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:
03:24 – My Protestant friend believes that Hebrews 9 and 10 disprove Catholicism because Catholics continually offer sacrifice. How can I explain that it is one sacrifice?
09:08 – Who invented the Holy Trinity?
14:53 – Since neither candidate is completely pro-life, we would be voting for the lesser of two evils. Are we as Catholics called to write in an entirely pro-life candidate?
19:05 – Is it wrong to worship outside of the Catholic faith? I watch videos on YouTube from LDS churches to comfort myself since my dad died.
30:34 – My 24-year-old daughter is trying to convince me that Reincarnation is real and wants me to go to an event where they take me through my past lives. How can I best respond to her?
34:40 – What is the definition of the ‘morning star’?
41:53 – If we have truly free will, why can’t we do what we want?
45:45 – What is the unpardonable sin mentioned in Scripture and why is it unpardonable?
49:14 – with all these fake prophets all over the world deceiving many people, will their followers go to hell?
51:24 – My husband was taught in an RCIA class that all Jewish people will go to heaven because they are God’s chosen people. Is this true?
Resources Mentioned:
Billy Sprague
Mark Heard
Ep. 93 and 94 from Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
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What does the Catholic Church teach and believe about the priesthood?
Questions Covered:
21:50 – Did Jesus establish the ministry of priesthood or did Melchisedec?
29:32 – Does the priesthood in the Catholic Church invalidate the role of Protestant pastors or ministers?
35:55 – Was Melchisedec a person or just a role?
42:50 – I was Mormon for a little bit and I felt power coming from the Mormon priesthood. How and why could this be?
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Who is the third person of the most Holy Trinity? What do Catholics believe about the Holy Spirit?
Questions Covered:
17:40 – The Holy Spirit has always been my favorite person of the Trinity.
20:10 – Does the Holy Spirit proceed from the Father and the Son?
31:47 – Most of my family is Catholic and has received Confirmation, but they don’t seem like they’ve received the Holy Spirit. Why is that?
43:20 – Is there a future kingdom to be established here on earth?
48:53 – Do you agree with eastern theology of the perceiver Trinity?
52:34 – Is the Holy Spirit exclusive to Catholicism or is the Spirit in all Christian churches?
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Father Hugh Barbour helps us get ready for the Feast of St. Michael with a reflection on angels. Who are they? What do they do? And how, without having bodies, do they get anything done?
Cy Kellett:
What is the deal with angels? Father Hugh Barbour is next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and we’ve got the feast of Saint Michael coming up. Michael the Archangel.
Is he the highest angel? Is he close to the highest angel? Well, we’ll talk about that. But we want to…
ROUND ONE
1) What is public revelation?
A) The revelation of God in nature.
B) The revelation of God which ceased with the death of the last Apostle.
C) The revelation of God before the specific revelation of Jesus.
2) Catholics believe Angels are:
A) Spirits but not persons.
B) Symbols of God’s power.
C) Persons of a purely spiritual nature.
3) A human person is
A) An individual substance of a rational nature.
B) A rational soul that is trapped within a body.
C) A rational individual but not a substance.
4) God created the world:
A) As the best world he could possibly create.
B) In a state of journeying toward perfection.
C) In a fallen state.
5) Ex communication means:
A) A person is condemned to hell unless they repent.
B) A person is labeled as evil.
C) A person is excluded from the communion of believers.
6) Solidarity means:
a) Sharing all our goods in common as is done in a monastery.
b) Giving to institutions rather than directly to the poor.
c) Actively praying and working for the good of others, especially those in need, because they are our brothers and sisters.
ROUND TWO –
1) The common good is:
A) The “sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily” (Pacem in Terris 55).
B) When society does the most good for the most people.
C) The effort by society to limit wealth disparity between people.
2) Material cooperation with an evil:
A)Is not always sinful
B) Is worse than formal cooperation
C) Is always sinful
3) Murder in the course of war:
A) Is acceptable if undertaken for grave reasons.
B) Is not evil because war involves killing.
C) Is a grave evil.
4) Which of these is the source and summit of Christian life?
A) Baptism
B) The Eucharist
C) Heaven
5) The Communion of Saints refers to:
A) The canonized saints who can be honored at Mass.
B) All of the saints in heaven whether they have been canonized or not.
C) All of those who have been made children of God by Christ whether in heaven, on earth, or in purgatory.
6) A Catholic patient choosing euthanasia or medical suicide:
A) Cannot be given the sacraments unless they repent.
B) Can receive confession before dying.
C) Can receive all of the sacraments to help them as they go to God.
FINAL JUDGMENT
1) T or F Every soul in Purgatory is a member of the Catholic Church.
2) T or F Human dignity can only be violated in self-defense.
3) T or F The Church denies that natural marriage is possible and only accepts sacramental marriage.
4) T or F Jesus teaches that if a man marries a divorced woman he commits adultery.
5) T or F No adult can come to a state of justification without faith.
6) T or F The souls in Heaven have more faith than we do.
7) T or F The souls in Heaven are perfected in love and incapable of suffering.
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