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
What do Catholics teach about life after death? Listen in to hear Karlo Broussard explain Catholic belief in purgatory, heaven, and hell.
Questions Covered:
07:04 – What does the Church teach about life after death? Is there a purgatory? It seems like this belief is changing.
23:13 – What is the difference in value between a Protestant funeral and a Catholic one?
31:35 – Why would someone have to go to purgatory? Could someone be exempt from going?
42:30 – Do we have our resurrected bodies in purgatory?
44:30 – If people die and go to hell, will they be able to r…
Jason Evert explains why chastity, living in a way that respects the sexuality is necessary for people in every vocation and stage of life.
All the baptized are called to chastity. The Christian has “put on Christ,” the model for
all chastity. All Christ’s faithful are called to lead a chaste life in keeping with their
particular states of life. At the moment of his Baptism, the Christian is pledged to lead
his affective life in chastity. (CCC, #2348)
Chastity includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is a training in human freedom.
The alternative is clear: either man governs his passi…
Trent Horn’s new book explores the many ways Christ is falsely presented. He discusses these “counterfeit Christs” and why the real Christ is so much better.
Cy Kellett: Hello, welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. We continue this week with our conversation with Trent Horn, the author of the brand new book, Counterfeit Christs: Finding the Real Jesus Among the Impostors. It is out now from Catholic Answers Press. You can get it at Catholic.com.
Cy Kellett: Trent, last time we talked a little bit about prosperity Jesus, the prosperity preacher as a counterfeit Christ, we talked…
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:
01:55 – What do we know about Joseph’s parents?
06:37 – What were the Jewish burial customs?
18:00 – How do we explain John 6:63 considering the rest of the bread of life discourse?
28:33 – In the Litany of St. Joseph, he is referred to as the “terror of demons.” What qualifies this title?
32:44 – Does God love everybody, all the time, u…
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:
06:17 – What is your take on 1 Corinthians 5:12? What does Paul mean when he says not to judge outsiders?
12:24 – My friend asked me why the scandal is being covered up in the Catholic Church. How could I best respond to her?
19:35 – Is Mary Magdalene the same Mary who is the sister of Martha and Lazarus? Is there salvation outside of the Catholic …
