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:
05:30 – Why is the way we fast different than the way described in the Didache?
08:48 – When are we supposed to start fasting/abstaining on Fridays in Lent?
15:55 – If God claims to forgive our sins in confession, then why do we have to go to purgatory?
20:41 – Why do Catholics use images for worship?
28:38 – In the chaplet of Divine Mercy, why do we say, “I offer you the Body, etc.”? How can we offer God to Himself?
31:25 – Why were the Magi at Jesus’ birth?
34:35 – Why isn’t there more cross-cultural study involved in theology today?
42:25 – My mother has dementia and is suffering. Can I offer up her suffering for her since she is not in her right mind?
46:43 – What does Hebrews 6:4-6 mean?
50:38 – What is resting in the Lord or being slain in the Spirit? Is this approved by the Catholic Church?
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Questions Covered:
3:39 – Why have we rejected the book of Enoch?
06:30 – Where in Scripture does it support Christ’s “Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity” in the Eucharist?
13:00 – Was there a practice at the time of Jesus where the Bride and Groom would have sent the guests home with wine as a gift? Was the miracle at Cana important because of this?
16:40 – Why did Jesus tell the Gerasene demoniac to go and tell his family about his miraculous healing?
21:25 – Is it possible that the Nephilim are Neanderthals that are referenced in Scripture?
29:41 – Was it a sign of faith from Abraham when he told his servants that he and Isaac would be back?
33:00 – In Matthew 2, when Joseph decides to go to Nazareth, which prophet is being referred to?
39:10 – How is the Bible a Catholic book?
44:23 – Where in the Bible does it say that Jesus’ Body without the Blood is enough?
49:39 – Why does Jacob wrestle with an angel? Aren’t they on the same side?
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The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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What can we learn from the parables that Jesus shares in Scripture?
Questions Covered:
14:40 – When a Gentile woman asks Jesus to heal her possessed daughter and they have an exchange about her being like a dog, what does that mean?
21:20 – Why was the wine sour that Jesus took when he was on the Cross?
32:42 – Why does Jesus tell the disciples in the gospel of Mark that he speaks in parables to others but will explain their meaning to the disciples?
36:22 – Is it possible to read the parable of the Prodigal Son as an example of someone who falls away from the faith, and then returns?
38:20 – Can you explain what it meant when Jesus said when he said, in order to follow me, you must hate your mother, brother, etc.?
46:35 – Who sowed the good seed and who sowed the bad seed in the parable of the wheat?
51:54 – Can you explain the parable of the man who finds the treasure in the field?
Resources Mentioned:
Secrets From Heaven: Hidden Treasures of the Faith in the Parables and Conversations of Jesus
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Non-Catholics pose their questions about the Catholic Church.
Questions Covered:
02:30 – Why do Catholics believe that Mary is the Queen of Heaven?
12:44 – Do Catholics believe in the double procession of the Holy Spirit?
19:41 – During WWII, when people were killed, were they martyrs?
21:20 – I am a non-religious person. How is religious worship a good thing to do as a means of having a relationship? Why is worship virtuous?
32:25 – How do Catholics understand Noah’s flood?
35:52 – Can you explain the perpetual virginity of Mary?
45:50 – If Christ’s death on the cross was enough for our salvation, why do we need penance or purgatory?
52:41 – Why do you think Protestantism isn’t the true faith?
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Non-Catholics pose their questions about the Catholic Church.
Questions Covered:
06:10 – Can you explain 1 Thessalonians 5:23 to me?
16:35 – How would you explain that Jesus would have had to establish a distinct Church?
23:00 – What is a mortal sin and what does the Church teach about it?
35:53 – Why does God hate Esau?
47:16 – What is transubstantiation? How do Catholics understand it differently than the orthodox?
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