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
A Catholic priest will literally bless your cat if you ask. But what is this ritual about? Why do we do it, and what does it accomplish? Father Hugh Barbour explains.
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What does a blessing do? Father Hugh Barbour is next.
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. What a blessing to have you here with us today.
Catholics are constantly getting stuff blessed. If a priest starts to bless us, we know exactly what to do. Every now and then, someone will show you their Rosary and tell you who bl…
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:
03:03 – How rare is it for a non-Catholic to be able to receive Communion at a Catholic Church? When is a person so mentally disabled that they don’t need confession?
12:15 – How do you defend the primacy of the pope?
21:23 – Catholics are more pro-birth than pro-life. How do you respond to that?
33:01 – Why do people have to spend so many months in RCIA before becoming a Christian?
42:10 – Why do Catholics baptize infants?
49:54 – I left the Catholic Church a long time ago, but my recent study has sort of landed me back in the Catholic Church! Do I have to start over again from the beginning? I did receive some of the sacraments as a child.
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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:
06:03 – Who is speaking in Joel 2:27?
16:48 – Where does the Church get its claim of Church authority? Didn’t authority end with Peter?
29:29 – How is the Church infallibly defined to be infallible?
45:10 – What was the last name of Jesus?
47:20 – I find Catholic apologetics arguments against Sola Scriptura bad. What is your argument against it?
Book Tim to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Tim Staples?
Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic
Catholic Answers to Common Objections
The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
Living Bread (CD)
Last Call: The Catholic Teaching on Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
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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:
00:46 – Thomas Aquinas says that something that is perfect has reached the limit for improvement, but God is apparently limitless. Therefore, he is either perfect or limitless, but not both. What are your thoughts?
10:59 – I am a convert to Catholicism. What obligations do I have to have normal relationships with my atheist family who constantly question my faith and choices?
14:30 – Do you think the gospels were written by the 4 apostles or were they just attributed to the apostles?
21:50 – My religion teacher said that Adam and Eve were not the first people on earth and that there is scientific proof of this. I disagreed. What is the right answer?
29:00 – What would happen if a pope ever were to teach heresy?
36:40 – Why should I believe in transubstantiation?
41:33 – Would husbands be head of their wives if Adam and Eve had not sinned?
46:34 – How do we know that Hebrews is referring to 2 Maccabees and not 1 Maccabees?
50:53 – My diocese is having priests consecrate the hosts by standing up on the altar, with the hosts in a container off the altar, about 12 feet away. Then, people are instructed to come up and help themselves. Is this truly consecration and the correct way to receive the Eucharist?
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Teaching with Authority
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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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:
03:03 – Can Catholics participate in a secular wedding?
06:27 – What kind of angel was Lucifer before he became the devil?
07:56 – How can I explain that Vatican II was a valid council that should be obeyed and not just a mistake?
17:31 – Does Protestantism lead to atheism?
22:11 – I am in RCIA, but the Catholic Church seems just as splintered as the Protestant church. Is there anywhere left that is a united Church?
37:14 – I have been praying for confirmation from God for the past few years that I should become Catholic and I just haven’t received it. What should I do or think about that?
43:52 – I’m talking to a Messianic Jew and he told me that there is no one in heaven. How can I respond?
48:40 – What was Constantine’s relationship with the Church and was he a true Christian?
51:13 – How does God view people with mental health problems? Sometimes my faith fluctuates.
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