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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
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:
01:30 – Do we need religion in order to believe in God and does God need it to exist?
14:35 – Can I go to confession over the phone or can I confess my sins without a priest during this time?
28:12 – Is it true that we don’t need a physical building for a Church? How can I speak to a friend about our need for Churches?
36:39 – Did St. Paul have apostolic succession?
40:43 – Why does there have to be any gluten in the Eucharist?
42:58 – How do we know that Peter was the successor of Christ?
51:26 – Why is it so hard to be a Catholic? It seems like other religions have it a lot easier than we do.
…
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 – How do I respond to an atheist who believes in syncretism in the 1st century?
20:25 – In Scripture it says, many are called, but few are chosen. How do Catholics interpret that?
35:00 – Do they leave the bread in monstrance or do they change it out?
42:00 – How can our sacramentals be blessed during this time when we don’t have physical access to priests?
48:40 – Can you tell me about the three seers of Fatima? What were the graces that they received?
…
Cy Kellett and apologist, Trent Horn, 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.
Questions Covered:
03:23 – I’m a Catholic in Qatar and have many Muslim friends. We often get into friendly debates and one thing that comes up sometimes is that Jesus never said he was God. How would you respond?
07:04 – Could you please help give some background or insight on the tradition of praying for Mary’s intercession as a newly married couple at the end of a wedding ceremony Mass?
11:04 – I have a question about holy days of obligation. I think in Galatians Paul says why we still observe ‘holy days’? Why do different countries have different holy days?
16:21 – I have grown up with mass on Sunday but I get challenged by those that say nature is their church or like that. Can you give me some thoughts and verses to support gathering on Sunday?
19:10 – How can you explain to an atheist that non-Catholics cannot do meritorious deeds in order to achieve eternal life?
24:22 – Do you recommend studying formal logic? Can you recommend any resources? How did you learn to apply logic in your discussions and debates so effectively?
32:00 – What would you do if someone who firmly believes in evolution theory and says facts are facts and Religion and Faith (especially the Catholic faith) are silly? What should I say to them?
34:53 – I was talking to a J.W. about the Catholic Church and what Jesus said in Matthew 16:18 “will build my church”… in which he responded, the church only means people, which means everybody, not you Catholics. How do you respond to that?
41:08 – If God’s Word is objective, then how are we allowed to interpret the Bible subjectively?
44:16 – How would you recommend defending the faith to those who also “believe in the same faith,” such as parents or siblings not following the Church’s stance on contraception?
Book Trent to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Trent Horn?
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
…
Cy Kellett and apologist, Trent Horn, 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.
Questions Covered:
06:19 – Who recognized the Old Testament canon?
16:00 – The Bible says we are saved by faith alone.
30:25 – Why should a non-Catholic couple be considered by the church to have a valid civil union, when a formerly Catholic (or even just baptized-in-infancy) couple cannot, even if the natural elements of the two unions are the same?
37:43 – How can saints watch over us in heaven & hear our prayers of intercession when the Bible says in heaven there will be no pain & tears?
45:25 – When Jesus went into the wilderness for 40 days and was tempted by the devil, did the devil know that Jesus was God?
48:41 – Last Sunday in the Gospel of John, Jesus said “Neither he, nor his parents sinned”. Wait – isn’t everyone a sinner except for Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary? Jesus came to forgive sins, but he needed here only to cure the man’s blindness. So, what is a sin? And why didn’t Jesus mention the sins of the blind man needing forgiveness?
Book Trent to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Trent Horn?
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
…
Questions Covered:
02:32 – I won’t be able to receive Communion of each first Friday. Will this mess up my first Friday devotion?
04:30 – Can we know the name of our guardian angel or is it wrong to know it?
16:41 – Is there a prayer to pray to get rid of pandemic? Are there prayers for stress and anxiety?
21:15 – Why are all of the accounts of Jesus healing the blind man different?
28:39 – Is the Baptism mentioned in John 4 a Trinitarian Baptism?
34:35 – Why do we have infant Baptism? Second question, is there any chance that we are wrong that the Catholic Church is the true Church?
41:33 – Is doing laundry on Sunday sinful?
44:33 – If there are other civilizations out there (in the universe), how could they accept Mary as their mother?
49:10 – Is our day of worship on Sunday because of paganism?
51:26 – Why did Jesus use bread and wine and not anything else?
…
