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
Marcellino D’Ambrosio explains the importance and necessity of the relationship between Scripture and Tradition.
Questions Covered:
24:10 – I have been reading the different accounts of the Resurrection. Each author seems to write about this in a different sequence. What does tradition teach about the order of the witnesses of the Resurrection?
34:03 – Since Jesus didn’t fully define the sacraments, did he leave that to the Church to define?
42:36 – Why is it the tradition for the Holy Mass on Holy Thursday to never be private?
46:26 – Why do different rites have different traditions? Which traditions are most important to keep?
51:35 – Is it true that we are not meant to fold the blessed palms?
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Did the early Church believe that the Eucharist was the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ? Had that been the belief of the Catholic Church since the Last Supper? Find out today with Catholic Answers’ Director of Apologetics, Tim Staples.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and we’re going to take a look at the early church in this episode and in some coming episodes with Time Staples, director of Apologetics and Evangelization here at Catholic Answers. Hi, Tim.
Tim Staples:
Hi, Cy Kellett. How are you buddy?…
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:
04:57 – I am a non-Catholic. When I read the word of God, I read it as a Christian. Why is it so important to Catholics that people be Catholic?
09:09 – Do a single parent and adopted child make up a family?
16:43 – Can a person exorcise themselves from demons?
24:27 – How is the Eucharist propitiatory?
24:27 – How is the Eucharist propitiatory?
36:28 – What is the pro-life answer to people who say that zygotes don’t always implant and so die on their own?
43:15 – My friend says that the state should not enforce religion, therefore gay marriage should be allowed. How can I respond to this?
51:38 – How can I contradict the belief that it was not wine but grape juice used at the Last Supper in the Bible?
Resources Mentioned:
Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues
Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, And Love
Persuasive Pro-Life: How to Talk About Our Culture’s Toughest Issue
Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity
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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:
03:29 – Although Margaret Sanger was pro-contraception, does that mean that she was not pro-life?
08:06 – If God knows all, then how is it true that we have free will?
15:33 – What does the Catholic Church believe regarding the relationship between Scripture and Tradition?
20:40 – Why is the Pope of Rome the successor of Peter? Wasn’t Peter the Pope in Antioch?
29:06 – When the priest uses the incense to go around the altar as Mass, is he spiritually disinfecting the altar?
34:44 – Does the Catholic Church use grape juice instead of wine for alcoholics?
45:06 – How should I respond to someone who says that abortion is okay because we don’t know if the baby is a person?
Resources Mentioned:
Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues
Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, And Love
Persuasive Pro-Life: How to Talk About Our Culture’s Toughest Issue
Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear about the existence of angels. “The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls “angels” is a truth of faith. The witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition. St. Augustine says: “‘Angel’ is the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their nature, it is ‘spirit’; if you seek the name of their office, it is ‘angel’: from what they are, ‘spirit’, from what they do, ‘angel.'” With t…
