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:
04:38 – Was the material universe always supposed to be temporary?
16:28 – What does the verse that says Jesus is first born of all creation mean?
19:35 – What qualities do women lack that disqualifies them from being priests?
22:54 – Why in some places do they stand after the consecration before the great amen. What do bishops have to do to get those changes approved?
39:57 – Does God still chastise people for their sins on this earth like He did in the old Testament?
45:47 – What’s the difference between a Plenary indulgence earned during the day and one which is earned at the moment of death?
49:51 – What is a general confession?
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Questions Covered:
04:05 – Can we ethically download software that is no longer sold?
12:45 – How do the motives of credibility that the bible is from an omnipotent being rather than an angel?
29:05 – I had a bad experience in confession where the priest was sharing bad theology. What should I do?
41:52 – I grew up Chaldean Catholic. Is it idolatry to pray to the saints? Do we need to pray to them and what benefit is there?
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Questions Covered:
03:30 – Why can only a priest consecrate the Eucharist if anyone can baptize with the right intention?
06:38 – How much of saintly intercession would apply to old testament figures?
13:41 – Is there a connection between Jesus entering into hades to retrieve the souls and the Catholic understanding of Purgatory?
17:13 – Regarding Isaiah 53:4, the story of a suffering servant. It says that the servant smitten is by God. How do we as Catholics understand this?
22:19 – Is there some way to determine if someone is in a state of grace?
30:01 – Was Judas ever given the grace to be saved or was he doomed to fail?
35:12 – I just became Catholic. My biggest issue was infant baptism. What am I supposed to say to my children if they grow up and question me why i didn’t give them a choice?
37:24 – Does God love some more than others?
41:43 – The Eucharist liturgy doesn’t make sense, especially transubstantiation.
45:34 – The Church claims infallibility but why should we believe the rest of the teachings that aren’t declared infallibly?
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Questions Covered:
03:11 – How do I make sense of 1 Corinth 11:5 on the topic of head coverings?
16:01 – How do I respond to someone who says they don’t adhere to the biblical interpretation of condemning homosexuality because times have changed?
20:55 – With Mary being called woman and the woman at the well being called woman, what’s the distinction in Jesus calling them both by the same title?
28:50 – Can you clarify and navigate the stern and loose interpretations of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus? What’s the clear correct understanding?
36:45 – If Catholics take John 6 literally, how can we call Protestants our separated brothers and sisters since they “have no life in them?”
43:47 – What’s the role of Mary in the Church? Is she being worshiped?
48:00 – I’m a convert. Is Mary the dispenser of all graces? How can all the saints hear all of our prayers?
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Questions Covered:
02:22 – I have discussed the doctrine of whether or not the pope had supremacy, and whilst I quote church fathers, he states other who are against papal supremacy. Why don’t the church fathers agree?
08:08 – for a new convert from southern Baptist domination, should I be concerned my baptism is invalid because my pastor likely did not have the intent needed as stated in the catechism
14:23 – How can I put Leviticus in the most positive light for believing Christians that aren’t particularly sophisticated in their theology?
20:10 – How to convince Protestants of Marian doctrine?
28:57 – Why do we call Mary, Jesus, Moses, ect. just by their names, instead of St. Mary, St. Jesus, ect. ?
32:45 I just need help understanding the trinity. The more I learn, the more I think I don’t know.
35:50 – I’m trying to understand the Church’s Treasury of Merits? what exactly is it and how does it work with Purgatory?
42:10 – why are only the successors of Peter important and not the other apostles? When Peter died was the apostle John subject to his successor or did John hold more authority? Peace
47:21 – Is the SSPX in full communion with the Church?
49:45 – Is belief that elves exist compatible with catholicism? What is the strongest point against the idea of sola scriptura, or that every teaching must be found in the Bible?
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