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
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:
00:34 – Is it okay to live in the neocatechumenal way?
05:49 – With the Lunar New Year currently being celebrated, what are your thoughts on offering incense to the dead in a Mass setting?
11:48 – Did God command the Israelites to commit genocide, especially regarding the Malachites?
19:49 – What was the role of Mary during the Passion and Crucifixion? Also, what was she doing between the Resurrection and Pentecost?
28:34 – What are your thoughts on “The Book of Truth” which are prophecies from Marie Divine Mercy? They are prophecies about the end of the world.
31:40 – I am a Protestant pastor and am going to wedding a couple. The bride is Catholic. How can I best honor her Catholic faith in this?
42:20 – When did the tradition of praying to the saints and using relics start?
49:00 – An atheist told me that the origins of Judaism is a pagan Canaanite god. Is that true? What are the origins of Judaism?
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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:
03:55 – What was the earliest record of the idea of the papacy?
15:06 – What does 1 Cor. 1:17 mean?
21:13 – Do you recommend the Alpha program?
29:58 – What will distinguish the final trials of the Church from the trials that the Church is currently experiencing?
37:14 – How can we be perfect like God in the way that Jesus asks us?
46:56 – Does Revelation 20:5 prove that there are two resurrections?
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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The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Listen in to find out why.
Questions Covered:
09:19 – When Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, he did not use his divinity to save himself. A normal man might have died before reaching the Cross, though. Did he use his divinity to endure his suffering and stay alive until his death on the Cross?
18:32 – Thank you Dr. D’Ambrosio for “Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life” study program. I am using it in my parish!
21:55 – I challenge Dr. D’Ambrosio on his saying that Jesus did not say that he was God.
30:25 – What happens if you receive the Eucharist without going to confession?
34:04 – Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?
44:45 – How do you explain the Trinity to little kids?
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Can spread the good news of Christ in a time of difficulty and confusion in the Church? Fr. Anthony Dorsa says yes, and helps listeners to navigate evangelization.
Questions Covered:
05:21 – Where in the Bible does it say that we should evangelize?
13:31 – How do we joyfully evangelize amid the sexual abuse crisis, scandal in the Vatican, and other concerning clerical behavior? There are many things that worry me.
23:10 – How can I respond to a Pentacostal who was Catholic that what she learned in our Church was false, not true and is still not true?
30:00 – My fiancé wasn’t baptized. We are getting married this year. She is interested in the Catholic Church. How can I explain RCIA and coming into the Church to her?
34:10 – What is the best way to evangelize an addict?
41:56 – If faith is a gift from God, does He give it to everyone, or only to some?
47:30 – How can I deal with being angry with God?
52:30 – What is the proper response to someone who reacts belligerently in response to their understanding of Scripture?
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Today is for non-Catholics to ask any question about the Catholic faith!
Questions Covered:
04:12 – I enjoy the Catholic faith until about the Middle Ages. How do you reconcile with those bad times?
13:08 – Aren’t all presbyters and bishops the same?
19:31 – I read Behold Your Mother and love it. My question is, is Eve symbolic or real? If she is symbolic, how can Mary, who is very real, be the New Eve?
28:30 – I have been receiving the Eucharist at Mass for 30 years but am a baptized Protestant. I never went through RCIA or officially became a part of the Catholic Church. Am I going to go to hell for this?
34:02 – How can Catholics believe in justification by faith and works? It seems like Catholics are less forgiving.
41:22 – If the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one person, how do you reconcile that with John 17:3?
47:56 – Can you clarify why Catholics confess their sins to a bishop when that is God’s job to forgive?
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