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
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls changed the way modern scholars view Judaism in the time of Jesus. John Bergsma, author of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity, joins us to explain some of the ways the scrolls shed light on the gospels.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. One of the things we have to defend our Catholic faith against is the idea that modern scholarship debunks the Gospels, or somehow shows them not to be leg…
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:
05:50 – My neighbor is a Lutheran who told me that even Mary doubted who Jesus was. Is that true?
13:48 – Can the text of the gospel be changed to accommodate people better? For example, instead of ‘men’, to say ‘people’?
22:25 – Is sedevacantism true?
29:55 – How can we combat transgenderism?
37:35 – What is the logic of the necessity of purgatory?
45:00 – What are the earliest accounts of the sacraments of confirmation?
52:29 – I am going through RCIA, but my wife does not want to go through it. What is the status of our marriage? Can I take the Sacraments?
Resources Mentioned:
Redemptionis Sacramentum
Purgation Station
Scripture Confirms It
The 7 Signs
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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:
02:39 – How can I strengthen my faith in God the Father?
13:24 – What are Protestants missing out on by not having the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church?
22:28 – Why aren’t there more books refuting the eastern orthodox church?
33:47 – My Protestant friend thinks that Matthew 16:19 is saying that Peter determines who goes to heaven. Can you help me to respond to him?
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Questions covered:
17:27 – What is the most appealing way to reach someone deep into internet atheism?
28:38 – My granddaughter doesn’t want to make her confirmation and doesn’t believe in the real presence. She goes through the motions for her parents but now their priest is saying she shouldn’t receive communion if she doesn’t believe. Now she feels like she’s being shunned. What should we do?
34:40 – My son isn’t baptized but he comes occasionally to Mass with me because he wants to understand.
42:50 – Do you prove in your book that the Catholic Church is the true faith?
47:15 – My two godchildren fell away in college. How can I get them back?
52:06 – Do you think kids are falling away because of modernism?
Resources mentioned:
Always a Catholic by Fr. Walshe
When Harry Became Sally by Ryan Anderson
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Questions Covered:
24:10 – I put my work life into Jesus’ hands.
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