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:
04:07 – I think the Scriptures show that non-denominational approach is better for me personally to serve Christ.
14:55 – I think people use religion and Catholicism as ways to make sense of the world, but it’s not actually truth.
19:25 – I’m not Catholic (or any denomination) because I think it’s too rule-oriented. We should have more liberty in Christ.
29:30 – I want to become Catholic but I’m not sure how to begin.
34:05 – I grew up Catholic but branched away from it because I feel like there’s not much community in it.
41:10 – I believe that Jesus is the high priest and there’s no need to go to a priest for confession. Also the Catholic expression of worship is different from what we see in the Bible.
52:57 – I’m not Catholic because the Church doesn’t want me, a divorced and remarried man.
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Questions Covered:
06:07 – I don’t see any good evidence that God exists, and any evidences I hear fall flat. Also, the problem of evil—specifically, that God is evil.
15:55 – I’m in the process of conversion, but my mom doesn’t want to convert because she feels like she’s betraying her Lutheran heritage.
19:38 – I’m Orthodox because I couldn’t find a primacy or infallibility in the early Church, and because I think Orthodoxy has preserved the tradition more faithfully.
40:19 – The Church openly teaches people to accept abusive relationships, both from other humans and from God.
45:50 – I believe the Catholic Church is the false church according to Revelation.
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Father Hugh Barbour explains what Jesus meant when he said the measure with which we measure will be measured back to us. Is he really going to judge us the way that we judge others? If so, its time to get to work on all that judgment, gossip, and resentment.
Cy Kellett:
Are you telling me I can never judge somebody? Father Hugh Barber, next.
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, and are you judgmental? Are you resentful of other people because of the judgments you make…
Questions Covered:
04:25 – My Protestant friend objects to the TV show “The Chosen” because she thinks it violates the second commandment. What can I say to her?
13:42 – How did the Liturgy of the Hours develop? Do religious orders have their own version?
18:18 – I always understood that we are judged at our death and then go to heaven, hell, or purgatory. But I heard the other day that we’re judged at the end of the world. Are we re-judged?
29:50 – What specific evidence do people usually use to claim that Christianity came from Zoroastrianism?
37:33 – Is it possible for the devil to enter your room during one of your dreams?
44:35 – If John the Baptist’s father was a high priest, why didn’t John serve as a priest?
48:48 – If Jesus blots our sins away, are we still going to be judged for that sin after we ask for forgiveness?
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Questions Covered:
4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it?
8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it?
16:48 – Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term metaousious?
20:51 – How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins?
28:30 – I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it?
31:15 – Can canon law be changed before the next edition?
35:50 – Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed?
41:42 – I’ve seen multiple priests, when I go up to receive communion, have one host at the ready but then switch it out for another when I receive. Why would they do that?
45:20 – If Adam and Eve had not sinned, would we be in need of heaven?
50:45 – When the priest’s hands are consecrated, can that consecration be passed down to a layperson?
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