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
Senior Fellow in Ethics at the Culture of Life Foundation, RJ Snell, considers the difficult choices facing health care providers in the time of Covid-19. How can Catholic moral teaching inform these choices and ensure they are made humanely?
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I am Cy Kellett, your host. And in the midst of this Coronavirus pandemic that we are all struggling through together, first of all, many blessings to you and your family and with lots of hope that you are getting through it all right and staying close to the Lord. But as we go through thi…
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:
01:57 – Can I, as a non-Catholic, enter into communion with the Church through an SSPX parish?
06:45 – I am Protestant and have been looking into Catholicism. Where can I start really learning about Catholicism?
14:32 – Is it possible that suffering on earth can shorten or replace time in purgatory after death?
22:31 – How does it work to receive Jesus within you? What about the Holy Spirit?
34:30 – Does society influence religion? What is Catholic teaching about this?
43:55 – In the Old Testament, there seems to be a lot of polygamy? Were wives seen in a different light at that time?
50:55 – Facebook live…My Protestant family talks about the Mark of the Beast. What is the Catholic view of this in Revelation?
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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:
07:00 – Why do different rites have different bishops for the same geographical area?
14:05 – Was the crucifix made from dogwood?
16:13 – Is it inappropriate to create an image of the Jewish star and crucifix together, as a representation of Jesus’ heritage and legacy?
18:14 – Which Mary is being referred to with the alabaster box in the Scriptures?
21:39 – How can we understand the saints from the eastern orthodox church?
29:13 – How can I disprove dispensationalism? My friend believes she will be raptured up to heaven and the rest of us will be scourged.
44:07 – Can you explain the Co-Redemptrix role of Mary?
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Fr. David Meconi takes pastoral and apologetics questions from listeners.
Questions Covered:
06:00 – I recently purchased a home altar kit. We have not gotten any of it blessed. How can I bless my candles and icons, etc?
08:08 – My husband and I were married in 2001, but he left me in 2012. I have been trying to find him, but he has not given me a divorce or an annulment. I want to be a part of a third order. Can I call myself a bride of Christ?
18:16 – Why can’t the priest consecrate the bread and wine for us at home through the TV?
22:22 – How do angels and demons fight?
28:00 – Why can’t men with schizophrenia be priests?
30:43 – Can you expand on why Jesus says, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
40:50 – Why was Satan allowed to do so much to Job’s family?
45:30 – How do you explain the cardinal ranking of priests?
48:10 – I have been making rosaries. Do they need to be blessed before I send them to people?
50:56 – Is there time in purgatory?
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As we begin Holy Week, Steve Ray discusses the Cross of Christ and the figures surrounding it.
Questions Covered:
19:48 – Why did God send his Son to die and then get mad and send an earthquake when He did die?
23:34 – Did the Jews kill Jesus and did the Romans bring them in?
34:25 – Is it true that the nails would have gone through Jesus’ hands?
37:44 – Was Barnabus an eyewitness of Christ on the Cross?
46:04 – What was Jesus scourged with?
50:00 – Was it the custom for family members to be able to stand at the foot of the Cross or was this a special circumstance that Mary and the others were there?
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