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:
06:07 – If one is Catholic, must one vote for Trump?
17:51 – During this time, are we still held to our first Saturday devotions which includes receiving the Eucharist? It is not available here.
21:30 – Is it true that praying to Mary was not present in the first four centuries of the Church?
35:45 – My husband and I lost our two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in December. My sister went to see a medium and told me she communicated with my daughter. How should I respond to her?
47:33 – Why did priests come with Christopher Columbus and others who came to conquer the new world? Did the priests bless the journey and mission?
51:02 – My friend is terminally ill, and she is Jewish. She is experiencing great pain. Are there verses in the Old Testament that I could give her as encouragement and for comfort?
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Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic
Catholic Answers to Common Objections
The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
Living Bread (CD)
Last Call: The Catholic Teaching on Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
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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:
02:38 – Why is intersectionality wrong?
12:48 – What does Luke 23:28 mean?
16:05 – I want to become Catholic, but a lot of the Churches up here are not offering resources. What should I do?
23:04 – Is Jesus overturning the money changers tables in the Temple justification for protesting violently?
30:23 – Why do we have the importance placed on receiving Communion on the tongue, when the apostles probably received in the hand at the Last Supper?
37:24 – Did you ever question why you went to a Protestant church for so many years before coming Catholic? How do you understand God working through your life, even through those years?
46:00 – Does forgiveness of sins cover future sins?
Book Tim to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Tim Staples?
Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic
Catholic Answers to Common Objections
The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
Living Bread (CD)
Last Call: The Catholic Teaching on Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
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Dr. Michael Barber explains the divinity of Christ in the Bible.
Questions Covered:
16:46 – Can you explain the word “Lord” in Scripture? What does it reveal? How is St. Paul using this word?
46:40 – In Acts 2:36, it says, “God made the same Jesus…Lord and Christ.” Why do we ascribe the Divine Name to him when God MADE him? He was created.
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Questions Covered:
15:51 – Is it a sin NOT to make a daily examination of conscience?
19:34 – I am a Catholic and have a girlfriend who is non-denominational. What do we need to do to be married in the Catholic Church?
21:59 – In John 6, Jesus says to eat his Body and drink his Blood. Would they have known how to do that?
28:38 – What is the primary mission of the Catholic Church?
32:06 – If the Catholic Church is the one true Church, then why is the Holy Spirit so clearly moving in Protestant churches?
35:35 – What can I do to feel God more?
40:50 – Why is it easier to get an annulment today versus in the past?
48:30 – My son is dating a non-Catholic Christian and they are considering marriage. She plans to contracept because she only wants one child. Is this okay?
51:14 – Protestant friends have invited me to their services. Is it appropriate for me to go?
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Father Hugh illuminates how God freely gives us all we need for our salvation through the sacraments. He defends this position as we discuss Pentecost and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
CK:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I am Cy Kellett, your host. And it having been … Now, I say that that way, but we were recording before, but it’s Pentecost. Pentecost celebrated on Sunday and this will reach you on Monday. And so we’re going to talk with our Chaplain Father Hugh Barbour about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Hello, Father Hugh.
FHB:
Hello.
CK:
So the gifts …
