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:
13:48 – If someone is in a vegetative state, is it considered moral to disconnect the person from machines that are continuing to keep the person breathing or heart beating?
18:00 – Why would our government be in control of whether suicide is legal? I worry that people will then think they have a right to commit suicide.
29:08 – I am a speech therapist and I work in a nursing home and deal a lot with swallowing issues. Is it considered immoral if I must tell someone that they cannot eat by mouth anymore?
31:52 – Do you know of any national lawyer organizations of pro-life lawyers who can fight the good fight together?
34:10 – Would the advanced directive that the NCBC provides stand up in most situations? I have been told that it would require a living will.
40:08 – I have a Catholic living will. Because of covid, people aren’t allowed to come into the hospital with the patient. In case of emergency, how can a person be sure that the care providers are aware of the pro-life living will?
43:12 – I am a DPOA for my brother. Could his daughter fight me to have him off of a feeding tube?
45:50 – What is the difference between the respirator and the g-tube? Which was good and which was bad?
50:03 – I work in cardiac surgery. Many of our patients are not likely to survive surgery. Is it moral for us to operate on them and have them die in the hospital when they could potentially live more peacefully at the end of their life at their home?
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Questions Covered:
04:42 – How do we know we’re right about what we believe?
08:08 – In Genesis 18 who is Abraham talking to exactly?
16:30 – Can Jimmy offer me some clarification on Matthew 18:19?
29:36 – Why did God give his only son to be murdered, and where is justification for this in the Bible?
34:30 – I was reading a book by Bart Ehrman and he spoke about some of the St. Paul letters and I was wondering what Jimmy has to say about Ehrman’s statements; if they are true or not, and if true, how that changes our view on St. Paul’s letters.
41:50 – Scripture says, “I go to my God and you to your God”. Doesn’t that take away from God’s divinity?
48:42 – I’ve heard because Mary is without sin and was a virgin, she did not suffer birthing pains but, in Revelations 12 the verse says she labors in pain. Can Jimmy offer some clarification on this?
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Questions Covered:
03:56 – I’m looking for some clarification on Matthew 19.
11:42 – Why is the Douay Rheims Bible version ordered differently than others like the revised standard version and others?
20:20 – Why did St. Lazarus in Bethany play such a prominent role in John’s gospel that is not mentioned in the synoptics?
33:42 – Why as Catholics do, we not refer to the Old Testament fathers as Saints?
37:16 – My friend is a non-denominational Christian, and we were speaking about if the manner of your death affects your salvation and he says we all go to heaven regardless, but I recall learning otherwise from the catechism in my childhood. Where in scripture can I look to prove that’s not true?
43:22 – Did Jesus tell his disciples to make the bible?
46:25 – When Jesus says, “Some of this generation shall not taste of death until they see the son of death coming,” what does that mean?
51:00 – What was the purpose of the Knox translation of the bible, and why is it so widely accepted?
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With his death and resurrection, Jesus completes the great work of our salvation and gives us the perfect sign that he has conquered sin and death. So are the Ascension and Pentecost just add-ons? Apologist Tim Staples says no. They are essentials, and filled with power.
What do the Ascension and Pentecost have to do with the rest of Jesus’ mission? Tim Staples is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host in our new studio digs. I hope you’re enjoying thos…
Questions Covered:
03:05 – Why do you need transubstantiation to benefit from the Eucharist? Why can’t you obtain the same effect from believing that Jesus is present spiritually?
21:00 – What is the Catholic understanding of the word “works” in Scripture?
35:39 – Can one spouse indulge the other in his/her alcoholism for the good and peace of the marriage?
44:21 – I confess things that I am not certain are sinful?
49:59 – What is the unforgivable sin?
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