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:
05:43 – Is baptism by immersion necessary? Ezekiel makes it sound like it is not.
16:58 – How can you believe in purgatory? It would make it seem like Christ’s death on the cross was not sufficient.
36:24 – When the priest elevates the host and the altar server lifts the priest’s chasuble, what does that mean?
46:00 – Is there valid baptism in Protestant churches?
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Questions Covered:
09:21 – I went to confession and the priest would not absolve me. I went to a different priest who did absolve me of my sins. Is it wrong for me to have gone to a different priest?
22:47 – Are canons 68-70 at the fourth Lateran council dogmatic? They concern the treatment of Jewish people.
37:05 – How are we meant to make the sign of the cross? Do we use our whole hand or a few fingers?
46:25 – I attend a Lutheran church, but I believe in the Real Presence. Am I receiving the true Body and Blood of Christ?
53:15 – What is the Catholic Churc…
Questions Covered:
05:30 – Why do Catholics think that prayer can do anything at all? Why do Catholics think the Bible is the inspired Word of God?
18:32 – Do lay Eucharistic ministers need special permission from the Bishop to minister communion?
34:37 – Is a lay baptism as a baptism performed in the Church?
39:12 – Is there any Scriptural evidence for infant baptism?
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Questions Covered:
05:55 – Why do Catholics believe in purgatory when there is no biblical basis for it?
16:25 – Why does the Catholic Church allow a divorced person to receive Communion, but not after they get remarried? Why do they need an annulment?
35:30 – How can I speak with non-Catholics who claim that the truth cannot be found through reason? How can I find the truth with them when they think the truth is relative?
46:29 – Are there any sacraments that non-Catholics can receive, like Anointing of the Sick or Confession?
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How can the Catholic Church teach that the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Jesus when Jesus refers to his so-called blood as the “fruit of the vine”? And how can the Catholic Church teach that Mary was immaculately conceived when she calls God her “Savior” in Luke 1:47?
Cy: Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and we continue our conversation with Karlo Broussard, the author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge: How to Answer 50 Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs. Hello again Karlo.
Karlo: Hey Cy.
Cy: And I’ll just sum it up r…
