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:
19:18 – How do I talk to my daughter who just told me she wants to become a man?
24:23 – Is it true that Catholics cannot support or attend any weddings outside of the Catholic Church? If so, how can we lovingly tell others that we cannot attend or support their marriages?
37:52 – I confronted my son when he was in college about living with his girlfriend. He just told me, “Who made you God?” and I now haven’t spoken to him in 10 years. What more can I do?
48:43 – What is your advice for me talking to my Catholic high school age daughter who is embracing transgenderism in her classmates and school? How can I address it with the school? It is a Catholic school.
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Questions Covered:
24:02 – Is the pope trying to lead the Church in a new direction that’s more compassionate, or is he actually teaching things contrary to the faith?
32:16 – If it came to the point where the German bishops had to be deposed, what would that mean for the Church’s property-holding in Germany?
34:53 – What is the situation with the diocese in Nigeria that rejected their bishop?
41:11 – What is the prognosis for getting Biden excommunicated?
46:01 – If there were to be a schism, what should, and would the laity do?
49:26 – What did Archbishop Gomez say about the George Floyd ruling?
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Listeners sent in their questions to Jimmy Akin to be answered during this pre-recorded Open Forum.
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Listeners sent in their questions to Jimmy Akin to be answered during this pre-recorded Open Forum.
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Questions Covered:
07:18 – Can the souls in purgatory pray for the living souls on earth?
11:50 – How many days would a person stay in purgatory and is it as harsh as I’ve heard it is?
16:34 – How can we know when a soul has moved on from purgatory? If this is in eternity time is that quick, how does that relate to earthly time?
19:31 – How is free will maintained in the afterlife?
29:18 – I’ve heard at the final judgement, everything we’ve ever done will be revealed, does that count for things we’ve already confessed and been forgiven for?
36:45 – I was taught that if someone dies after they’ve gone to mass and confession directly after divine mercy Sunday, that they are absolved of all forms of their sin. Is that true? I was also told that this is the equivalent of how clean your soul is after baptism, is this true?
40:30 – In the New Testament letters they speak about heaven offering justice, peace and joy. I understand peace and joy in heaven but what about justice. How and why does justice exist in heaven?
47:16 – What’s the purpose of purgatory if you can have an indulgence prayed for you when you are near death and you can make it to heaven? 47:16 – What’s the purpose of purgatory if you can have an indulgence prayed for you when you are near death and you can make it to heaven?
51:30 – I have a three-year-old son, and we had a recent death in the family, how can I help him see and understand death without just saying the family member is just in heaven?
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