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 Church teaches that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Listen in to find out why.
Questions Covered:
09:19 – When Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, he did not use his divinity to save himself. A normal man might have died before reaching the Cross, though. Did he use his divinity to endure his suffering and stay alive until his death on the Cross?
18:32 – Thank you Dr. D’Ambrosio for “Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life” study program. I am using it in my parish!
21:55 – I challenge Dr. D’Ambrosio on his saying that Jesus did not say that he was God.
30:25 – What happens if you receive the Eucharist without going to confession?
34:04 – Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?
44:45 – How do you explain the Trinity to little kids?
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Can spread the good news of Christ in a time of difficulty and confusion in the Church? Fr. Anthony Dorsa says yes, and helps listeners to navigate evangelization.
Questions Covered:
05:21 – Where in the Bible does it say that we should evangelize?
13:31 – How do we joyfully evangelize amid the sexual abuse crisis, scandal in the Vatican, and other concerning clerical behavior? There are many things that worry me.
23:10 – How can I respond to a Pentacostal who was Catholic that what she learned in our Church was false, not true and is still not true?
30:00 – My fiancé wasn’t baptized. We are getting married this year. She is interested in the Catholic Church. How can I explain RCIA and coming into the Church to her?
34:10 – What is the best way to evangelize an addict?
41:56 – If faith is a gift from God, does He give it to everyone, or only to some?
47:30 – How can I deal with being angry with God?
52:30 – What is the proper response to someone who reacts belligerently in response to their understanding of Scripture?
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Today is for non-Catholics to ask any question about the Catholic faith!
Questions Covered:
04:12 – I enjoy the Catholic faith until about the Middle Ages. How do you reconcile with those bad times?
13:08 – Aren’t all presbyters and bishops the same?
19:31 – I read Behold Your Mother and love it. My question is, is Eve symbolic or real? If she is symbolic, how can Mary, who is very real, be the New Eve?
28:30 – I have been receiving the Eucharist at Mass for 30 years but am a baptized Protestant. I never went through RCIA or officially became a part of the Catholic Church. Am I going to go to hell for this?
34:02 – How can Catholics believe in justification by faith and works? It seems like Catholics are less forgiving.
41:22 – If the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one person, how do you reconcile that with John 17:3?
47:56 – Can you clarify why Catholics confess their sins to a bishop when that is God’s job to forgive?
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Today is for non-Catholics to ask any question about the Catholic faith!
Questions Covered:
06:22 – I was baptized a Lutheran but want to become Catholic. Will I receive all the sacraments at Easter? Can I have the sacraments at another time of the year?
14:41 – Out of the 10 plagues, which was the most effective?
16:56 – Do Catholics believe that all animals go to heaven?
28:37 – Why is it that the Catholics place so much focus on the Virgin Mary?
36:45 – How can I better understand Romans 3 and 4? Some use these as an argument against justification. Also, If the Catholic Church is seeking unity, then why would it deny the Eucharist to non-Catholic Christians?
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Questions Covered:
03:09 – How did the Church Fathers know when to take Scripture literally and when to take it figuratively?
07:12 – Does the name “deuterocanon” mean that those books are somehow less inspired than the rest of Scripture?
11:55 – If someone gets civilly divorced and has no children, can he get an annulment and become a priest?
17:00 – Does a divorced and remarried person (without annulment) automatically go to hell if they’re still remarried when they die?
22:05 – Why do people have such big problems with Vatican II?
34:33 – Since Hebrews says “The greater blesses the lesser,” how do we understand the Psalms when they say “Bless the Lord, O my soul”?
40:08 – How do we know that the Roman Catholic Church is correct instead of the Orthodox Church?
46:03 – How do I respond to someone who says that it doesn’t matter what religion we belong to as long as we all believe in the same God?
50:23 – How can I answer the charge that the Bible says there’s no Trinity?
Resources Mentioned:
The Twentieth-Century Apologetical Rollercoaster by Jim Blackburn
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