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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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Listener Geraldine writes from the Netherlands to ask for an episode on “indifferentism.” Just how are we supposed to share the Faith with people who show no interest? We get some helpful answers from Matt Nelson, author of Just Whatever: How to Help the Spiritually Indifferent Find Beliefs That Really Matter.
Cy:
Can we reach those who just don’t care about God? Matt Nelson is next. Hi, Geraldine. Thanks for your email. We always ask at the end of these episodes for people to send us emails and Geraldine took us up on that offer with a great question. Hello and welcome to f…
ROUND ONE
1) During Lent we fast and pray. In the Gospels, Jesus teaches that fasting:
a) is something that we should do every Lent.
b) is something that we should undertake before confessing our sins.
c) is something that is sometimes needed to drive out demons. (Mark 9:29)
2) During Lent we give alms to the poor. The catechism of the Catholic Church says that giving alms to the poor is a work of:
a) Justice
b) Charity
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3) The Church teaches that personal sin:
a. Is always deadly to the soul.
b. Is not as bad as mortal sin.
c. Is only sometimes deadly to the soul.
4) In the first chapter of Mark’s Gospel Jesus told people to _____________ and believe in the gospel?
a) Have faith
b) Repent
c) Be baptized
5) According to Church teaching:
a) Matthew’s Gospel was written first
b) We can disagree about which gospel was written first.
c) Mark’s Gospel was written first.
6) In Matthew, Mark and Luke Jesus says “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.” In each gospel, the next thing reported is:
a) The transfiguration of Jesus
b) Jesus telling the crowd that they must eat his body and drink his blood.
c) Jesus ascending into heaven.
ROUND TWO
1) Formal cooperation with grave evil:
a) Is not as bad as material cooperation.
b) Is worse than material cooperation.
c) Does not require that the person intends to cooperate in evil.
2) The Catholic Church accepts:
a) Some of the inspired Hebrew Scriptures
b) All of the Inspired Hebrew Scriptures
c) Those parts of the Inspired Hebrew Scriptures that do not conflict with the gospel.
3) Jesus said that he is:
a) “the image of the invisible God.” (St. Paul)
b) meek (I am meek and humble of heart.)
c) A lamp hidden under a bushel basket.
4) Divine simplicity means:
a) God relates to us in a way that we can understand.
b) God has no parts.
c) Any reasonable person can come to know God exists.
5) Divine immutability means
a) God cannot be seen by physical eyes.
b) God does not have emotions.
c) God does not Change.
6) Which of these did Jesus say:
a) If I speak with the tongues of angels but do not have love I am a clanging gong
b) Give to everyone who begs from you. (Luke 6:30)
c) My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.
True or False- FINAL JUDGEMENT
1 TRUE Jesus taught a hierarchical and sacramental religion.
2 FALSE The Church teaches that every means must be used to prolong and preserve the lives of the terminally ill.
3 FALSE A Catholic priest can share what he hears in confession if it will prevent a crime.
4 FALSE A Sacramental marriage is eternal.
5 TRUE The Father is God, The Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God but the Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Holy Spirit.
6 TRUE The Jews believed that we should love God and love our neighbor long before Jesus was born.
7 FALSE Green is the liturgical color of the Lenten season.
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What are the differences between Protestant and Catholic belief? Karlo Broussard responds to common Protestant challenges.
Questions Covered:
14:39 – How do you counter when a Protestant says that John 6 is just analogy or metaphor? They say, that sounds like cannibalism, that’s crazy.
22:03 – How can we respond to Protestants about Jesus having “brothers” and Mary being a perpetual virgin? Why do we pray to saints and not go straight to God?
33:25 – On Catholic radio, I have heard a lot about where people go after they die: heaven, hell, Sheol, and purgatory. In Scripture, it seems to me to be more clear cut: heaven or hell. How do you respond to this? And what is the second death?
39:42 – I am married to a Protestant woman. She won’t go to Mass with me because she can’t receive the Eucharist. How can I talk with her about this?
44:20 – My husband says that because Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ, we are sacrificing him again and again. How do I respond?
49:25 – If Christ’s atonement was for all people, then why do people still go to hell?
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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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