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
God created the heavens and the earth. How did He do it?
Questions Covered:
14:37 – What is the official Church teaching on creation and evolution?
23:08 – It’s known that the universe works according to the laws of quantum mechanics, which has no beginning or end. How does this fact work with the Catholic position on evolution?
29:40 – How can it be possible that we are descended from one man and one woman, Adam and Eve?
33:51 – I am teaching fifth grade science right now and I am wondering if you have any idea as to how I can introduce the idea of evolution to them without completely confusing them.
40:29 – I think the Eastern orthodox believe that Earth was established as paradise, and man in it as the pinnacle of creation, and space as evil, as the devil’s. What are your thoughts on this?
44:32 – I am a born-again Christian. Is it true that you are saying that there could be multiple Adams? In that case, were there multiple Eves?
50:10 – I don’t think it has been made clear that Catholics are not required to believe in evolution.
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Questions Covered:
03:23 – Station of the Cross…What is the biblical evidence for Mary’s perpetual virginity?
14:05 – What is God?
17:57 – Are all religions and denominations equal in God’s eyes?
23:02 – Why is it fair for people to go to heaven who live bad lives and then confess their sins at the very end?
28:45 – If Muslims are worshipping the same God as us, do Muslim prophets ever speak to Jesus? If so, why doesn’t he tell them that Islam is not true?
34:50 – Why wasn’t Jesus accepted in his own town when so much was miraculous about his birth and mother?
41:46 – I teach CCD. How can I answer them when they ask if there was incest at the beginning of creation?
43:42 – Why don’t Catholics talk as much about the second pope, Linus?
48:41 – How could God keep Mary from sinning but also preserve her free will?
51:11 – If a priest is living in mortal sin, how does that affect the sacraments?
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Questions Covered:
12:30 – How do I defend the faith against Gnosticism?
21:00 – I met a young person who said he is not pro-abortion except in the case of rape. How can I respond to him?
22:52 – I have been debating with a Baptist about the validity of the apocrypha by saying that the original King James bible included it. Is this a good way to take the conversation?
32:37 – How do we explain to an agnostic that miracles are real?
45:00 – I am a recent convert from the evangelical church. It has been really difficult trying to convince my wife and in-laws that the Catholic faith is true. Should I ease up on talking to them about the faith and just focus on living in a way that shows them my faith?
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Questions Covered:
17:00 – Do you recommend memorizing Scripture to gain inner peace?
43:17 – I am completing RCIA. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness. I feel betrayed and angry about how I was raised and about what I was taught. How can I overcome these feelings and the fact that I have had to learn everything again?
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In the Hebrew Scriptures, God gives quite specific directions on how to make sacrifices to him. We ask Jimmy Akin why God does this? What good does it do? And does God need all these sacrifices?
Cy:
How should we think about biblical sacrifices? Jimmy Akin, right now. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending the Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and remember to subscribe to focus on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen, so that you’ll get a notice when new episodes are available and, if you would, p…
