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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
03:40 – I am wondering if my Baptism was valid. I was baptized in the Baptist church and I think there was a separation of form and matter. Can you help me?
11:22 – Should girls be permitted to be altar servers?
16:54 – How do I teach kids how to pray?
20:56 – I know someone who had a pacemaker and poor quality of life. They chose to turn their pacemaker off so they wouldn’t have to continue suffering. Was this ethical?
30:30 – What are the guidelines for incensing at Mass? When the priest has the water and wine put into the chalice, they always wipe the inside a little bit after. Why?
34:33 – What does the Catholic Church teach about how people should use their money? Should they give it all to the Church?
37:08 – My friend is searching for belief in God and feeling a fear for death. How can I help them to come to believe in God?
44:52 – I recently came back to the Church. My fiance doesn’t want our son to be baptized so young, she wants him to decide for himself. How can I talk to her about this important sacrament?
49:30 – When the priest holds up one host and that becomes the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, when do the rest of the hosts become consecrated?
51:11 – I am coming into the Church and I am trying to explain to my father the Catholic Church’s authority. He said that I am trusting my human authority to pick the Catholic Church. How can I respond?
Resources Mentioned:
ncbcenter.org
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How can the Catholic Church teach that we need to worry about losing our salvation through mortal sin when the Bible teaches that we have been sanctified once and for all? Karlo Broussard tackles another Protestant challenge.
Cy:
Are your future sins already forgiven? Next, with Karlo.
Hello, and welcome to Focus, The Catholic Answer’s podcast for living, understanding and defending the Catholic faith. Remember to subscribe to Focus wherever you get your podcasts. And if you would, please give us that five star rating and help us to grow this podcast. Some of our Protestant friends tell…
Questions Covered
01:10 – Why does the doxology say “present and future?”
04:53 – How do we know that the first cause is the Christian God and not some polytheistic god?
15:13 – Is it sinful for a baptized Catholic to be baptized into a different denomination? And is it sinful for my family to attend that baptism?
20:05 – How do I respond to people who say Catholics divide their loyalty between the Vatican and America?
28:52 – Why do we say Mary and Joseph were married if they never consummated it?
40:52 – How can I explain to a young child what “I have the body of Jesus in my hand” means?
47:35 – Why do some Catholics worship Mary?
Resources Mentioned
Behold Your Mother by Tim Staples
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Questions Covered
06:35 – Why couldn’t the beginning of the world from nothing have happened once without a creator?
16:20 – How do we read “It is not what goes into a man that defiles him” when we know about real toxins that do harm the body?
24:46 – How can we make sure our baptism is valid?
35:50 – When the Catechism says Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, how is that consistent with Jesus saying whoever doesn’t honor the son doesn’t honor the father?
44:04 – Why did it take so long to consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
50:35 – What is dispensationalism and how does the Church refute it?
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What is God’s providence?
Questions Covered:
14:38 – Can you explain the divine nature?
20:56 – If a man believes that he is called to the priesthood, but ignores it because he wants to have a family, has he committed a mortal sin?
33:21 – How does divine providence affect those who haven’t had a chance to develop, for example, little children who die young?
36:54 – If God always gets the greater good, how do people end up going to hell?
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