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
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:
01:43 – What does the term “gravely illicit” acts mean? Are they the same as intrinsically evil acts?
05:00 – At the end of time, when there is a great persecution against the Church, will it be a genocide? What will it look like?
12:08 – Some people think that 1 John 5:7 and Matthew 28:19 were added into the Bible later. How can this be refuted?
18:10 – When discussing abortion, it seems like we talk more about the sin of it rather than the reality of what birth does to a woman. Why is that?
22:30 – Can a priest ever break the seal of confession?
29:17 – What is the difference between penance and indulgence?
35:40 – When instituting the Eucharist, why does Jesus say, “Do this in remembrance of me,” as if it is just a symbol?
43:08 – I went through RCIA in WI and because of covid 19, my sacraments were delayed. I had to move to Ohio in the meantime. Can I receive my sacraments in Ohio and not go through RCIA again?
48:30 – Where did the blessing of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit come from?
51:51 – Is there any knowledge to be found about heaven in the Old Testament?
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The apostles and early Christians believed and worshiped in unity, but today, Christianity is splintered.
Catholic apologists work to heal these divisions by using Scripture, history, and reason to help Protestants see the truth of Church teaching, and in With One Accord, former Protestant Doug Beaumont says there’s still another tool: the things that Protestants already believe.
Using principles that Evangelicals broadly affirm, he reasons to particulars of Catholic belief—showing that in many cases the division isn’t as wide or deep as we thought.
Questions Covered:
11:34 – It’s hard for me to believe in the perpetual virginity of Mary, especially when Scripture refers to the brothers of the Lord. How can Protestants and Catholics be united on this?
16:53 – How is the Catholic Church like the first century Church? It has changed quite a bit since then.
42:24 – Why does the Catholic Church make man-made laws, and not God-made laws?
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Callers who are Catholic or non-Catholic are welcome to call with questions about the Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
04:28 – I don’t understand how NFP can be used as a contraceptive. Is this in line with God’s plan?
14:18 – I don’t understand what Catholics believe about justification and salvation.
23:29 – I don’t understand Catholic teaching on dying with mortal sin.
32:50 – I don’t understand how people have a personal relationship with Jesus. I believe Catholicism is the true Church, but that relationship is just completely dry for me.
47:30 – Can I go to a wedding that will be an invalid union?
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As Catholics celebrate the feasts of Mary and Martha, we ask Father Hugh Barbour about the family from Bethany that was so intimate with Jesus. Famously, Jesus scolded Martha. What is this about, and what does it teach us about relationship with Jesus?
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Why is Jesus so tough on Martha? Next on Catholic Answers Focus. Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus the podcast designed to help you to explain and defend the Catholic faith, I’m Cy Kellett your host. In the gospels Jesus can sometimes seem a bit harsh, almost mean. The Catholic Church is getting ready to celebrate the …
Callers with questions about Sacred Scripture are welcome today.
Questions Covered:
00:45 – When Saul went to see the medium in the Old Testament, who was that medium talking to? I used to be a seventh day Adventist and we didn’t believe that dead people went to heaven or hell.
11:57 – Where in the Bible does it say that a Catholic can’t marry outside of the Catholic Church?
21:10 – What translation of the Bible do Catholic Churches in the United States use during the Mass?
24:14 – It seems that there is evidence that Sts. Peter and Paul were in Rome at the same time. Did they know that and each other?
32:47 – In the 2 Kings, Elijah is taken up into heaven. Was this literally an assumption of Elijah into heaven or were people just saying he had died?
35:25 – How do I defend the fact that Catholics can eat pork, even though Jesus says in Mark that it is unclean?
40:30 – Which translation of the Bible do you use the most?
46:10 – Where can you find “Glory be to the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit” in the Bible?
50:11 – How can 1 Corinthians 7:20 & 25 be inspired Scripture if St. Paul is giving his opinion and not strictly delivering the Word of God?
54:00 – Are there any books in the Bible that may have been written by a woman?
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