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:
13:56 – What are the requirements to become a deacon, especially age requirements?
20:04 – How did you know that you were being called to the diaconate?
22:23 – What kind of education is required to become a deacon? Is being a deacon something you can do simultaneously with a career?
30:04 – I know someone whose father is a deacon. His family is struggling because they feel like they gave up their dad to the community and no longer have a father. Why is it necessary to have deacons? Couldn’t those in the laity just do the work of the deacon?
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Catholic Faith contradicts the Bible, some Protestants will say. Karlo Broussard explains that this is a challenge Catholics must answer because we accept the Bible as the Word of God. Not to worry, he also shows how such claims are wildly mistaken.
Cy: Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett your host. And part of the reason Protestantism has lasted and persists is that it poses serious intellectual challenges to the claims of the Catholic church. And an intellectual challenge deserves a well-reasoned response. Unless of course you have the power to burn peopl…
Questions Covered:
02:22 – Can you help me to understand Ezekiel 25-26? chapters
14:44 – Last hour, we had some confusion about whether Catholics can attend an RCIA class. If a Catholic wants to learn and refresh their faith, can they sign up for an RCIA course at their parish?
16:45 – What are the differences between the Protestant and Catholic Bibles?
21:50 – My wife is Catholic, and I am Methodist. I want her to come to church with me every other Sunday. Will she be meeting her Sunday obligation if she attends my church? She thinks she must go to her Mass.
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Questions Covered:
08:41 – My mom believes that abortion is a matter of conscience. She wouldn’t do it, but others can. How can I speak with her about this?
22:20 – Is it wrong the way that Christians came to North America and colonized?
28:40 – How far back does married priesthood in the eastern Catholic Church? Was there a reason that it was allowed?
43:40 – Why don’t the Roman Catholics uphold the law of Moses?
49:00 – Can someone who was a cradle Catholic take RCIA classes as an adult?
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone explains the importance of the divine liturgy and how its beauty draws us deeper into relationship with Christ.
Questions Covered:
22:13 – How do we know when we are meant to kneel or sit in the liturgy? After receiving, it seems like people sit at different times.
28:48 – Many traditional Catholics complain that the Novus Ordo is protestantized. How valid is that claim?
32:40 – What is the essential difference between the ordinary and extraordinary form? I thought they were just in different languages.
45:40 – I am now the pianist an…
