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 believe about death, heaven, hell, and purgatory? Find out here, with Catholic Answers apologist, Karlo Broussard.
Questions Covered:
05:04 – How can we reconcile the fact that God says he knew us before he knit us in our mother’s womb and the Catholic teaching that a soul comes into existence at conception?
14:03 – I have heard before that when Jesus died, he descended to the dead. Where did he go to retrieve the dead?
18:34 – Will we have free will at the Last Judgement?
29:34 – I know it is ultimately our decision whether we go to heaven or hell. Wouldn’t it be better for us not to have free will so we can all be in heaven?
45:07 – Is Judas in hell? What does the Catholic Church say about this?
52:25 – Is purgatory more like heaven or hell? If our loved ones go to hell, how can heaven truly be paradise for us?
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What do Catholics believe about death, heaven, hell, and purgatory? Find out here, with Catholic Answers apologist, Karlo Broussard.
Questions Covered:
13:23 – Why did Jesus tell Mary M not to touch him but told her to go tell the apostles that He is risen?
17:23 – Where is purgatory mentioned in the Bible?
31:11 – My parents both died in February. Is the promise that a person wearing their scapular goes to heaven?
38:27 – Do we exist in heaven before we are born?
43:30 – When we die, are we going to experience the Resurrection immediately?
51:28 – Where do babies go if they die before they are baptized?
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“The tradition of the Church has always upheld, in spite of minimizing responses to this question that one might come across, that our Lord appeared to his mother in his resurrection. It almost goes without saying, because of course she is the place and the person of his incarnation and the annunciation. And she stood at and she initiated his ministry with the wedding at Cana and the miracle at Cana, which she works in view of his hour, which he seems to be hastening in response to her request.
“And then she’s standing at the foot of the cross and then she’s at Pentecos…
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:
10:34 – There is a group that says that the devil is more afraid of Mary than of Jesus Christ. Isn’t this blasphemy?
15:14 – It seems like at times men in Scripture need to be commissioned by Christ to cast out demons, but Jesus also says, whoever is not against me is for me. How can we reconcile these two positions?
21:58 – How can people justify entertaining the idea of women priests?
29:06 – A family member told me she had a vision that I was going to have a baby and that she had seen the baby. She practices necromancy and other things. How can I speak to her about this?
34:46 – How can we worship in truth instead of going to Church during this time?
40:07 – How can we consider Methodists to be Christian, considering that they openly support abortion and gay marriage?
46:40 – Usually a single host is used at the altar table, but many hosts are taken from the tabernacle for Holy Communion. How are there so many consecrated hosts in the tabernacle?
49:47 – If one says multiple rosaries in a day, must one do the beginning and ending prayers each time?
Resources Mentioned:
Holiness at Home
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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:
07:35 – What is the justification of Holy Days?
17:10 – Is there a difference in Scripture between using the word “rend” versus “tear”?
20:18 – Chris Check did a fabulous job speaking about Lepanto. How do we speak so well about the Catholic Church with confidence?
33:05 – What is the difference between blessings and graces?
36:52 – My wife is Protestant and she does not understand the intricacies of the Catholic Church. How can I explain to her the many traditions of the Church, like burning incense, the priest speaking prayers under his breath?
47:18 – Vatican I Session 2: 6 January 1870 Profession of faith quote, “This true Catholic faith, outside of which none can be saved…” Does the Church still hold that Protestants are not saved?
Resources Mentioned:
How Catholics Can Re-evangelize Our World with Steve Ray
Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, And Love by Trent Horn
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