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
Questions Covered
06:35 – Why couldn’t the beginning of the world from nothing have happened once without a creator?
16:20 – How do we read “It is not what goes into a man that defiles him” when we know about real toxins that do harm the body?
24:46 – How can we make sure our baptism is valid?
35:50 – When the Catechism says Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, how is that consistent with Jesus saying whoever doesn’t honor the son doesn’t honor the father?
44:04 – Why did it take so long to consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
50:35 – What is dispensationalism and how does the Church refute it?
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What is God’s providence?
Questions Covered:
14:38 – Can you explain the divine nature?
20:56 – If a man believes that he is called to the priesthood, but ignores it because he wants to have a family, has he committed a mortal sin?
33:21 – How does divine providence affect those who haven’t had a chance to develop, for example, little children who die young?
36:54 – If God always gets the greater good, how do people end up going to hell?
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The recent story of a priest who discovered he had never been baptized unleashed a torrent of anxieties and questions around the sacraments. We ask Father Hugh, why is the Church so inflexible about how sacraments are celebrated?
Cy:
Just how important is precision in the celebration of the sacraments? Father Hugh Barbour is next on Focus … Hello, and welcome to Focus the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host, and you probably heard about that priest in Michigan, at least he thought he was a priest, but it tu…
Once a month, Catholic Answers Live listeners play Catholic trivia, battling to win books and courses from Catholic Answers’ School of Apologetics. Apologist Karlo Broussard guides the game today.
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What happens after you die? Find out here, with Karlo Broussard.
Questions Covered:
08:01 – What is the nature of the rewards in heaven and can they be lost?
18:07 – How do Catholics view people’s stories about dying, going to heaven, and coming back?
24:26 – Why don’t many Catholic Churches include those in purgatory in Mass intentions or the liturgy?
32:24 – If an adult who is not baptized lives their life not following Christ, will they go to hell?
41:20 – How do people get out of purgatory?
48:30 – What is the nature of purgatory- is it more of a place or a process?
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