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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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Especially in times of upset within the Church, we might well ask just what the Holy Spirit is doing. Does the Spirit really lead the Church? And if so, why so many problems and confusions? Jimmy Akin responds.
Cy Kellett:
How does the Holy Spirit lead the church? Jimmy Akin 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 the question came to us via the email about just how does the Holy Spirit lead the church? And I think that it’s obvious to anybody why this question woul…
This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between.
Questions Covered:
16:19 – I do frequently think about my death, but not in a productive or helpful way. I think about how I could do more for people when I die. I look forward to it. Is this weird or wrong?
21:48 – When you began to do this, what changes did you notice in your everyday life and interactions with other people?
42:14 – Have you found in your work that there are a lot of hospice workers that benefit from your work? Have you had any connections to people who walk through death with people?
46:25 – Is there any risk for suicidal ideation with this?
51:29 – Do you agree with the idea that people do everything they can to fight death and that the continuation of humanity is just a way for people to try to avoid dying?
Resources Mentioned:
Lenten Series
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This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between.
Questions Covered:
29:04 – I am disabled and am so worried that the doctors will convince me to sign away my life. I live in fear that my daughter will not be able to help me. What can disabled people do?
33:48 – What are your thoughts on population control? Do you think we will soon deplete the earth’s resources if we don’t have contraception?
44:20 – How is eugenics different from racism?
48:20 – Did Margaret Sanger think minorities need to be eliminated? Do you think this is an underlying part of the movement still?
Resources Mentioned:
Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility
Contraception and Catholicism
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This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between.
Questions Covered:
18:50 – Did Mary Magdalene have children?
31:18 – Is there evidence in the New Testament for women being priests?
43:30 – I don’t understand why women today look back at women in the New Testament and think that those women were weak, just because we don’t hear about them speaking out the way women do today. I think there is a perverted sense of what real strength is.
50:31 – What are your comments on Junia who Paul refers to as a female apostle?
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This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between.
Questions Covered:
16:28 – I might be a father someday and I worry about providing monetarily for them. Do you think that people put off being a mother or father because they worry too much about that aspect of parenthood?
21:22 – This last year has been a crazy time with not being able to have people over and not having community. How are you dealing with these challenges?
29:06 – How do you manage all the chaos and get support? I feel like I am always overwhelmed and stressed. It is difficult to embrace my vocation of motherhood.
42:52 – I was pregnant with my 4th after two miscarriages and someone told me I should never have had that many kids. I said, Don’t worry, I made up for the children that you didn’t have. Just a response for all those moms getting tough comments!
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