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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
04:00 – I have a non-Catholic friend who left the church because he didn’t understand how contraception was wrong but natural family planning was appropriate because both give the adults control over pregnancy. This stirred doubt in my heart, can Steve help explain this and how I can defend this to my friend?
13:59 – Why are priests important?
15:33 – What was the significance of Jesus’ sacrifice if as God he knew he would rise again on the third day?
18:53 – If Mary was free from the consequences from the fall why does Revelations Ch 12 say she experienced the pains of childbirth?
23:08 – nondenominational Christian church that my non-Catholic friend attends publish the apostle’s creed and Nicene creed on their website nearly exactly to the Catholic Prayers. If they believed in the creed, why are they practicing faith that is misled/against that?
29:15 – What is the main difference between Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox church? Why is Catholicism the true faith versus the eastern orthodox church or any for that matter?
37:45 – What in the bible or in church teachings encourage Catholics to pray to the saints?
45:50 – When a priest comes into a room do, we stand out of respect, because I noticed others not doing so but I was always taught to.
47:42 – I am a protestant considering Catholicism so, Is Purgatory real and how do we know it is? (I got his info to send him purgatory is for real)
52:30 – Pope means Vicar of the son of God then what is the holy spirit?
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Our own Tim Staples discusses the Catholic claim that there is no salvation outside the Church? How are we to understand this truth, and what does it mean for those who do not enter the Church?
Cy Kellett:
Can we settle this once and for all? Is there or is there not salvation outside the Catholic Church? Tim Staples next.
Hello and welcome again to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And you might’ve noticed recently we’ve been talking about the church with Tim Staples. Kind of a series …
Questions Covered:
01:38 – I am really interested in the Catholic faith, but I have never wanted children and neither does my husband. This has been a stumbling block to me entering the Church. What can I do?
15:35 – I am a medical writer in human clinical trials. One of the aspects of my work is reporting on contraceptives. Do I need to get out of this job and work elsewhere?
20:30 – What is your advice on how to deal with the current secular view of gender, especially in the workplace?
33:46 – How can I explain to my nondenominational friend why Baptism is only needed once in a person’s lifetime?
41:22 – Is there a list of the Church traditions that have been infallibly declared?
51:34 – Is it true that the Vatican wants to limit or restrict the Latin Mass? Could this cause another schism in the Church?
Resources Mentioned:
NCBCenter.org
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Questions Covered:
05:00 – If evolution is true, were the first humans imbued souls immune from physical death?
07:00 – What do Catholics believe about the clarity of Scripture, particularly the Old Testament?
14:40 – Does the Church teach that abortion should be illegal?
19:53 – Can Jesus, as God, in his resurrected body, change?
33:05 – I have a boyfriend who is a Protestant who is interested in the Catholic Church. I feel a lack of confidence in sharing the faith with him, especially about free will and predestination. Can you help me to improve on this?
36:10 – Can the evidence of Christ’s empty tomb and His appearances after the Resurrection be proved wrong by simply saying that the apostles made those things up?
46:30 – Do Catholics and Lutherans agree on justification?
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Questions Covered:
17:03 – Before I reverted to Catholicism, I used to go to gay clubs because my best friend is lesbian but, I am afraid to set a boundary with her now because I don’t want to hurt her feelings. How do I set the boundary without hurting her?
2. Alexandria…. Mansfield, TX…910 AM…17:03 – Before I reverted to Catholicism, I used to go to gay clubs because my best friend is lesbian but, I am afraid to set a boundary with her now because I don’t want to hurt her feelings. How do I set the boundary without hurting her?
22:58 – I am struggling to set boundaries with my in-laws. My wife and I separated for a few months and now her family shuns us because of it even though we are back together living out the catholic faith. Do we cut them out? Do we ignore the issue?
32:28 – My college kids are home this summer and I had the expectation that we would all attend church together, but my kids said because they are adults they do not have to come, and my husband stands by them in this. How do I enforce the boundary while remaining a good mom and wife?
46:35 – In the context of marriage how do you set boundaries with the friends of the opposite sex. In other words, how do you respect your spouse and have friends of the opposite gender? Where do you draw the line?
48:28 – How do you set boundaries with family members who have stolen and have been dishonest. In other words, how do I use boundaries to protect my relationship with my family who have overstepped them in the past.
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