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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
07:29 – How is Christ present at Mass all over the world each Sunday?
16:35 – Why do we believe in purgatory and what is it all about?
21:12 – During Vatican II, active participation in the Mass was encouraged. What does that mean?
29:25 – What did St. Paul say about the Eucharist?
32:18 – What is a devotion to a saint or Mary?
35:47 – Is praying the rosary necessary for salvation?
42:07 – What is the source of the mystical body of Christ and how does it relate to suffering?
47:20 – How is it that Jesus dying on the Cross saved us all?
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Questions Covered:
02:49 – How can a Catholic School’s science class help the world we live in?
07:40 – Why are Catholics not allowed to get married on Easter Saturday?
13:06 – What is the Church’s teaching on NFP? Is it contraception?
18:50 – Why is a mortal sin not to go to Mass on Sundays?
21:57 – If Mary had saved a lock of Jesus’ hair, would we worship it like the Eucharist?
31:25 – Did God the Father create the universe or God the Son?
35:00 – Do teens who are not ready still receive the graces of Confirmation?
43:35 – How do I answer a 6th grader who asked why homosexuality is wrong?
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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:
04:00 – Why aren’t indulgences as pervasive now as they were before Vatican II?
09:50 – How can I talk to someone about Catholicism who is antagonistic towards the faith?
18:00 – I went to a non-Catholic wedding and the officiant said he was a templar. What could he mean?
22:00 – Is it sinful to receive Communion when you’ve arrived late to Mass?
30:15 – Why do you have to go to a priest to confess sin?
40:55 – If God loves us, why should we fear him?
45:06 – Is there any theological leeway for us to have married priests?
50:34 – Does the Bible say explicitly how the priest has the power to transform the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ?
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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:
02:20 – In Numbers 16, it says people were sent to Sheol. Were they killed or sent to Sheol?
05:40 – What should Christians do if empirical science rules against us in every instance?
13:30 – Is Matthew 19:14 not about limbo or the state of the unbaptized but instead about not teaching children about Jesus?
21:35 – Why in Genesis are some of the things that God created good and others not?
28:45 – Why is Eve’s sin called the sin of Adam?
36:30 – How are suffering and sacrifice different in the Catholic Church than in the secular world?
44:01 – Why is Jesus called the King of the Jews if Jewish people don’t believe in him? To Enya? The Bible is a Cath Book?
47:30 – How do the saints hear our prayers?
50:45 – It is okay for Catholics to use mindfulness for anxiety and depression?
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Questions Covered:
01:36 – What is the point of praying the Hail Mary prayer when you can pray the Jesus prayer?
11:12 – How do Catholics understand hell? I don’t ever hear about it in my church.
15:40 – What is the substantiation for Catholic sacred tradition and theology?
21:44 – Can the pope change Catholic doctrine?
34:22 – How can Catholics believe in purgatory?
45:43 – Are St. Paul’s letters (or other letters) infallible? How can we know?
Want more from Karlo Broussard?
Prepare the Way: Overcoming Obstacles to God, the Gospel and the Church
Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs
Why God Still Matters
The Bible Blueprint for the Priesthood
The Bible Blueprint for the Mass
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