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:
05:12 – According to Scripture, what events will tell us that the world is ending?
15:15 – When you see an angel, how do you know it is real?
18:53 – A friend told me purgatory was not necessary because, after we die, we no longer have a body or bodily temptations. How can I respond to that?
24:20 – Why does God harden people’s hearts in the Old Testament?
34:10 – Will the Church identify the anti-Christ when he comes?
35:50 – I am a practicing Catholic but my wife is not a baptized Christian. She comes to Mass with me every week. Does she have a chance of going to heaven?
42:00 – How should a Catholic approach politics, media, etc.? Do we have to take a “side” or can we just approve of certain things and not of others?
48:42 – Why do we follow the successor of Rome and not of Antioch?
52:17 – I have an old Bible that is falling apart. How should I dispose of it?
Resources Mentioned:
What Jesus Really Said about the End of the World by David Curry
20 Answers Biblical Prophecy
Why We’re Catholic by Trent Horn
20 Answers Catholic Social Teaching
Want more from Jimmy Akin?
The Bible Is A Catholic Book
Teaching with Authority
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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Should the Bible be taken literally? When was the Bible established? This and more with Jimmy Akin.
Questions Covered:
02:21 – Can you help me to understand Exodus 4:24-25?
07:10 – Matthew 24:14 says that the tribulations that were going to happen to Jerusalem would be the worst that the world would ever see and would never see again. Was this true?
18:57 – How could the earth possibly be created in 7 days? What do we believe about the creation account in Genesis?
24:16 – Is there any reference in the Bible to skin color or race?
31:58 – In Romans, Paul writes about treating your body as a temple. In the temple, they used incense. I like to smoke cigarettes. Could that be me to incensing my temple? Or should I quit smoking?
38:30 – When were the books of the Bible dogmatically defined?
46:35 – There are times in the Bible when it seems like God “changes” his mind (like when Mary changes Jesus’ mind at Cana), but God is unchangeable. How can this be reconciled?
51:44 – Jesus talks about himself metaphorically, calling himself living water, so why would talking about himself in the Eucharist not also be metaphorical?
Resources Mentioned:
The Bible Is A Catholic Book
Teaching with Authority
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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Should the Bible be taken literally? When was the Bible established? This and more with Jimmy Akin.
Questions Covered:
07:00 – The scriptures take about the imputation of the righteousness of Christ and his glory. What does the Catholic Church say about this?
15:41 – Do reverence or piety result in supernatural health protection based on what the Bible says?
24:13 – What does Ephesians 2:8-9 mean?
34:23 – It seems like Jesus celebrates the Passover with his apostles on Holy Thursday and then on Friday, when he had been crucified, they had to take his body down in order to prepare for the Passover. When did the Passover happen?
47:13 – In 2 Timothy 3:17, why is the Greek word “artios” used, when in James 1:4 a different Greek word is used, but in English, both passages use the word “complete”?
Resources Mentioned:
Living Bread (CD)
The Bible Is A Catholic Book
Teaching with Authority
A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist
The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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Is it time to give up on Columbus? In the light of modern scholarship, should we view Columbus with suspicion? The author of the highly acclaimed book Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem joins us for a look at the real man and at what he meant to do with his voyages of discovery.
Christopher Columbus, hero or villain? Next on Catholic Answers Focus.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett your host and we’re living at a time of tearing down statues, covering up murals as people reevaluate our connections to certain figures of the past. Among…
Cy Kellett and senior apologist, Jimmy Akin, discuss a variety of questions submitted via email and social media. If you have a question you’d like to submit for the next internet open forum, please email it to radio@catholic.com.
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