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:
01:18 – When Jesus tells the 12 apostles to receive the holy spirit, could you tell me how that plays out to the rest of the generations of the world? And how can we actually discern the Spirit?
12:32 – Did the apostle John write the Gospel of John or was it someone else?
22:23 – My 17 yo daughter asked me why the God in the Old Testament seems much more harsh than the one in the New Testament. Why does it seem this way?
28:51 – In Luke 16:9 it says “Make friends with dishonest wealth so that when it fails you, they may receive you into the eternal dwelling.” Could you tell me what it means by this?
33:04 – How does God never have a beginning?
35:50 – In Mark 10:17-18, why did Jesus say “Why do you call me good when only God is good?”
42:30 – What does it mean that Jesus was “perfected” or “sanctified”?
49:50 – In the bible does it say there’s no purgatory for children? And what would it be like for unbaptized children?
51:55 – Is racism a sin? In the bible, both Paul and Jesus expressed racist views. For example, Paul says people from the Island of Crete are all lazy and gluttons. Jesus also said people from Canaan are all dogs.
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Questions Covered:
03:59 – I’m a Protestant and I’m wondering about regenerative baptism and Acts 10. How does it fit in with the Holy Spirit being upon them before and them being baptized because of it?
11:38 – Last Sunday the gospel was “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a wealthy person to get to heaven”. What does Jesus truly mean by that?
21:52 – What is the true name of the Messiah? I’ve heard that it’s Jesus but I’ve heard others as well.
28:49 – I read in the New Testament that Jesus had brothers. Is this true?
35:51 – Could you compare the passage Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” with Sirach 3:18-19 in terms of humility?
42:05 – In 1 Corinthians chapter 7 when St. Paul tells those who he’s speaking to to be celibate like him, is he speaking to administrators or the congregation of laity?
49:20 – In the bible it says Adam and Eve made original sin, so why is Mary the only one in the entire universe born without original sin?
51:11 – We have a soul and pray, go to confession, etc. to improve it, but did Jesus have a soul like us?
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Catholics in politics are big in the news these days. But a truly Catholic politics might not be what you think. We talk about the meaning of politics form a Catholic perspective with theologian Andrew Willard Jones author of new book, The Two Cities: A History of Christian Politics.
Cy Kellett:
What is the place of the church in politics? Andrew Willard Jones 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. Before we start, let me just review where we are as Catholics in the public …
Questions Covered:
03:35 – Does Jesus have a created soul from his human soul in reference to “begotten not made” in the Nicene Creed? And what does the “not made” mean in reference to both His human and divine nature, if He has both?
07:17 – How biblical are dreams and how much faith should I put into them?
16:08 – My friend is convinced that Jesus was married. Could you tell me how to get through to her that He wasn’t?
20:36 – I was away from the Church for about 48 years and I’ve recently come back. In a guide book I was reading on St. Peter, it said to refer to Joel 2:28. When I went to my NASV bible, there was no Joel 2:28, but there was when I went to my RSV bible. Why is it in one and not the other?
24:22 – Before my husband and I got married in the Catholic Church, his parents said he was baptized, just not in the Catholic Church. He ended up becoming Catholic after we were married and we learned that he was never baptized at all but just “dedicated”. After knowing this new information, do we have to have our marriage validated in any way?
31:08 – How far back does the tradition go for Catholics to celebrate mass every day of the week?
33:40 – My parents are both deceased and I see them in my dreams every night. Why do they? Also, how do we know if we die?
40:40 – How do we reason with those who are part of the progressive Christian movement today? Particularly on the acceptance of homosexuality.
46:33 – I have part of my dad’s ashes on my dresser. It was not my decision to put them up there, but is this bad? Does this mean that his soul is lost?
49:22 – I’ve been looking for a good Catholic Bible, but in the process of this I was wondering why all of the Protestant denominations reject the books the Catholic Bible has and theirs don’t.
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Questions Covered:
05:40 – Is the Pope a dictator?
14:10 – Was the perpetual virginity of Mary defined at a council, and who were the other women at the foot of the cross other than John and Mary?
19:05 – Is there no outreach from the Catholic Church compared to others? For example, going door to door or actively trying to convert people in public.
28:48 – Could I get some pointers on how to defend Mary’s perpetual virginity?
39:00 – I have family members that are Pentecostal. They say the saints are sleeping and there’s no way they can intercede for us at this point until the second coming of the Lord. Are they really sleeping or are they 100 percent alive? And where are our family members that have already departed? Can they intercede?
44:55 – I’m looking for a one-stop-shop resource that’s a defense of Catholicism. Could you recommend one?
47:42 – Is the “Oneness” doctrine considered blasphemy?
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