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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
07:13 – What is your greatest argument for converting to Catholicism from Protestantism? I am a convert to Protestantism from atheism?
16:33 – How do we go about taking on people within the Church who have contradictory views to what the Church teaches?
23:00 – I’ve heard some things that concern me from the pulpit that concern me concerning pro-life issues. I am hearing that being anti-abortion is not the most important issue in comparison with healthcare and discrimination. How should I be thinking about this?
34:44 – How can I engage with Protestants about sola scriptura?
47:44 – How can I respond to people who say that Catholics worship the saints more than Jesus?
51:44 – How can we defend the fact that the Church has authority like Scripture?
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Questions Covered:
12:43 – I am going through RCIA classes. I really worry about having more kids because I could pass ALS on to my kids. Should I stop becoming Catholic since I have such a problem with contraception?
18:43 – How do I pick my baptismal name?
20:23 – Is it idolatry to use Aztec mythology and the Aztec calendar in decor and my culture, even though we don’t worship the Aztec gods?
23:36 – What is your recommendation for how to go about blessing our own house? If we sense evil in our home, when should we get a priest involved?
28:56 – Is there a connection between perfection and wisdom?
30:55 – How is it moral to have children if it makes it possible for them to go to hell?
33:40 – Why did Thomas Aquinas promote the execution of heretics?
43:06 – How does the absence of the word Trinity in the Bible disprove sola scriptura?
49:35 – Why does the Church state that dyotheletism was the correct view of Christ rather than monothelitism?
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Questions Covered:
02:52 – What happens to the souls in purgatory on the last day when heaven comes down to earth?
06:52 – If a priest does not believe in the true presence or God Himself, is his mass valid?
14:39 – How do we have communion with Saints and is it biblical?
22:07 – Why does God put the tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden and have it lead to the Fall of Adam and Eve?
29:55 – Should we put just as much importance on the old covenant in the new covenant?
33:15 – Did Jesus and Mary have guardian Angels?
40:18 – If you are in confession and you forget to confess a sin, are you still absolved from that sin?
44:10 – During the plagues of Egypt when the blood filled the Nile does the Nile explain whether God created it or was it created from thin air?
46:35 – Why are the people in Hell so helpless?
52:01 – When Jesus appeared to Paul when he was writing did Paul convert by himself or did Jesus convert him?
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Questions Covered:
18:17 – I am in RCIA (converting from Protestantism) and my father is very against Catholicism- it is like I am talking to a brick wall. I am not sure what to say- can I get some tips?
34:15 – Does Karlo think it’s possible to apologize well on Social Media or is it a lost cause?
41:42 – For the teachings about Mary, what sources do we have for it for apologetics work?
44:16 – How do you strike a good middle road between being too pushy or too passive when discussing Catholicism with family members who are not Catholic?
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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:
01:39 – Why did the Catholic Church in the counsel of Laodicea in AD 36 transfer the solemnity of the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
14:33 – In the Eucharist are the accidents of bread and wine attached to Christ’s substance or absent of it?
16:42 – What do I say to someone who thinks God is responsible for all the suffering they have in their life?
20:00 – the rapture- one will be taken, and one will be left- what is the catholic response to the protestant belief on that?
28:44 – My Protestant friend thinks that we only should help other Christians. What is the Catholic Response to this claim?
33:25 – I am engaged to someone who is born Muslim and my fiancé asked me to pronounce my belief in the Muslim faith- is that okay to do for my happiness? What should I do?
41:15 – I would never eternally punish my child, I don’t understand how God could do that? I know I am not as merciful as God but I don’t understand. Can you explain?
48:44 – Prior to Vatican two, were there rare exceptions to non-Catholics receiving Communion?
51:17 – In Acts 5:38-39: what about other religions like Hinduism and Islam? Why are they still around even if they are of men and not of God?
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