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:
04:00 – When we are in heaven, will we see others or will we be so enamored by God that we see only him?
07:32 – My son is almost 20 and is not practicing his faith right now. How can I talk to him about the faith and help bring him back to it? He asked me how he can want a God who required such a sacrifice of his own Son.
08:15 – Is a couple who qualifies for an annulment required to get one?
22:00 – I am a fan of the show Wanda Vision, but I realize one of the characters is a witch. Should I stop liking it? Is it contrary to God?
38:00 – Is doing penance earning your forgiveness?
44:32 – You said earlier that angels and saints can hear our thoughts. Does that also mean that demons and Satan can hear our thoughts, since they are fallen angels?
49:39 – What is the significance of Peter, James, and John? Were they more important or blessed than the rest of the apostles?
52:55 – Does God remember our sins and good works? If he really forgets our sins when we confess them, will he remember our good works?
Resources Mentioned:
Ep 87 Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
Ep 105 & 106 Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
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Questions Covered:
03:09 – Is the old tradition of the early Church the same as Roman Catholic tradition?
10:30 – What is the reality of matter if it requires consciousness to be defined? He mentioned the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
14:40 – Who are the Eudist fathers? Are they legitimate? I just went to confession with one of their order the other day.
16:40 – How long have nuns existed in the Church and who started the tradition of religious sisters?
22:11 – How much responsibility do we have to educate younger Catholics on moral topics in the Church, like the ideas of cooperation with evil, the precepts of the Church, etc?
29:15 – How would you advise me? I am afraid of complete commitment to God.
33:00 – How does paragraph 2010 in CCC relate to the parable in Luke 18:9-14 about the tax collector and the temple?
41:38 – Why do bad things happen to good people?
46:48 – Can saints and angels hear silent prayers?
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Questions Covered:
11:10 – As a new convert, how do we cope with Judas’ treachery when he was chosen by Jesus himself?
20:10 – We know crucifixions happened through the wrist, so how do we reconcile that with the Gospels, private revelation, and the stigmata indicating Jesus had wounds in his hands?
24:10 – How did Jesus’ death and resurrection bring us over into the new covenant?
36:35 – How can Jesus allow horrible things to happen to innocent people?
47:26 – Why are the resurrection accounts so short compared to the rest of the Gospels? It seems like that’s a really big deal that the authors would have talked about more.
50:36 – What is the connection between Peter’s confession of faith and his subsequent attempt to prevent Jesus’ death?
Resources Mentioned:
Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft
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Questions Covered:
07:31 – How should I defend against the Orthodox claim that Peter is only the bishop of Rome and not of other places he lived in?
16:25 – What tips do you have for talking to someone who identifies as an agnostic materialist?
20:45 – How do you defend faith against the atheist claim that quantum mechanics prove that there are uncaused causes?
29:00 – How do we defend the premise in the cosmological argument that says there can’t be an infinite causal regress?
35:30 – In our arguments, should we look more at the methodology of our discussion partners instead of going straight to the evidence?
44:15 – How do I articulate the Catholic stance on justification?
49:05 – If existence is goodness, how does that account for things like torture devices?
Resources Mentioned:
Five Proofs for the Existence of God by Ed Feser
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We begin a three-part dive into the various Catholic inquisitions with Catholic Answers President Chris Check. In part one we ask about the mindset of the Catholics who first established the mechanisms of inquisition.
Cy Kellett:
Part one of our deep dive into the Inquisition, Chris Check 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 among the hardest things to defend the church against are the historical accusations that we have behaved badly sometimes. You all did those crusades…
