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:
04:03 – In Acts 9, it says that Saul was given authority by the high priests to make arrests in Damascus. Some people say that the high priest wouldn’t have had that authority. Is that true?
14:00 – Is there anything I should be cautious of when reading St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas?
18:41 – What’s the role of Satan in the world? Is he bound or unbound?
23:00 – How can I, as a convert, discuss this in a way respectful to my wife, who’s not happy with me becoming Catholic?
31:42 – What books that are lost, if rediscovered, would make Jimmy most excited?
35:04 – How do you reconcile the infallibility of the Bible with statements that Jesus would come soon?
41:45 – If it’s sacrilegious to try to empirically prove what the Eucharist is, how can we know it’s the Body of Christ?
49:21 – What are the general Catholic theories on predestination and how it relates to God being outside of time?
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How can Catholics best handle the anxiety and uncertainty that a time of pandemic has brought? Cardinal Burke and Fr. Paul Check are here to help.
Questions Covered:
20:55 – Canon law states that the faithful have the right to receive on the tongue, however, many bishops are refusing Communion, except in the hand. Is it more reverent to receive in the hand or to make a spiritual communion?
30:30 – Can you talk about your canonical opinion of the Our Lady of America apparitions and how they might be important to our country?
35:00 – Is wearing masks a pro-life issue?
41:27 – Does the USCCB have a plan for fighting the intrusion of the state governments on our religious liberty?
45:45 – What is your opinion on the practice of the children’s liturgy where children are sent out of the Church to hear the gospel and homily from an unordained person?
49:00 – Did Vatican II specify anything for the very large parishes that we have and professional staff? Pastors are often very difficult to get a hold of. Would it be better to have small parishes with volunteers to do admin work?
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Are Catholics called to make pilgrimages? Find out here, with Cardinal Raymond Burke, live from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guada
Questions Covered:
34:25 – What makes something a transcendent beauty? What is done to make the beauty of a Church timeless?
49:05 – How does one choose between pilgrimage sites? Is it okay to choose based on what we are drawn to? How do we discern where the Lord calls us?
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Of course when a priest stands up to challenge an NFL team on is support for Pride Month he’s going to get smacked down on social media. But were Father Andre Metrejean’s comments hateful?. Karlo Broussard joins us to reason through the comments and the social media responses.
A Catholic priest challenges Pride Month – next, on Catholic Answers Focus.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Focus, the podcast designed to help you explain and defend the Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host.
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Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
02:20 – Is the sedevacantist claim that canonizations are not infallible after Vatican II true?
23:24 – Why did the Last Supper take place before our Lord’s Resurrection and not after?
28:33 – What can you do when it seems like two Church approved documents are contradicting each other?
39:45 – In the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, were they punished or was being naked always sinful?
48:00 – My Protestant friend said that we are all saints so we shouldn’t reference the saints in heaven as Saints. How can I respond to him?
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