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:
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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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.
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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.
Want more from Jimmy Akin?
The Bible Is A Catholic Book
Teaching with Authority
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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Questions Covered:
11:15 – My 104-year-old grandmothers have an appointment to be euthanized tomorrow. She is an atheist, and I was looking for some advice on how to try and help or stop her before tomorrow morning considering that it is challenging to reason with someone whose core beliefs differ so drastically.
17:15 – A coworker gave me a new living translation of the bible but, because it is missing the books and I know does not offer the fullness of the truth how can I let him know I won’t be reading it? And what do I do with it?
20:38 – A protestant brother had once disagreed with me over the scripture regarding the good thief. So, when two people read the same words in the Bible but believe two beliefs about it, how can we defend why our “interpretation” is correct.
29:00 – Karlo just said the church needs to be the interpreter of the bible. In Isaiah 30:20-21, it explains the holy spirit should be guiding us directly. So, how and why should the church be the interpreter and not just the holy spirit.
33:52 – I have a group of friends from different denominations (Quakers, Episcopalians, evangelists, Baptists, protestants etc.). Most of my friends share the belief that God is a relative concept and religion is a construct to maintain social civil-ness. How can I explain to and defend the truth to these close friends who are also in their senior ages?
43:25 – Can absolute truth change and/or expand?
49:00 – I’ve been recently speaking with many Muslim friends and if, as Catholics we believe that all people through the grace of God can achieve salvation, is it possible for a Muslim to be saved even if they don’t believe Christ is God?
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