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
Is the Bible a collection of letters? To whom were the letters sent? Did the ancient world have a mail system? Listen in to hear Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss ancient letters and their importance in Scripture.
Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and I really have been enjoying doing these history podcasts with Jimmy Akin, so we get an opportunity to do another one today. Jimmy Akin is senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, the author of many books including two brand new 20 Answers books, one on Protestantism and one on the …
Why do Catholics pray to Mary and the saints? 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:
05:21 – Is Matthew 1:23 a mistranslation of the original Hebrew text?
16:39 – Why do Catholics pray to Mary and the saints? I thought the only person who can answer prayers is God.
30:20 – Was it odd that Jesus chose a favorite and had a beloved disciple?
45:54 – Jesus exorcised demons and sen…
Who is the beloved disciple? How can I speak to my friends about Sola Scriptura? 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:
05:20 – Is a confession still valid if the priest rushes you or misspeaks the words of absolution?
19:27 – I was having a discussion with an Anglican friend. He asked if Marian devotion was necessary to salvation. How do I reply?
28:34 – Who is the beloved disciple? …
Questions Covered:
07:48 – People tell me that they’re not religious because of the scandals in the Church and because they think they can do it on their own. How can I respond to this?
22:16 – I know a lot of people who are leaving the Church. One girl told me that she left because she gets freedom outside of the Church. How can I respond?
28:45 – How can I help a non-religious person who sees me living out my faith, but thinks it is not for them? Perhaps too challenging or out of character.
35:04 – My sister says that the Catholic Church is not for her because th…
Questions Covered:
07:18 – I am not religious because religion can’t definitively prove their deities exist and they all have this mystic quality to them that I can’t believe.
17:26 – I’ve stopped being religious because I had an abortion a long time ago and I was told that my child was in limbo. I can’t believe in a religion that says that.
30:36 – I believe that the concept of worship is an immoral position to hold. I think religion teaches people to look to a leader to save them rather than looking to themselves to do what they ought.
51:50 – How can we respond…
