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:
20:58 – I am an agnostic. Why do you believe in God?
33:18 – Why do you believe that we must give to the poor?
45:10 – How can we distinguish between the mind, body, and soul? How can I explain to my teens that they are not simply mind and body, but souls, as well?
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Jimmy Akin joins us and we gave him two simple tasks—explain the Kalam Cosmological Argument and tell us whether it proves that God exists. Jimmy obliged.
Cy Kellett:
Does the Kalam cosmological argument prove God exists? Jimmy Akin explains. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. The Kalam argument has become very popular in recent decades, actually after some neglect. It has done so as you’ll hear in this podcast because it’s been promoted by a certain apologist, part…
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:
01:45 – What is required for a priest to leave the priesthood to get married?
05:30 – How do we react to the YouTube evangelists who are spouting hellfire and brimstone, and very anti-Catholic?
15:27 – How can I find hope in my life?
23:28 – What does chastity in marriage mean?
41:00 – Does predestination take away from free will? Is it possible that predestination is real?
49:00 – The USCCB’s document on voting is confusing. Can you help clarify what they say there about abortion?
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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:
09:24 – What will happen during the three days of darkness? What would happen to animals during that time?
17:23 – How does the Catholic Church interpret the book of Revelation? I am a Protestant.
29:07 – What are the attributes of God? Where can I learn more about them?
34:30 – When a person is born, do they automatically know right from wrong or are morals learned?
45:13 – If you weren’t an exemplary son for your parents, can praying for their souls now that they’re deceased gain some leniency after death?
47:18 – Can we prove the existence of hell?
52:01 – Does Jesus love Satan?
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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Non-Catholics call with their questions.
Questions Covered:
01:18 – When we get to heaven, will we be able to see the whole history of the Church?
06:29 – Can you explain absolute divine simplicity?
18:06 – Why isn’t speaking in tongues allowed in the Catholic Church?
29:00 – I was baptized yesterday in the Catholic Church but don’t know if it’s valid. He said, “I baptize you quickly in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Is it valid?
32:33 – If God sees all and Jesus is the mediator, why ask the Pope for forgiveness?
48:23 – Earlier you said, God is not in parts, but there is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How do you reconcile that?
50:37 – Does the Catholic Church believe that Jesus is the son of God or a prophet?
51:42 – The history channel had on a friar who said that God was going to destroy the world in the first century, but Jesus stopped that plan and started salvation history. Is that true?
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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