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
The Catholic devotion to relics is, for some, an embarrassment and an echo of pagan practices. Father Hugh Barbour explains what’s going on with this ancient Christian practice and why it is perfectly consistent with the teachings of Christ and the Apostles.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and maybe one of the things that we Catholics come into some criticism for, not maybe, we definitely come into some criticism for our attachment to relics. We’ll defend relics a little bit in this episode and here to do that is our good f…
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:
01:47 – Why would God create the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden if Adam and Eve were not meant to eat from it?
07:59 – Is it true to say that God the Father was born of Mary?
13:21 – Why is the Assumption of Mary a dogma?
21:36 – Is suffering required in order to attain heaven? If so, how could God be loving to require such a thing?
33:49 – Did the Father beget the Son through knowledge?
39:55 – What evidence is there for the Immaculate Conception?
48:40 – How do I navigate a family relationship with someone who is flirting with the occult?
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The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
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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:
02:32 – Why isn’t purgatory defined dogmatically?
07:21 – Is there a ban on yoga by the Church? Is the Magisterium the law of the Church or the Bible?
15:13 – Is embryo research ethical?
21:35 – Is the ordinary form of the Mass valid? Some traditional Catholics have told me it is not.
35:55 – My Methodist friends asked me if I could be a godparent for their baby. Can I accept?
46:50 – Why did Jesus tell Mary that it was “not his time” at the wedding at Cana?
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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Questions Covered:
02:34 – Should we literally interpret Genesis? Must all Catholics believe in the literal interpretation of Genesis?
08:50 – In Psalm 95, it discusses the “great King over all the gods.” Why does it say this? There is only one God.
18:00 – When Pontius Pilate washed his hands of Jesus’ fate, was he cleared of guilt or responsibility?
19:19 – Prior to the modern-day scholars and apart from Origen, where do we ever see the connection made between Isaiah 22 and Matthew 16?
22:00 – The Bible says that the Jews are the chosen people and Muslims, Jews, and Christians all worship the same God. Scripture also requires us to eat Jesus’ Body and Blood. How do we square these things?
29:00 – What was there no affirmation of the books of the Bible during the earlier councils of the Church?
33:11 – What is the purpose of the Old Testament law?
36:35 – Thank you for your new book. Can you help me to understand the Catholic perspective of James 2:24?
44:55 – Does Scripture teach us what heaven and eternity will be like?
49:37 – What does Luke 23:28-32 mean?
52:47 – What is your opinion on the Living Bible translation, Catholic edition?
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Questions Covered:
05:39 – Have we found any of the apocalypse of Noah?
12:43 – Is it true that the Gnostic gospels teach that the world was created out of evil?
28:46 – Is the New Testament teaching us to look forward to the Second Coming?
33:30 – In the Bible does it say if Satan will be destroyed at the end of the world?
35:00 – After Jesus’ coming, was Cain saved or was he one of the few who was not?
40:00 – In Luke 1:47, Mary says, “My Lord and my Savior.” Why does she need a Savior if she is free from sin?
44:10 – How should we interpret Matthew 5:29?
50:18 – The reading from 1 Kings today at Mass was confusing because it says the Ark only had the 10 Commandments inside. What happened to Aaron’s staff and the stored manna?
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