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
Non-Catholic callers are welcome to call and ask any question about the Catholic Church.
Questions Covered:
04:08 – I was baptized as an infant and am currently in RCIA. What will happen if I die before I am confirmed?
14:28 – How do you explain the Inquisition, when Catholics were killing Protestants?
22:58 – How can God exist when there is evil and suffering in the world? God created people knowing that some will choose hell. How can this be?
37:04 – What does the Catholic Church believe that is different than Protestantism?
45:25 – My fiancé is Catholic, and I am Greek orthodox. Will we still be able to have a valid marriage?
47:54 – How can the Pope or the Church determine infallibly that a person is in heaven as a saint?
52:18 – How do plenary indulgences work?
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Non-Catholic callers are welcome to call and ask any question about the Catholic Church.
Questions Covered:
04:20 – If the papacy is not the antichrist, who or what is it?
07:33 – Did Mary have pain during childbirth? If she did, that means she was not free from original sin.
14:12 – I am attracted to the Catholic faith but I am concerned that it could be the harlot of revelation.
22:26 – Where in the Bible does it say that Catholics are supposed to go to confession to a person before receiving the Eucharist?
38:00 – I know that Catholics honor Mary, but it seems like they worship her. How do you respond to this?
46:23 – The Bible says nothing about denominations, it just says to be holy. Why do you claim that being Catholic is right?
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Questions Covered:
19:01 – Why should I believe in Christianity when the Old Testament was written 4,000 years ago and many hundreds of years elapsed before that?
35:40 – Why don’t Jews accept Jesus as the messiah and how do I answer them?
45:30 – How do I answer someone who doesn’t believe in the truth of Jesus’ claims?
50:00 – How do we communicate using reason with someone who’s really emotional about relativism?
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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:
02:25 – What form did John the Baptist use to perform his baptisms?
06:48 – What is the difference between imputed righteousness and infused righteousness?
16:44 – What evidence does the Church have for the Ascension of Mary?
22:40 – Did Mary withhold the information from family and friends that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit?
29:06 – Some people claim that Daniel 9:24-27 refers to Jesus. Is this true?
35:17 – Why do people need to be baptized? Why do Catholics have infant baptism?
44:20 – Is it true that no one truly chooses hell?
48:50 – In John 6:63, Jesus says he’s the bread of life come down from heaven, but he is not flesh at this point. How can this be?
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