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:
08:35 – When did Protestants take 7 books out of the Bible?
15:50 – What is Catholic teaching on the antichrist?
24:23 – What do Last Rites achieve for a non-practicing Catholic?
32:52 – Is it good to rejoice in the sorrow of others?
37:45 – What is the Scriptural basis for infant baptism?
48:30 – Was Leviticus 18:22 referring to young boys and pedophilia rather than just homosexual acts?
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It is not permissible to do evil in order to achieve a good. Fr. Sebastian explains why.
Questions Covered:
24:10 – If a train is running and will kill 5 people, would it be better to switch the track and kill only one person?
38:21 – When does a war become just? When do non-combatants become combatants?
45:14 – When I stand up for babies in the womb, people ask me why I don’t advocate for children at the border. How can I best respond to this?
48:37 – Is it wrong to harm oneself to help another, for example, by donating an organ?
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As Catholics, we are responsible for standing up for the dignity of all human life. Bishop Paprocki is here to help us understand just how to do that.
Questions Covered:
22:00 – Can we ask the souls in purgatory to pray for the end to abortion?
30:00 – How can I best respond to a person who says they don’t accept abortion except in the case of rape?
35:45 – If we want to promote the culture of life, shouldn’t we really be promoting NFP more?
42:45 – I have been really confused because I have heard conflicting advice on voting from the clergy. How can we know who really is pro-life?
47:52 – How can we encourage priests to help along this culture of life?
50:37 – If you care so much about life in the womb, why don’t you care so much about the shootings?
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Father Hugh Barbour explains the two judgments. What happens at our particular judgment? What happens at the general judgment? And what does all of this have to do with ghosts who might need some help?
Cy:
What happens when God judges you? Father Hugh Barber is next.
Cy:
Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending the Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And usually I wait until the end of these podcasts to ask for your financial support, but it’s come to my attention that some of you are not listening all the way to the e…
Questions Covered:
02:13 – Are the white throne judgement, the day of the Lord, and the second death all the same thing?
11:45 – Which translation is correct for 1 Corinthians 13, where the word love replaced charity in newer translations?
19:04 – Have you taken a Nazarite vow?
24:25 – How does the tribe of Levi relate to the priesthood? Were all men of Levi priests?
39:00 – It is not true that we must go through Mary and the saints in order to pray to God, so why is this such a prevalent belief? Doesn’t Scripture say there is one mediator?
45:07 – Are Abimelech and Isaac the same person?
47:48 – Can you explain the difference between judging and discernment?
53:00 – Is there a difference between saying God “is” or God “exists”?
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