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
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Questions Covered:
05:41 – What role does the lay person play in Bible interpretation in the Catholic Church?
23:11 – How do Catholics interpret Romans 13?
33:55 – What are two books you would recommend for my Christian friend who questions the early Catholic Church and its history?
43:04 – How does mortal sin work? Is it a mortal sin if a person is coerced?
48:24 – Did Christians embellish the gospels after they were written? I heard that Josephus’ writings were embellished after the fact.
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We meet Tim Staples in the year 3,000 to ask what has changed in the Church and what has stayed the same? Could there be new sacraments? How much could the ones we have now change? And what will be the Catholic response to technology beyond our current imagination?
Cy Kellett:
We now interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcasts to bring you this trip into the future, into the year 3000 with Tim Staples. Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus, the time traveling podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I am Cy Kellett, your cruise director for this tri…
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Questions Covered:
08:24 – I discovered Catholic radio about 6 months ago. I pledged within a week. I went back to the Church and confession. I recently found out that being divorced without an annulment is a sin. How can I be forgiven for this? I don’t know if I can get an annulment.
20:09 – My brother thinks that babies with genetic abnormalities, like down syndrome, are not humans, so they can be aborted. How can I respond to him about this?
35:37 – Why is it that Christ himself was not baptized as an infant?
45:10 – How were people able to see Christ transfigured?
52:15 – There are body parts of saints that are venerated in the Catholic Church. How are relics made? Why do we separate the parts of the body?
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Questions Covered:
09:45 – What is your opinion on the divine right theory? Did monarchs really have authority from God?
20:29 – How did you prepare to have such a big, great family? What can a person do to raise a holy family?
34:00 – What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?
45:30 – Is there any place that we can point to as containing God’s word outside of Scripture?
51:33 – Did Christ raise himself from the dead or was he raised from the dead by the Father?
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Trent asks listeners why they support abortion and answers by explaining the truth about the dignity of life.
Questions Covered:
02:58 – I am pro-choice in the instance when a mother’s mental health is in danger.
12:48 – Are you consistent with your beliefs? How can you be pro-life but also pro-factory farming?
22:12 – I am pro-choice because believe in the ability to choose what you do with your body.
32:14 – I am pro-choice. I wouldn’t stop anyone from having an abortion. I think men should have more responsibility in preventing unwanted pregnancies. I don’t think Christian beliefs should be projected into law.
43:55 – Being pro-choice is up to the woman. I find that pregnancy is unfair to the woman, so she should decide if the baby lives.
48:00 – I used to be pro-choice and tried to convince a drug-addict friend to abort her baby. She went to prison, chose to have the baby, and her kid is awesome. I always thought that her baby’s life wasn’t going to be worth living or have any quality, but I was completely wrong. A beautiful person can come out of such a difficult situation.
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