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
You’re not Catholic unless you believe in the papacy. Joe Heschmeyer helps us to understand why.
Questions Covered:
20:46 – I don’t believe that Peter ever was a pope. He did not have time for that. He was a martyr.
29:20 – I heard that the current Pope is not actually the pope because Pope Emeritus Benedict only resigned from being the Bishop of Rome and not from the papacy. Is this true?
32:38 – In the Scriptural passage when Jesus says to Peter, “Upon this rock, I will build my Church,” my Protestant family claims that Jesus is saying that He Himself is the rock. How can I address this?
43:11 – When did they start calling the Pope “Pope” and was Peter called this? What does Pope mean?
44:30 – How did Peter know that he was going to be a pope and leader? Did he know or was he just trying to figure it out?
48:43 – I don’t think the job of the pope is to make changes in the world, it’s just to keep doctrine the same. What do you think?
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Father Hugh Barbour explains the biblical and medieval roots of the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Is devotion to the Sacred Heart a divine response to an increasingly isolated and lonely modern world?
CK:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I am Cy Kellett, our host, and our guest is Father Hugh Barbour, Norbetine priest, former Pryor of St. Michael’s Abbey in Orange County which is building a new church. You should look it up online. Hello, Father.
FHB:
Hello. Hello.
CK:
It’s very nice to be speaking with you in June, a month of many good things inc…
Non-Catholics are welcome to call in with their questions about the Catholic Church today.
Questions Covered:
05:28 – Why do Catholics evangelize Protestants more than non-Christians?
28:44 – Why does the Catholic Church teach that Mary is without sin?
36:37 – I read your book, Behold Your Mother. It made me think that Mary is much more important than I was led to believe. Why would Mary want to listen to all our prayers? I just don’t understand that.
48:00 – Why does the Catholic Church teach that gay couples are part of the culture of death?
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Non-Catholics are welcome to call in with their questions about the Catholic Church today.
Questions Covered:
11:56 – How do you know what the Canon of Scripture is? How do you know what the true Church is?
21:09 – Why do Catholics believe that they must go to a priest to confess their sins? Scripture says to go straight to God.
28:53 – Is it a sin to become intoxicated?
33:40 – How can Catholic authority reduce uncertainty in moral questions?
43:24 – What are the best first steps if I was considering becoming Catholic?
53:00 – Why is the Judo-Canon considered Scripture when it doesn’t point to Jesus?
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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:
02:45 – Will the Knights of Columbus be able to defend their name following the desecration of many statues of Columbus around the country? How?
10:49 – Why do I need annulment before remarrying?
21:13 – I have trouble fully agreeing with the Church’s teaching on abortion. Can I be in full communion with the Catholic Church?
32:22 – Must a person have faith and works to gain eternal life?
42:49 – I am starting to read the Bible. Which Gospel should I start reading and which is the best translation to read?
50:21 – If I go to confession and confess my sins, receive and complete my penance, will I still have to pay for that sin later when I die?
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