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:
20:09 – What is the difference between the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son and the begetting of the Son from the Father?
34:00 – When did it start that Communion was received on the tongue only?
42:15 – What is the meaning of the word “raca” in Matthew 5?
46:35 – In 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, who are the people Paul is referring to as being responsible for Christ’s death?
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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:
04:02 – How can we reconcile documents that give opposing information about salvation outside of the Catholic Church?
16:12 – What is the Trinity?
20:30 – In the Mass, the priest says, “Lord, remember your servant…” Who is the servant, the people or the priest?
22:17 – For sacraments to be valid, how exact does the form and matter need to be?
37:10 – Can you explain the illumination of conscience?
46:40 – Some non-Catholics say that the apostles were not really given the authority by Jesus to forgive sins because we don’t see them doing that. How can I respond to this?
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Does feminism hurt women?
Questions Covered:
21:38 – How can we find common ground with others who are pro-abortion so that we can then direct them toward the good? So often they are enemies and productive conversations do not happen.
35:25 – How do you dialogue with a feminist without the conversation becoming a verbal attack from them?
43:30 – How can we bring the beautiful feminism of the Virgin Mary to the young women today?
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How can parents protect their children in a world and culture gone mad?
Questions Covered:
16:16 – Why are the Muslims having such good luck raising large, traditional families? What are they doing right?
18:48 – Where do we draw the line between protecting our kids from outside influences and sheltering them too much?
29:00 – What if your husband is still rebelling and says that his parents forced him to go to Church, so he won’t go? How can you teach your kids when your husband is not on board?
32:15 – I have a 15-year-old son who came out as homosexual. His sister came out as well, who is about 10 years older than him. How do we navigate this?
41:17 – How do I handle my great-grandson who is totally out of control. He is two and a half. He completely disregards any discipline. What can we do?
43:45 – My daughter is 21, living in Chicago in the same apartment building as her boyfriend. How can I keep her connected to us and her faith? Since she moved to Chicago, she has fallen away from the Church.
50:09 – I am 15 and going into RCIA. I am worried that after I am baptized, my mom will not take me to Mass every Sunday. Is this a sin for me?
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Do you want to better understand God’s word?
Questions Covered:
03:22 – How do we know that the Old Testament ceremonial laws are from God and not just made up?
15:35 – 3 people are mentioned in the Apostle’s Creed – Jesus, Mary, and Pontius Pilate. Why is Pontius Pilate included?
21:04 – Why did Jesus go to hell if he was not a bad man? Also, why does Jesus say in the New Testament, “Why have you forsaken me?”
28:40 – In Leviticus, when God is telling the priests what to do and wear, it is so different from how Jesus speaks about the priesthood. Why is that?
34:45 – When reading the Bible, how do we determine which passages are figurative and which are literal?
43:40 – Where in the Bible does it condemn witching and crystals? How are those different from relics?
51:56 – What is your advice to be cautious about when embarking on a Bible study? I don’t want to impose too much of my own thoughts on the text, but just to accept what it presents to me.
Resources Mentioned:
Thomas Aquinas and the Occult
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