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:
10:34 – There is a group that says that the devil is more afraid of Mary than of Jesus Christ. Isn’t this blasphemy?
15:14 – It seems like at times men in Scripture need to be commissioned by Christ to cast out demons, but Jesus also says, whoever is not against me is for me. How can we reconcile these two positions?
21:58 – How can people justify entertaining the idea of women priests?
29:06 – A family member told me she had a vision that I was going to have a baby and that she had seen the baby. She practices necromancy and other things. How can I speak to her about this?
34:46 – How can we worship in truth instead of going to Church during this time?
40:07 – How can we consider Methodists to be Christian, considering that they openly support abortion and gay marriage?
46:40 – Usually a single host is used at the altar table, but many hosts are taken from the tabernacle for Holy Communion. How are there so many consecrated hosts in the tabernacle?
49:47 – If one says multiple rosaries in a day, must one do the beginning and ending prayers each time?
Resources Mentioned:
Holiness at Home
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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:
07:35 – What is the justification of Holy Days?
17:10 – Is there a difference in Scripture between using the word “rend” versus “tear”?
20:18 – Chris Check did a fabulous job speaking about Lepanto. How do we speak so well about the Catholic Church with confidence?
33:05 – What is the difference between blessings and graces?
36:52 – My wife is Protestant and she does not understand the intricacies of the Catholic Church. How can I explain to her the many traditions of the Church, like burning incense, the priest speaking prayers under his breath?
47:18 – Vatican I Session 2: 6 January 1870 Profession of faith quote, “This true Catholic faith, outside of which none can be saved…” Does the Church still hold that Protestants are not saved?
Resources Mentioned:
How Catholics Can Re-evangelize Our World with Steve Ray
Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, And Love by Trent Horn
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Fr. Tad addresses vaccines, end of life care, and more.
Questions Covered:
21:42 – What is the morality of eastern medicines?
33:20 – Is it immoral to take vaccines?
41:30 – There is a political person who wants the entire country to be vaccinated and then marked as vaccinated. Would that be the mark of the beast, and would he be the antichrist?
46:30 – My mom passed away a few weeks ago and I want to know if I really did everything I should have to try to preserve her life. She didn’t want to eat and we didn’t do a feeding tube. Can you help me with this?
Resources Mentioned:
National Catholic Bioethics Center
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No Bible question is too big or too small, we take them all. Jimmy Akin lends his Scripture knowledge to listeners who ask questions about translations, content, and truth.
Questions Covered:
04:23 – Is there any special significance to Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt and not sand or some other material?
07:59 – Why was the English translation of the Bible opposed during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots?
16:00 – After Cain killed Abel, he goes east of Eden and finds a wife. Where did his wife come from if Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the only people on earth?
21:31 – King David prayed for horrible things to be done to his enemies. Why?
32:20 – Which Scripture verses confirm that the apostles specifically have authority and not just every follower of Christ?
37:00 – Is it true that we are begotten or is Christ the only one to be begotten?
44:50 – In Scripture, God uses plagues to help people to turn back to him. Is there any parallel between those and this coronavirus?
44:50 – In Scripture, God uses plagues to help people to turn back to him. Is there any parallel between those and this coronavirus?
51:22 – Is there anywhere I can purchase a Catholic copy of the Septuagint in Greek?
Resources Mentioned:
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy
Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor by Eamon Duffy
The Great Divorce by Chris Check
Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach To Answering Bible Difficulties by Trent Horn
The Bible Is A Catholic Book by Jimmy Akin
Basics of Biblical Greek by Bill Mounce
Verbum.com
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Even though we cannot attend Mass while we shelter in place, we can experience real liturgy in our homes by praying the Liturgy of the Hours— and it’s more accessible than you might think. Fr. Hugh Barbour explains how, even during the suspension of public Masses, you can still not just watch but participate in real liturgy.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Strange times we’re living in at the moment with the virus around the world and people confined at home, and families, many families, without too many outlets, not …
