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 with questions about Sacred Scripture are welcome today.
Questions Covered:
03:44 – How are we meant to understand Matthew 7:1-5?
13:13 – Is there anything in Paul’s letters that shows the flawed theology of dispensationalism?
21:31 – Since the Bible is so old, which is the most trustworthy translation of it?
28:52 – In the New Testament, we hear about the Sadducees and Pharisees, but not in the Old Testament. When did these groups come into existence?
33:11 – What happened to the apostles after the crucifixion?
41:15 – I am becoming Catholic. Why doesn’t the Catholic Church have Bible studies and fellowship like in my old church?
47:40 – How do we reconcile the decalogue in Exodus and 1 Corinthians 13?
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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:
01:08 – How would you explain to a modern American woman the way women lived and were treated in the Old Testament? It seems absurd to explain to them.
06:43 – How did original sin change our bodies, most particularly in regards to childbirth?
14:26 – How can I explain Acts 8:14-17 to my Protestant friends?
18:48 – In the catechism, it defines what constitutes a sacramental marriage. One of the stipulations says that it requires two baptized individuals. Why is this? Where in the Bible is a sacramental marriage defined?
22:05 – My nephew is doing his Confirmation and he wants me to support him doing that, but I am conflicted because I think he’s just doing it to check it off a list. Should I withhold my support until he takes the faith more seriously?
29:10 – Sarah gave Haggar to Abraham so that a child could be conceived. How did God view this?
36:25 – Why is it that in the Old Testament that Jews couldn’t eat pork and had to wear certain types of clothing? What was the purpose of all those rules?
43:10 – If the Passover lamb or the manna were not saved overnight, why do we save the Eucharist over night?
47:10 – A couple came to us that we don’t know and asked us to be godparents to their child. My husband and I want to say no because we do not know them or their intentions for raising their child. Is it wrong to say no?
50:14 – How do we understand the different translations of John 3:16? It seems like my Catholic Bible uses the phrasing, “might have eternal life” and Protestant ones say, “will have eternal life.”
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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:
01:09 – Are 2 Timothy 1 and 4 good support for praying for the dead?
13:21 – What can I do practically to serve the Church?
18:27 – When Peter declares Jesus to be the Christ, and Christ responds calling Peter the “rock,” was he referring to Peter as the foundation of the Church or just the Church in general?
33:40 – Why is Luke 23:34 a part of the gospel?
43:20 – In prayer, do Christians conceptualize that they are praying to the Trinity, or individually to the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit?
48:18 – The priest in my parish is forcing us to receive in the hand. Is this right and something that he can do?
Resources Mentioned:
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary
Why be Catholic? An Exercise for Evangelicals by Jimmy Akin
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Questions Covered:
18:12 – What is the proper response for a Catholic man to everything going on right now?
23:34 – Why does the seamless garment argument keep arising amongst our priests when it has been disastrous previously?
33:10 – How would you tie in the French Revolution? What kind of communism was that?
41:42 – Do you have any perspective on cooperatives that are Marxist socialism that doesn’t require government intervention? Could the Catholic Church align with that?
47:00 – What does the Catholic Church teach about slavery? Is it intrinsically evil or is it a developed doctrine?
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Listeners are welcome to call in with any question about the Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
05:25 – How do Catholics understand the two natures of Christ? Since he was human, did he make mistakes?
11:31 – Can we go to confession over the phone and receive absolution?
13:13 – What do you think about the statue of St. Louis being removed?
18:00 – If a priest is excommunicated and then brought back into communion with the Church, would they come back as a priest or as a layperson?
22:57 – Why does the Catholic Church still worship on Sunday when the Sabbath was on Saturday?
30:37 – What does the word ‘blessing’ mean? How can we possibly bless the Lord? Why does the Bible say, “Bless the Lord, o my soul!”?
33:48 – Was Christ perfect because he never sinned, or was he unable to sin because he was perfect?
40:48 – Do the different orders of priests in Catholic Church believe different things or do they have the same faith?
43:06 – Can you delineate between the Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church? I am thinking about coming back to the Church.
47:57 – The Commandments say, “Thou shalt have no other Gods before thee.” Is that law being broken by saying the Rosary?
49:50 – Did Jesus learn carpentry from St. Joseph? St. Thomas Aquinas says that Jesus didn’t learn anything from anybody.
52:03 – Was the Virgin Mary born perfect or did she make herself perfect by not sinning?
Resources Mentioned:
20 Answers: Prayer
The Apostasy That Wasn’t by Rod Bennett
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