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:
08:42 – Can you help me to understand Romans 8:1?
17:59 – Aside from the direction of the Holy Spirit, what determines which order men become a part of when they enter religious life?
30:00 – How do Catholics determine if something is a mortal sin? What happens to your relationship with the Holy Spirit when you commit a mortal sin?
36:02 – My Pentecostal friends claim that 1 Cor. 14:2 proves that their speaking in tongues is valid and holy. Is this true?
45:30 – I was very angry at God and told him I was leaving the Church. I don’t want to be a part of the Church, but I do talk to God sometimes. Can you help me to sort this out?
49:06 – How does free will work in relation to God’s providence and omniscience?
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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:
02:29 – How do John 21 and Matthew 5 relate to the Church?
10:55 – What does John 6 mean?
17:08 – Is it true that any prelate who is heretical incurs excommunication on himself? If that is the case, then how is there apostolic succession?
21:25 – I don’t understand the difference among justification, salvation, and sanctification. How does the Church understand these?
34:10 – How can the saints hear our prayers?
41:52 – Who are the seven women mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer?
46:13 – Is there a complete list of Catholic doctrines anywhere? If not, then how do we know how to discern doctrine?
52:35 – Is 1 Corinthians 1:4 related to the elect?
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Questions Covered:
02:29 – How do John 21 and Matthew 5 relate to the Church?
10:55 – What does John 6 mean?
17:08 – Is it true that any prelate who is heretical incurs excommunication on himself? If that is the case, then how is there apostolic succession?
21:25 – I don’t understand the difference among justification, salvation, and sanctification. How does the Church understand these?
34:10 – How can the saints hear our prayers?
41:52 – Who are the seven women mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer?
46:13 – Is there a complete list of Catholic doctrines anywhere? If not, then how do we know how to discern doctrine?
52:35 – Is 1 Corinthians 1:4 related to the elect?
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What is the spiritual meaning behind the labourers who came late in Matthew 20:1–16?
Questions Covered:
18:34 – This parable is comforting and helpful to me. The workers were paid what they agreed to. Send Secrets to Heaven
22:50 – People must remember that the payment that they’re receiving is eternal, more than enough for all.
32:31 – This parable seems to oppose the Catholic teaching of faith and works.
38:11 – Why do people “show up” at so many different times in the parable and in life? What is the merit of showing up early?
44:06 – Mother Angelica said that there are different levels of glory in heaven. Is this true? If so, are the workers earning different levels of glory?
47:47 – What you have been talking about has really caused me to reflect on my life and to be so thankful for God’s mercy.
51:20 – I am a person who came late, and I see so much merit in coming early. I wish I had known the truth much sooner.
Resources Mentioned:
Secrets From Heaven by Fr. Sebastian Walshe
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How can the Catholic Church teach that we need Tradition as well as Scripture when the Bible says that Scripture is sufficient as a rule of faith and for making a man “complete”? And how can the Catholic Church teach that Scripture is not our sole infallible source for doctrine when the book of Acts praises the Bereans for using Scripture alone to determine the truth?
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Thanks for being with us. We have in studio with us the author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objec…
