 – The books of Matthew and Luke seem to have some contradictions in their accounts of Jesus’ resurrection. Why is that?
50:35 – Is positive affirmation approved of in Scripture?
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Jimmy answers a variety of questions on Sacred Scripture.
Questions Covered:
04:05 – Are there additional sources that would tell us about Jesus’ life prior to his public ministry?
11:40 – How do we know that Genesis 1-11 is a different genre than the rest of the book of Genesis?
19:26 – What is the Catholic interpretation of Ephesians 2:8-9?
24:45 – What is the meaning Matthew 7:14? Does it mean that only a tiny minority of people will go to heaven?
34:08 – In the Old Testament, Abraham is tested by God in sacrificing his son Isaac. Why would God ever ask a father to sacrifice his son?
44:01 – What is the correct translation of Acts 12:4? Why is it so often incorrectly translated?
49:09 – How can we tell the difference between the lying signs and the true ones mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:9?
49:09 – How can we tell the difference between the lying signs and the true ones mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:9?
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