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
Of course when a priest stands up to challenge an NFL team on is support for Pride Month he’s going to get smacked down on social media. But were Father Andre Metrejean’s comments hateful?. Karlo Broussard joins us to reason through the comments and the social media responses.
A Catholic priest challenges Pride Month – next, on Catholic Answers Focus.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Focus, the podcast designed to help you explain and defend the Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host.
This priest in Louisiana aroused kind of a Facebook a…
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:
02:20 – Is the sedevacantist claim that canonizations are not infallible after Vatican II true?
23:24 – Why did the Last Supper take place before our Lord’s Resurrection and not after?
28:33 – What can you do when it seems like two Church approved documents are contradicting each other?
39:45 – In the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, were they punished or was being naked always sinful?
48:00 – My Protestant friend said that we are all saints so we shouldn’t reference the saints in heaven as Saints. How can I respond to him?
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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:
01:43 – What does the term “gravely illicit” acts mean? Are they the same as intrinsically evil acts?
05:00 – At the end of time, when there is a great persecution against the Church, will it be a genocide? What will it look like?
12:08 – Some people think that 1 John 5:7 and Matthew 28:19 were added into the Bible later. How can this be refuted?
18:10 – When discussing abortion, it seems like we talk more about the sin of it rather than the reality of what birth does to a woman. Why is that?
22:30 – Can a priest ever break the seal of confession?
29:17 – What is the difference between penance and indulgence?
35:40 – When instituting the Eucharist, why does Jesus say, “Do this in remembrance of me,” as if it is just a symbol?
43:08 – I went through RCIA in WI and because of covid 19, my sacraments were delayed. I had to move to Ohio in the meantime. Can I receive my sacraments in Ohio and not go through RCIA again?
48:30 – Where did the blessing of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit come from?
51:51 – Is there any knowledge to be found about heaven in the Old Testament?
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The apostles and early Christians believed and worshiped in unity, but today, Christianity is splintered.
Catholic apologists work to heal these divisions by using Scripture, history, and reason to help Protestants see the truth of Church teaching, and in With One Accord, former Protestant Doug Beaumont says there’s still another tool: the things that Protestants already believe.
Using principles that Evangelicals broadly affirm, he reasons to particulars of Catholic belief—showing that in many cases the division isn’t as wide or deep as we thought.
Questions Covered:
11:34 – It’s hard for me to believe in the perpetual virginity of Mary, especially when Scripture refers to the brothers of the Lord. How can Protestants and Catholics be united on this?
16:53 – How is the Catholic Church like the first century Church? It has changed quite a bit since then.
42:24 – Why does the Catholic Church make man-made laws, and not God-made laws?
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Callers who are Catholic or non-Catholic are welcome to call with questions about the Catholic faith.
Questions Covered:
04:28 – I don’t understand how NFP can be used as a contraceptive. Is this in line with God’s plan?
14:18 – I don’t understand what Catholics believe about justification and salvation.
23:29 – I don’t understand Catholic teaching on dying with mortal sin.
32:50 – I don’t understand how people have a personal relationship with Jesus. I believe Catholicism is the true Church, but that relationship is just completely dry for me.
47:30 – Can I go to a wedding that will be an invalid union?
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