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
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:
07:33 – I need more clarification on the theology of liberation.
18:12 – Why can’t non-Catholics receive the Eucharist even though they fully understand the concept behind it, and why do you have to go through RCIA and receive all the sacraments to be worthy of receiving the Eucharist?
33:49 – Can you clarify what is meant in Scripture when it says that “except for in sexual immorality,” divorce is not allowed? It seems like the Church doesn’t uphold that.
48:00 – Where in the Bible does it say to pray to saints? My dad is Lutheran, and we really disagree on this.
51:23 – Where does the idea come from that there is doctrine separate from the Bible?
53:26 – What was the Council of Orange?
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Trent Horn addresses the problems that people have with Catholic moral teaching.
Questions Covered:
13:43 – I object to the prohibition on women becoming deacons.
21:12 – I reject the celibate priesthood.
33:20 – I was a Presbyterian pastor and my wife and I are coming into the Church at the Easter vigil. Being a married pastor for 8 years really showed me the value of the priestly celibacy.
36:06 – I reject Church teaching on IVF.
45:13 – I question the Church’s restrictions on divorce.
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Questions Covered:
05:09 – I am engaged to a non-Catholic. Her biggest hold-up is that she doesn’t think Catholicism is different from all the other denominations, she thinks all the denominations made up Christianity. How can I discuss this with her?
20:31 – My wife is not Catholic. If she chooses to use birth control, is it still okay for us to be intimate?
24:45 – I’ve started reading the Bible. Doesn’t the Bible contradict itself? The gospel accounts are different. It seems like different facts are presented.
36:40 – How can we say that Muslims worship the same God as Christians when the Quran clearly says Allah clearly doesn’t have a son?
43:48 – What did the Church fathers say about the Blessed Mother?
47:00 – Why can married Protestant ministers become Catholic priests but a married Catholic man never can?
49:28 – If God knew that there was going to be so much suffering, why did he create us at all?
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Questions Covered:
02:33 – What is the Church’s stance on Matthew 23:9?
07:07 – In the Book of Acts, there are a couple instances where people were baptized only in the name of Jesus. Why is that?
11:34 – Why does God seem to favor some more than others if he is a just God?
16:00 – What should I listen to when I am in prayer?
20:18 – Can you tell what kind of Christian someone is by the Bible translation that they use?
24:26 – Does the Presbyterian church have a valid Eucharist?
32:34 – What resources are there to learn about the Catholic Church?
37:00 – Does the Church supporting pro-life activities like breast-feeding?
46:50 – I am a Catholic going to a public high school. What is the best way to charitably evangelize without being in people’s faces?
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Isn’t it a contradiction to say that Jesus is God and man at the same time? How can I believe in Jesus when the only evidence for him comes from the Bible?
Questions Covered:
14:10 – My friend says he is religious but not Catholic. How can I explain to him why being Catholic specifically is very important?
16:54 – My sister perceives Jesus as a demi-God. How can I set her straight?
28:34 – How can we know that the historicity of the gospels is accurate?
41:55 – I have an atheist friend who always criticizes God’s treatment of people in the Old Testament versus the New Testament. He doesn’t believe they are the same God. What can I say to him?
46:53 – I have a lot of atheist friends who want to separate Christianity from philosophy. How can we bring the two together?
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