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
Jesus spent 40 days in the desert confronting and conquering the lies that Satan attempted to tempt him with. This Lent, we are inviting people to ask Jesus to accompany them in their desert experiences and help them identify, confront, and conquer the lies that Satan uses to hold them back. For example, “God will never forgive me.” “No one will ever love me.” “I have to be perfect.” “My needs don’t matter.”
Greg and Jacob Popcak help listeners with practical ways of entering into this Lent more fully and honestly.
Questions Covered:
13:00 – How do I stop persistent thoughts and memories of the past of bad things that I’ve done?
29:23 – During Lent, I am not very good at fasting. I see this as a self-control issue. If my mental health was better, would I be able to fast better?
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Questions Covered:
12:47 – Is it true that if you take from social security or pay into social security, are you a socialist?
18:47 – Does capitalism provide too much material wealth, thereby causing more harm than good?
29:09 – What is the main reason the Church is against socialism? Is it a plot to overthrow the family?
33:16 – What is the difference between communism, socialism, and Marxism?
43:30 – It seems like the term social justice is a bad term that refers to socialism. Is social justice being used now in the same way that Dorothy Day was using it?
52:34 – People have asked me, “Isn’t Canada socialist and they’re doing just fine?” How would I respond to that?
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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:
07:33 – I need more clarification on the theology of liberation.
18:12 – Why can’t non-Catholics receive the Eucharist even though they fully understand the concept behind it, and why do you have to go through RCIA and receive all the sacraments to be worthy of receiving the Eucharist?
33:49 – Can you clarify what is meant in Scripture when it says that “except for in sexual immorality,” divorce is not allowed? It seems like the Church doesn’t uphold that.
48:00 – Where in the Bible does it say to pray to saints? My dad is Lutheran, and we really disagree on this.
51:23 – Where does the idea come from that there is doctrine separate from the Bible?
53:26 – What was the Council of Orange?
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The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church
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Trent Horn addresses the problems that people have with Catholic moral teaching.
Questions Covered:
13:43 – I object to the prohibition on women becoming deacons.
21:12 – I reject the celibate priesthood.
33:20 – I was a Presbyterian pastor and my wife and I are coming into the Church at the Easter vigil. Being a married pastor for 8 years really showed me the value of the priestly celibacy.
36:06 – I reject Church teaching on IVF.
45:13 – I question the Church’s restrictions on divorce.
Book Trent to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Trent Horn?
Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues
Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, And Love
Persuasive Pro-Life: How to Talk About Our Culture’s Toughest Issue
Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity
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Questions Covered:
05:09 – I am engaged to a non-Catholic. Her biggest hold-up is that she doesn’t think Catholicism is different from all the other denominations, she thinks all the denominations made up Christianity. How can I discuss this with her?
20:31 – My wife is not Catholic. If she chooses to use birth control, is it still okay for us to be intimate?
24:45 – I’ve started reading the Bible. Doesn’t the Bible contradict itself? The gospel accounts are different. It seems like different facts are presented.
36:40 – How can we say that Muslims worship the same God as Christians when the Quran clearly says Allah clearly doesn’t have a son?
43:48 – What did the Church fathers say about the Blessed Mother?
47:00 – Why can married Protestant ministers become Catholic priests but a married Catholic man never can?
49:28 – If God knew that there was going to be so much suffering, why did he create us at all?
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