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
What was the Bible of the early Church like?
Questions Covered:
03:10 – From a five-year-old: Will there be dinosaurs in heaven?
04:21 – In Tobit the angel Raphael says that he is their kinsman. In Tobit 5:13 he claims to be the son of a man named Hananiah. Is he lying? It never says that he eats, wouldn’t Tobiah notice that or is just assumed that he does?
07:43 – Could we be living in a rebooted universe? What if in Revelation, John saw a previous universe in which Jesus was born for the first time by Mary as in Revelation 12 and then once he was swept up to God, that rebooted our universe so that in the universe we live in Jesus has existed since the beginning. All the while, the previous universe existed as an alternative timeline which John saw destroyed and wrote it down in Revelation?
16:20 – Why is it in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is clothed with a robe of scarlet then In Mark and John it is purple?
24:00 – On a previous show, you spoke before on the question of whether marriage would be possible between humans and aliens. The answer hinged on whether procreation would be possible. What if procreation were possible but the resulting offspring were sterile (like mules)? Would that affect the possibility of marriage?
28:53 – Is raising your arm telekinesis? Is telekinesis limited to moving our own body? How do pure spirits move objects?
34:50 – If we happen to colonize Mars in the future would we have to update the Missal to replace “Earth” with “Mars”?
44:48 – There are loving Catholics that state the CCC supports a vegan diet. Their reasoning? The CCC forbids us causing animals needless suffering, they say we don’t need to eat them to live, therefore killing them for food is causing them needless suffering. Your thoughts?
46:23 – What are the differences in blessings? I bless myself and my children. How effective is that vs. a blessing done by a priest?
49:54 – What happened to Christ’s foreskin from His circumcision, clipped fingernails, hair He shed, or anything else he left behind containing His DNA? We know that His humanity is sacred, but on a practical level, how far do we take that in our understanding of it?
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What was the Bible of the early Church like?
Questions Covered:
17:07 – Why does the orthodox canon of scripture have 79 books when the Catholic canon has 73?
35:15 – Which books of the Bible were not in the King James and the Geneva bibles?
41:04 – Why were the orthodox allowed to have a separate canon of Scripture when they were not yet separate from the Catholic Church?
44:08 – What are the origins of scripture? Where were these documents found and where were they kept?
49:30 – Could the Catholic Bible be expanded to include the additional books of the orthodox bible if there was a reunification of the two churches someday?
51:46 – What is the reliability of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture?
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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.
Questions Covered:
07:05 – How should we navigate which sins should be made illegal? For example, abortion versus adultery.
23:46 – Why is the Church against alkaline hydrolysis? If the liquid left over was disposed of respectfully, then would it be okay?
32:53 – After we receive Communion, are we required to kneel?
34:53 – I grew up in a very Protestant area and became an atheist in my teens. I was converted to theism in college. I like some aspects of Catholicism, but I don’t feel like I fit in at the Churches by me because of my Protestant background and the fact that the Masses are in Spanish. What can I do?
45:55 – The 3 wisemen gave three gifts to Jesus. Did they know that he was going to die and save the world from sin?
48:55 – Did the Catholic Church change the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
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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.
Questions Covered:
04:07 – Can I use a Protestant Bible for Bible study? I am a convert to Catholicism and have mostly Protestant Bibles.
07:29 – Was John the Baptist considered to be a priest? He baptized and forgave sins.
12:06 – Is affirmative action intrinsically evil?
15:48 – Is Jesus the only divine person in the Bible to appear as a Theophany?
18:25 – Is not voting for a pro-life candidate a sin?
22:53 – What is the difference between Protestant and Catholic belief on what happens when a person dies?
32:00 – I ended up in the hospital fighting for my life recently. I felt like I was fighting for my soul against an evil entity that seems to still be with me now. How can I discern what to do or what this thing is?
41:53 – Since you were a Protestant, how did the deuterocanonical books change your perspective of Catholicism?
46:55 – I am in a spiritual crisis, the worst I’ve ever had. How can I get through this?
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Scott Weeman, founder of Catholic in Recovery, joins us to help callers navigate
Questions Covered:
17:00 – I am dealing with addiction with my son. He has attempted to be sober numerous times, but his selfishness has torn our family apart. We are heading toward the holidays. What can we do?
24:35 – What do you advise about my alcoholic husband? What can I do to help him? It seems like nothing has helped.
35:33 – My son has been addicted to drugs. He always tells me he needs money and wants me to pay for everything and tells me he wants to get better. I haven’t seen him in two years, but he badgers me constantly. What should I do?
44:25 – How do I maintain chastity with my girlfriend when we are both drawn continuously back into sexual sin? We are both addicted to unchastity.
50:26 – What is your opinion on prevention for alcohol addiction? It seems like most Catholic events revolve around alcohol.
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