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:
04:03 – How can I reply to the charge that the passage in John 10, “My sheep hear my voice…no one shall snatch them from my hand,” proves “Once saved, always saved?”
07:15 – When Jesus responds to the question “who is my neighbor” with the parable of the Good Samaritan, he seems to be saying that only one person is our neighbor; yet the Catechism says the whole world is our neighbor. How do I reconcile these?
15:21 – The Council of Trent seems to change a teaching from the Council of Constance. How and why could it do that?
20:17 – If a Pope were to commit formal heresy, would he cease to be Pope?
24:39 – What are your thoughts on the Divine Mercy Chaplet? Do any of the private revelations seem a bit far-fetched?
33:32 – Can I attend my Bible study if I’m not in a state of grace?
35:40 I saw a YouTube video that said “Pope Francis declares the devil to be God.”
44:55 – What is the Church’s stance on Islam?
48:23 – Numbers 5 seems to sanction an abortive procedure for Israel. So why can’t we have our own separate sanctions on abortion in America?
Resources mentioned:
Teaching with Authority by Jimmy Akin
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The man who wrote the book Persuasive Pro-Life gives us a primer on how to share arguments against abortion. Use these effective techniques to move yourself and others closer to the truth about tiny, little, unborn people.
Pro-life boot camp with Trent Horn right now.
Cy: Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and in studio with me today, our good friend Trent Horn, author of many things, including a book called Persuasive Pro-life. We thought with Trent, we’d take this opportunity to do a little pro-life boot camp, get the basics about how …
Questions Covered:
08:21 – I have a brother who is civilly married to a Muslim, not through the Church. Is he allowed to receive Communion?
15:14 – How do we distinguish between prayer to the saints and pray to God? How can we know which is worship and which is not?
18:17 – Is the symbol of the bent cross, like the one that JPII used to carry, a negative symbol for a Catholic to have?
22:15 – My husband has recently come back to the Catholic Church. How can I respond to him about things he’s reading about the pope and goings on in the Church that he is now really upset about?
30:40 – If there is an apparent contradiction between Sacred Scripture and Tradition, how is that solved?
34:22 – In Genesis, Adam and Eve had children, but who did their children marry?
43:20 – I have a Jehovah’s Witness coworker. We are talking about the Trinity. What can I use to explain to her the Catholic understanding of it?
48:33 – How can I explain to Protestants why Catholics believe that you can lose your salvation? Also, how can I explain confession to them if it is not in the Bible?
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Questions Covered:
03:26 – When was Moses born?
06:19 – Did Moses use hallucinogens to speak to God in the burning bush?
11:54 – I am currently a Lutheran but am contemplating the Catholic faith. Something that is holding me back is the assurance of salvation that I get in the Lutheran Church. How can I better understand this?
23:16 – Does the Catholic Church approve of a woman taking vitamins and teas to help her overcome her infertility?
28:44 – I have recently learned about humans who have two people’s DNA. Would this human being have two souls?
31:27 – I am an atheist. I am not convinced that God exists. How can God exist? If he did, he would be all loving and not allow evil in the world?
43:37 – What is the great apostasy?
48:22 – If you attend a gay wedding, are you accepting that lifestyle?
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Listeners call and share their reason for being pro-choice, whether it be in regards to abortion, end of life care, or other medical actions that affect taking a human life.
Questions Covered:
05:18 – I am pro-choice because I believe that there is not a consciousness for life in the early stages of embryonic development.
13:24 – I am pro-choice because a woman has a second amendment right to defend herself against her reproductive system.
21:53 – If a woman is raped and being pregnant will negatively affect her mental health, is an abortion acceptable? What is she feels so bad that she would possibly commit suicide?
24:09 – I am pro-choice because I think this is a religious freedom issue. I wouldn’t end a pregnancy, but I think people are only pro-life because of religion.
37:07 – I am pro-choice because if we let every person be born, there wouldn’t be enough resources to take care of them. You care about babies in the womb, but not when they are born.
52:32 – I am pro-choice in the case of taking the morning after pill within 24 hours.
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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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