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!
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Most Recent Episodes
The sacrament of Confirmation can be baffling to today’s Catholics. What is it? What does it do? And what is the correct age to receive it? Father Hugh Barbour answers all our questions.
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Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Very glad to have you here with us. Sacrament of confirmation, is it possibly the least understood of the seven sacraments or the one that we might fumble around the most for an explanation of. I think it might be and I’m going to ask Father Hugh Barbour, our chaplain and the former Pryor of St. Michael’s…
Any non-Catholic caller is welcome to call with questions about the Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
01:48 – If I believe that God only died for the elect, the Council of Trent says that I am anathema. How can that be?
18:00 – Can you explain purgatory?
28:54 – I am a former Catholic. Why can’t the Catholic Church be part of the Lutheran church?
33:35 – Why did you say that we need Mary for our salvation?
44:00 – When Jesus was raised from the dead, which part of the Trinity was walking around on earth?
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Any non-Catholic caller is welcome to call with questions about the Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
11:26 – How do Catholics think Matthew 16 proves the papacy?
28:00 – If you are wrong about the Catholic faith, would you want to know?
35:27 – Why does the Church not allow contraception, but does allow Viagra?
45:30 – Why aren’t priests allowed to marry in the Catholic Church? Wasn’t Pope Peter married?
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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:
02:02 – What is the procedure that can be done to prevent pregnancy when a woman is raped? Were you referring to abortion?
06:49 – At the Final Judgement, does a person in heaven experience judgement again?
12:50 – What does the Church teach about the Rapture and tribulation?
20:58 – How do I answer an atheist who criticizes and ridicules the Old Testament because of the “commandment” to stone women?
24:37 – Can you give me some Scripture verses demonstrating the 12 ministers and royal stewards of the Old Testament? – she’s waiting for a book
32:59 – Why are so many people having rapture dreams?
40:42 – Pentecostals use 1 Corinthians 14:2 as evidence that their speaking in tongues is valid and good. How do Catholics view this verse?
47:44 – My cousin believes that the devil is a son of God. How can I refute this?
53:15 – What is a spirit?
Want more from Jimmy Akin?
The Bible Is A Catholic Book
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:
03:35 – What does Matthew 24:24 mean?
08:53 – Did Abraham think that he was going to sacrifice Isaac?
13:42 – What is the Catholic perspective on land promises to the Jews in the book of Jeremiah?
18:46 – Why don’t Catholics celebrate Jewish festivals like the early Church did?
24:15 – Is it ever moral to prescribe contraception as a nurse practitioner?
31:33 – How do you know that the miracles in the Bible are not just exaggerations or hyperbole?
36:00 – I just graduated high school. What pointers do you have for future apologists?
46:08 – How can an all-knowing God create a human knowing that some people will not accept him, banishing them for eternity?
52:46 – In iconography, Jesus seems to be making a gesture by joining his thumb, ring, and little fingers. What is the purpose of this? Would it be acceptable to make the sign of peace like this?
Resources Mentioned:
Chosen by God by Jimmy Akin
The Mysterious “Lost” Tribes of Israel – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
National Catholic Bioethics Center – ncbcenter.org
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
Catholic Answers School of Apologetics: Beginning Apologetics Online Course
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