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:
03:23 – Station of the Cross…What is the biblical evidence for Mary’s perpetual virginity?
14:05 – What is God?
17:57 – Are all religions and denominations equal in God’s eyes?
23:02 – Why is it fair for people to go to heaven who live bad lives and then confess their sins at the very end?
28:45 – If Muslims are worshipping the same God as us, do Muslim prophets ever speak to Jesus? If so, why doesn’t he tell them that Islam is not true?
34:50 – Why wasn’t Jesus accepted in his own town when so much was miraculous about his birth and mother?
41:46 – I teach CCD. How can I answer them when they ask if there was incest at the beginning of creation?
43:42 – Why don’t Catholics talk as much about the second pope, Linus?
48:41 – How could God keep Mary from sinning but also preserve her free will?
51:11 – If a priest is living in mortal sin, how does that affect the sacraments?
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Questions Covered:
12:30 – How do I defend the faith against Gnosticism?
21:00 – I met a young person who said he is not pro-abortion except in the case of rape. How can I respond to him?
22:52 – I have been debating with a Baptist about the validity of the apocrypha by saying that the original King James bible included it. Is this a good way to take the conversation?
32:37 – How do we explain to an agnostic that miracles are real?
45:00 – I am a recent convert from the evangelical church. It has been really difficult trying to convince my wife and in-laws that the Catholic faith is true. Should I ease up on talking to them about the faith and just focus on living in a way that shows them my faith?
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Questions Covered:
17:00 – Do you recommend memorizing Scripture to gain inner peace?
43:17 – I am completing RCIA. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness. I feel betrayed and angry about how I was raised and about what I was taught. How can I overcome these feelings and the fact that I have had to learn everything again?
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In the Hebrew Scriptures, God gives quite specific directions on how to make sacrifices to him. We ask Jimmy Akin why God does this? What good does it do? And does God need all these sacrifices?
Cy:
How should we think about biblical sacrifices? Jimmy Akin, right now. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending the Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and remember to subscribe to focus on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen, so that you’ll get a notice when new episodes are available and, if you would, p…
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:
09:10 – When I see something that my youth kids post online regarding voting, is it wrong for me to encourage them to vote pro-life when they are saying that they will not?
21:22 – Why did the Holy Spirit have to purify Mary, regarding the Immaculate Conception?
33:21 – What are the teachings of the Catholic Church based on? What is the Magisterium?
41:22 – My middle daughter left the Catholic Church and went to the Assemblies of God church. How can I get through to her about the true faith?
47:35 – What is the correct translation for “daily bread” in the Lord’s Prayer? Is it daily bread or is it supersubstantial bread?
51:30 – Are Protestants not familiar with the Paschal Victim or the Eucharist? Two Protestant friends of mine had never heard of them before.
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