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
Not all opposition to the idea of free will comes from atheists. In fact, a prominent strain of Christianity denies free will as it strives to defend the omnipotence of God. But does such a strategy turn God into a monster? Trent Horn explains.
Cy Kellett:
Does God decide everything or do I get to decide some stuff? Trent Horn 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 most Christians throughout most of the history of Christianity have believed that we have a choice. Certainl…
Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
05:22 – How is faith a rational thing?
14:20 – Why are there candles in front of the statues of Mary in Catholic Churches?
17:52 – A Protestant recently told me that 1 Maccabees 9:27 proves that Maccabees could not be written by an inspired author, and he also claimed that same lack of inspiration for the other Deuterocanonical books. How can I refute that?
22:50 – Who were the different Mary’s at the foot of the Cross?
29:04 – Is it true that change cannot happen outside of time? Does the Church teach this?
36:10 – What is ‘selah’ in the Bible?
43:28 – I am Protestant but recently married a devout Catholic man. I love going to Mass with him, but I also love being Protestant. Is there some way that I can have both?
49:00 – When Jesus was tempted in the desert, did he even have the option of committing a sin and giving in to temptation, as he is God?
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Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
04:01 – How do you resolve the incongruity between some of the acts of the Magisterium and clergy and the truth of Catholicism? How do we come to terms with clergy that don’t live Catholic truth?
16:06 – How can I respond to people who claim that the Latin Mass is the only valid and sacred liturgy?
21:07 – Why were seven books taken out of the Protestant Bible?
29:03 – Why would adopting frozen embryos be immoral? If it is immoral, what should be done with those frozen embryos?
36:24 – I came to the Catholic faith through reason. How do I find the joyful heart-connection and faith in Jesus that so many Protestants seem to have? Intellectually, I am convinced, but my heart is not there.
47:09 – Which church is the true Church- the Catholic Church or the Greek orthodox church?
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Questions Covered:
53:13 – How do you explain to protestants that the body and blood of Christ is not just metaphorical?
18:56 – What is Cy’s favorite title that Jesus has?
22:56 – Can you help me understand the relationship between the two teachings: that “the lord was made flesh” and scripture as “the word of god?”
35:25 – Is this book suitable for someone who has not yet had any introduction to the Catholic Faith and its teachings whatsoever?
41:25 – How is Jesus also God? I am confused on how he is God and the son of God? Can’t he only be one or the other?
50:18 – Can Cy tell me a little bit about his writing process?
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Questions Covered:
18:15 – My granddaughter is 7 years old, and her parents are not teaching her the faith, but she has recently come to me asking “who is Jesus?” and “what is heaven?” How can I explain this to her?
36:37 – What is the strangest thing Cy found about Jesus’ teaching?
46:25 – Where does annulment come from and what has Jesus said about it in scripture?
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