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
Catholic Answers’ staff joins Cy and Tim for two hours of open forum.
Questions Covered:
02:30 – From Thomas (Social Media Guy) – What should I say to someone who wonders why Marian dogmas matter?
19:43 – From Jon Sorenson (Chief Operating Officer) – I have heard some Catholics in the public sphere argue that abortion is not the “pre-eminent issue” of our time, and that other life issues carry equal or greater weight. What does the Church say about this?
32:08 – From Zach Maxwell (YouTube Manager) – What is your take on private revelation? I think it causes a lot of anxiety. Is there any good that comes from it? How do we approach someone who believes this stuff?
41:30 – From Peggy (Sales Manager) – Why is Mary the Ark of the New Covenant?
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If you can think, you can pray. If you can desire, you can pray. Father Hugh Barbour explains why including God in the things you are already doing can turn your life into a life of prayer.
Cy Kellett:
Actually, you do have time to pray. Father Hugh explains next.
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. We all feel … Well, we shouldn’t say we all, but lots and lots of us feel overwhelmed much of the time, and we’re overwhelmed in part because we don’t have time. We just feel like we’r…
Lots of people are predicting the end of the world. Is it really coming?
Questions Covered:
17:15 – What do you believe about the apparitions of the Blessed Mother in Medjugorje and Akita?
23:31 – Is it true that there will be peace and then the end will come?
28:53 – Does Satan try to make the end times happen or does he try to prevent it so that he can continue working in the world?
33:00 – In the book of Revelation, there is a lot about the return of Christ. How does that fit into today’s world?
46:20 – Who is the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2?
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How best can Catholics respond to scandal and rebuild the Church?
Questions Covered:
38:00 – When you’ve had a bad experience in the Church, how can you go forward in being a part of it and building it up again?
44:35 – How can we have a healing of the Church, while still promoting Vatican II?
48:20 – It seems like bishops have no additional screening at the time of their appointment. Some of these bishops were screened in a time when the assessment of priests was not good. How can this be improved?
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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:
06:23 – When you are talking to non-Christians who find the Scriptures to be fictitious, how can we speak about our faith?
19:05 – If Jesus established Peter as the cornerstone, why did there need to be more popes after him?
24:04 – If someone were to commit suicide by taking pills that would not kill them immediately and then went to confession before dying, could they go to heaven?
33:45 – I want to become Catholic. A friend told me that if I do become Catholic, I will be falling to the antichrist. How can I respond to him?
45:40 – Why is Medjugorje never discussed?
49:10 – What is the difference between the Catholic faith and the Christian faith?
52:47 – Do any of the non-Catholic churches ever try to have their own saints? Is the Catholic Church the sole promulgator of sainthood?
Resources Mentioned:
A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by John Bergsma and Brant Pitre
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Countering the Challenges to Evangelical Christian Beliefs by Craig L. Blomberg
Meeting The Protestant Challenge by Karlo Broussard
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