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:
3:00 – Where did all the early church Hebrew manuscripts go?
12:29 – How does God know everything?
14:15 – What did Our Lady of Fatima mean when she told the kids they would be making reparation for sins?
21:36 – What does the Church mean when she talks about the preferential option of the poor and how that would look like in a modern sense?
28:58 – Does anyone know where the physical Ark of the Covenant is today?
32:20 – How is the prophecy of Haggai about the new temple fulfilled? Is Jesus’ body the new temple?
40:55 – I am a Methodist. What is apologetics?
43:45 – When I go into a lot of Catholic churches, I often see Mary in the middle of the altar and Jesus off to the side. Why is this?
47:40 – I continue to struggle with a mortal sin. I go to confession and can resist temptation for a few months, but then I usually fall again. Am I making a sincere confession, since in confession I promise to never sin again? I am so discouraged.
52:36 – What does Paul mean when he refers to women veiling themselves “like the angels”?
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What does the Catholic Church really believe about the Mother of God?
Questions Covered:
21:03 – When someone said to Jesus, “Blessed are the breasts that nourished you,” and Jesus responds, “No, blessed are those who do the will of God.” Is this evidence against Marian devotion?
28:56 – Are the Marian doctrines based on the Bible?
35:30 – What is the difference between venerating and worshipping Mary? How can I explain this to a Protestant?
47:50 – Why do Catholics use intercessory prayer to Mary? Why do they offer votive offerings to her, like lighting candles or giving flowers? Does that fall into the category of making sacrifice to something other than God?
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The Catholic Church teaches and believes in the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. Dr. Delgado helps to answer questions about abortion, contraception, end of life care and more.
Questions Covered:
14:30 – Is it immoral to not have intercourse when the woman is ovulating? Is this contraception?
21:25 – Do Catholics have an obligation to vote for pro-life politicians?
24:18 – How can I respond to Catholics who say that it won’t make a big difference to vote for pro-life politicians?
30:00 – If you as a Catholic decline to be hospitalized on a ventilator during this time, is that a sin?
32:35 – I don’t believe that we can tell people that they can’t have an abortion.
41:55 – What are your thoughts on a Catholic who is pro-life but doesn’t think there should be any legal ramifications for abortion?
46:30 – How does the Catholic Church view NFP for more rural areas? It seems too complicated and they might need contraception?
49:20 – Would people caring for their elderly family members in their own home have more respect for their lives? Do you think that would be better than just placing them in homes?
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How can the Catholic church teach that Peter is the rock or the foundation of the church when St. Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 3:11 that there is no other foundation besides Jesus?
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus, I’m Cy Kellett, your host, joined in studio by Karlo Broussard, apologist here at Catholic Answers and author of a couple of very fine books, including Prepare the Way and Meeting the Protestant Challenge. Hello, Karlo.
Karlo Broussard:
Hey son. I thank you for saying they’re fine books. I appreciate that.
Cy Kellett:
They are fine books-
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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:
01:56 – Is it true that if people get an abortion, are they automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church? Also, does that mean people who commit murder would also be excommunicated?
07:50 – Do Catholics and Protestants worship the same God?
11:28 – Pope Francis said that the mind of God willed the multitude of religions. Is this true?
15:15 – Does baptism of desire give the same graces as baptism and remove the stain of sin?
18:09 – Are the three days of darkness really going to happen?
21:50 – What is the mark of the beast? Has it already come?
31:55 – Why does God allow abuse or torture?
41:05 – Are Catholics bound to believe in a certain form of purgatory?
43:53 – In Mt. 12:31-32, Jesus says sins can be forgiven in the age to come. Does this mean that sins can be forgiven in purgatory?
47:50 – Why is our Church called the Roman Catholic Church and not the Church of Christ?
51:11 – My husband is Church of Christ. He wants to know if there really is an unbroken line between Jesus and Pope Francis. Can you help me?
Resources Mentioned:
https://sqpn.com/category/podcasts/akin/
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World: The Third Secret of Fatima ep. 64, The Third Secret of Fatima, Part II ep. 65
NewAdvent.org
The Problem of Evil by Jimmy Akin
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