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:
04:56 – When can we start defending the faith physically?
13:36 – Were the words, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do,” in the original text of Scripture?
20:00 – How much of God’s plan did the devil know? When the devil tempted Jesus, did he know that he was the Lord?
28:53 – Where do the fruits of the mysteries come from? Why are there different versions of these fruits?
31:33 – Do the orthodox and Ethiopian churches still have valid sacraments and apostolic succession?
33:43 – What is the Catholic position on the free will of mankind?
40:03 – What is it that makes a Catholic Bible translation Catholic besides a complete canon?
44:36 – How should I approach someone who inappropriately received the Eucharist? Or should I be talking to a priest?
47:37 – Should a child be made to receive the sacrament of Confirmation when they are expressing doubts?
51:00 – If we believe that it is truly the Body and Blood of Christ, why would we believe that disease could be transported through it?
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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:
03:37 – How does the biblical timeline work with the different gospels?
13:59 – Is it okay to miss Mass if I am afraid that I will contract the corona virus?
19:03 – Is it good to watch the Mass on EWTN? Is it still beneficial, even though it’s not in person?
21:36 – Did Martin Luther suffer from scrupulosity?
28:25 – When you’re trying to decide between two good things, how do you recognize which is the right thing to do? Is one from the devil and one from God?
34:38 – How would you answer a teenager who says, “If I don’t believe in all this Catholic stuff, why do I still have to go to Church?”
41:00 – Which prayers are Catholics required to know?
44:00 – What was your reaction the Pew research poll that said most Catholics don’t believe in the True Presence? Do you think it’s accurate?
49:50 – I teach 8th grade Confirmation classes. It doesn’t seem to matter what I teach them, they don’t believe me. What can I do or say to help them to understand that I am teaching them something that is real?
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Jesus spent 40 days in the desert confronting and conquering the lies that Satan attempted to tempt him with. This Lent, we are inviting people to ask Jesus to accompany them in their desert experiences and help them identify, confront, and conquer the lies that Satan uses to hold them back. For example, “God will never forgive me.” “No one will ever love me.” “I have to be perfect.” “My needs don’t matter.”
Greg and Jacob Popcak help listeners with practical ways of entering into this Lent more fully and honestly.
Questions Covered:
13:00 – How do I stop persistent thoughts and memories of the past of bad things that I’ve done?
29:23 – During Lent, I am not very good at fasting. I see this as a self-control issue. If my mental health was better, would I be able to fast better?
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Questions Covered:
12:47 – Is it true that if you take from social security or pay into social security, are you a socialist?
18:47 – Does capitalism provide too much material wealth, thereby causing more harm than good?
29:09 – What is the main reason the Church is against socialism? Is it a plot to overthrow the family?
33:16 – What is the difference between communism, socialism, and Marxism?
43:30 – It seems like the term social justice is a bad term that refers to socialism. Is social justice being used now in the same way that Dorothy Day was using it?
52:34 – People have asked me, “Isn’t Canada socialist and they’re doing just fine?” How would I respond to that?
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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:
07:33 – I need more clarification on the theology of liberation.
18:12 – Why can’t non-Catholics receive the Eucharist even though they fully understand the concept behind it, and why do you have to go through RCIA and receive all the sacraments to be worthy of receiving the Eucharist?
33:49 – Can you clarify what is meant in Scripture when it says that “except for in sexual immorality,” divorce is not allowed? It seems like the Church doesn’t uphold that.
48:00 – Where in the Bible does it say to pray to saints? My dad is Lutheran, and we really disagree on this.
51:23 – Where does the idea come from that there is doctrine separate from the Bible?
53:26 – What was the Council of Orange?
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