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
What is keeping you from the Catholic Church?
Questions Covered:
12:27 – Having to go back to confession makes me feel like, what is the point in even trying? I will just be back there again.
18:03 – Why do people have to get an annulment to be married and part of the Church?
30:17 – I am a pastor but I am drawn to the Catholic Church. It is hard for me to want to be Catholic when I see public figures claiming to be Catholic but also speaking heresies and not living Catholic lives. How can I overcome this?
42:22 – What is the relationship of the Pope and Catholic Church to other Christian denominations?
47:34 – My obstacle to Catholicism is that I am not Catholic, but I am not allowed to receive the Eucharist. I am insulted that I cannot receive even though I believe it is the Body and Blood of Christ.
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The author of Purgatory Is for Real, Karlo Broussard, explains the reality of indulgences and why they are effective in paying off debts.
What is the deal with indulgences? Karlo Broussard is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host.
One of the things that comes with being Catholic is the understanding that there are many real and true and existing things. There are aspects of reality that are not obvious to our seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling, and ar…
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:
04:32 – I read James 1:17 and it says that God “has no shadow of change” but frequently in the Old Testament, he changes his mind about punishing the Israelites. How do you explain this contradiction?
11:16 – What is the authorship of the prophecy of Daniel? Did Daniel write it?
17:34 – Where can I get honest information about Vatican II? It is really hard for me to tell who to believe about this.
28:42 – How can I prove papal supremacy to Protestants, using the Church councils?
34:55 – Some people say that Catholics are meant to fight evil, but Jesus says to turn the other cheek. Which is it?
47:00 – I told my Catholic friend who got married that I couldn’t go to his wedding because he was getting married outside of the Church. Was this the right thing to do?
53:10 – Why are some angels called saints? How could they become a saint?
Resources:
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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:
03:30 – How do Catholics approach praying to the saints that avoids deifying them?
08:21 – What is the difference between Christian perfection and holiness or sanctification?
15:08 – How can we enjoy the good things of this earth while still being detached from the world?
18:25 – Does the Church have any teaching on family structure, specifically mothers being in the home or fathers being the provider?
21:27 – How does a Catholic respond when people tell them that holidays are pagan?
30:05 – I feel that parts of Sirach 3 about honoring your parents for the remission of sins and Tobit 12:9 contradict the Church’s teaching on grace. Is this the case?
37:15 – Why did it take until the 1800s to confirm the dogma of the Immaculate Conception?
42:08 – Is it possible to fast from multiple things during Lent on different days of the weeks? Is this against Church teaching on fasting during Lent?
46:25 – 1 Thessalonians seems to be referring to the Rapture of all Christian people. Is this different from the second coming?
48:40 – I think I am a Catholic and it’s Jimmy’s fault. I am feeling very lonely and struggling to share with people what I have found to be the truth. Did you ever feel that way when you converted?
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As the editor in chief of the Catholic News Agency, JD Flynn has reporters covering the Church around the world. We asked him to give us an assessment of the state of the Church today. Some improvement is needed, to say the least.
The state of the Catholic church with a man who knows, JD Flynn is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And I recently had an opportunity to sit down with the editor in chief of the Catholic News Agency, JD Flynn, to talk about the sta…
