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:
02:54 – I am trying to evangelize my 24-year-old nephew who I recently found out is living a gay lifestyle. How can I reach him?
06:33 – When was Christian baptism established? Was it after Jesus died or at his own baptism?
13:36 – What does it mean to say that the soul is the form of the body? What is the soul?
17:30 – How can I prove and explain that Mary was ever virgin? Was Joseph a virgin as well?
29:14 – What does the Church teach about visitations from dead loved ones?
34:03 – Can a practice Catholic believe in premillennialism and the Rapture?
42:00 – Where do your guardian angels go after your death?
42:00 – Where do your guardian angels go after your death?
46:13 – I just found out from my mom that my grandfather will be cremated, and his ashes will be split up among his kids. How involved should I get in trying to stop this from happening?
49:23 – Are there any relics of St. Joseph or does he have a tomb somewhere?
51:37 – Can we use philosophy for evangelization? I just read Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and find it helpful.
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Questions Covered:
13:15 – A lot of people are scared to go to confession because they are afraid that the priest is judging them and remembers all their sins. Is this the case?
18:35 – Pope Benedict’s changes in the liturgy some years ago changed most of the uses of the word ‘cup’ to ‘chalice’. But the word cup is maintained in the memorial at the acclamation. Why is that?
20:56 – A lot of people tell me that you don’t have to do good works to get out of purgatory. How does one get out of purgatory?
31:10 – Who or where do we look within the Church to speak to such matters as the covid vaccine?
36:12 – What is the Catholic perspective on the first commandment in light of idolatry compared to how Protestants view it?
40:28 – My coworker is a Lutheran and he often tells me that the Church is wrong. Today, he gave me Romans 8:1-8. How do Catholics view these verses?
44:30 – How can I be sure that the absolution I received on Saturday is valid? It was not the traditional, “God the fathers of mercy…”
48:35 – Simeon’s prophecy to the blessed Mary confuses me, he says, “The thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” What does this mean?
50:21 – Can a dogma be changed?
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Questions Covered:
13:41 – What does it mean to have faith?
18:52 – How does God hear us?
22:47 – Can the Pope celebrate any eastern or western rite of the liturgy?
29:32 – What do Catholics mean when they say that priests are ‘another Christ’?
35:33 – How does one become a priest?
39:55 – Do lay people have the right to know what happened to a priest who was ordained in our area, but seems to have disappeared? Is it appropriate to ask about him?
51:02 – In Genesis 3, it says that the Lord banished Adam from the garden of Eden, but weren’t Adam and Eve banished?
53:07 – How can saints hear us and how can they hear multiple people praying to them?
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It’s a delicate time to talk about anger. There is a lot to be angry about. There’s a lot in the secular world to be angry about. There’s a lot in the church to be angry about, but we want to be giving an account of our faith that draws other people—most especially our children—towards the faith. Matthew Walther and Cy Kellett discuss how anger can ruin apologetics.
“Which brings me to my final point, the harshest of all the censures that I intend to present here. It is one that I hope will, literally speaking, hit very close to home. I am talking about what you are do…
Questions Covered:
05:03 – I find it difficult to come back to the Catholic Church because the community is difficult to connect to. I’m not sure I want to come back and not have a community again.
16:38 – I don’t see anything in the new testament about Jesus establishing the priesthood. Where is the evidence for it?
29:55 – I was born out of wedlock. Am I unacceptable in the eyes of God? Would this keep me from becoming a Catholic?
31:40 – Why shouldn’t I leave the Catholic Church for the Orthodox church?
41:35 – The Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is the flesh and blood of Christ, but John 6:35 says that the flesh counts for nothing. How do you explain that?
47:30 – If you have someone in your family who has dementia and can’t remember the Bible, how can you make sure that they’ll go to heaven?
50:55 – What does the Catholic Church believe about annulments? How are they different from divorces?
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