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
Questions Covered:
01:00 – What evidence do we truly have for a human soul?
06:36 – Can you point to evidence or the deuterocanonical books in the New Testament or the early church?
14:32 – Why didn’t Psalm 151, Maccabees 3 & 4, Book of Susana make the cut?
18:12 – What do the different colors of the scapular mean?
22:08 – Can you disagree with the Church if you don’t promulgate it?
29:10 – When did the Church start baptizing by sprinkling?
42:23 – What is grace? How is it imparted?
46:32 – How do we justify killing non-combatant innocent civilians in a war? How does that fit into Just War Theory?
52:10 – Has everything before Rev. 20:7 have already taken place?
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Questions Covered:
02:30 – Can Christ be present in the eucharist at a protestant church?
13:34 – How do I biblically prove that Adam’s sin ended with potential eternal damnation?
20:20 – How can I respond to Jehovah Witnesses objections to the Catholic faith?
31:12 – Do you need to repent to be baptized?
38:02 – Why are marriages given more scrutiny in an annulment proceeding than in Pre-Cana?
46:33 – Why Does Hebrew say that Jesus was made perfect?
50:18 – Can we view Adam and Eve as a Platonic ideal?
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Questions Covered:
05:34 – Catholics believe one is divinized and protestants believe you are imputed for righteousness. However, when Pentecostals talk about sanctification, aren’t they talking more about divinization?
20:52 – Why do they say Jesus is God? How do I explain it to my 30-year-old unbaptized son?
30:09 – What would be a Catholic response to the protestant question, are you a good person?
36:27 – Were the apostles originally considered bishops? Was Peter also considered a bishop?
43:59 – If you sin now does that continually add to the suffering of Jesus on the cross?
48:18 – I have a funeral mass to go to tomorrow, would that satisfy the first Friday devotion?
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Questions Covered:
02:35 – Is James Sterba’s moral evil principle sound?
05:31 – While Jesus was alive was he aware of his destiny and did he orchestrate the events of the New Testament?
07:09 – Is it possible for demons to manipulate algorithms?
14:07 – Could you explain the teaching on the couple giving each other the sacrament of marriage and not the priest. How does that compare to the Orthodox teaching?
19:12 – Can you talk about Pseudo-scientific theory of ancient civilizations like Atlantis? How do we square that with Adam and Eve?
23:21 – In Mark Where Jesus talks about the second coming he mentions that “this generation will not pass away before these events take place.” But that didn’t happen. Can you explain?
28:45 – Is the Holy Spirit only with us when we’re persecuted?
35:19 – If there is such a lack of information about Joseph in the bible, where do we get our information about him?
40:44 – I know the Church is against assisted suicide. I need clarification. I’ve hard physical and mental conditions and I’m exhausted. How do I work with God in these final years?
49:05 – What’s the correct defense for the existence of the priesthood? Is it a good defense to use the argument that the term comes from the word Presbiteros?
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Questions Covered:
05:11 – I’ve heard that we are to reverence the altar in the Church rather than genuflect to Jesus in the tabernacle. Is that true?
12:48 – How can Mary be sinless in light of Romans 3:23-24 which says all men have sinned?
18:14 – Is Mary an angel of light?
22:24 – My mom suggested I set a reminder to get to bed on time. I forgot and didn’t do it, and stayed up too late. Was that a violation of the 5th commandment?
32:30 – It seems like we Catholics focus on just getting to Heaven rather than preaching the kingdom of God. What are some practical things we can do to build God’s kingdom?
42:50 – Can you set me straight on all the James’ in the New Testament? There’s so many I can’t keep them straight. And which one wrote the book of James?
48:07 – When we receive Communion, do we receive Jesus’ presence and do we become living tabernacles?
50:03 – What does the Church say about the status of Medjugorje?
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