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
If anyone can be said to be the villain of the Gospels, it’s the Pharisees. Sometimes fellow Christians will label Catholics as Pharisees. So, who were they? Where did they come from? And what should we make of their interactions with Jesus?
The Pharisees get a bad rap. Do they deserve it? Up next with Jimmy Akin.
Cy: Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and the villains of the piece in the New Testament are often the Pharisees. We welcome Jimmy Akin, whose book, The Bible is a Catholic Book, covers some of what Jimmy knows about New Testament t…
Claiming friendship with God is a good way to get mocked by the “wise” of the world. But it is a central claim of Christianity. How do we make sense of it?
Cy: Is friendship with God really possible? Philosophy professor John Cuddeback next.
Hello, and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Sometimes in apologetics we might spend much of our time explaining and defending the controversial aspects of Christian life, and can maybe not get around to explaining and defending the most beautiful teachings of Christ and His Church, and those might be the very ones …
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:
00:34 – Is it okay to live in the neocatechumenal way?
05:49 – With the Lunar New Year currently being celebrated, what are your thoughts on offering incense to the dead in a Mass setting?
11:48 – Did God command the Israelites to commit genocide, especially regarding the Malachites?
19:49 – What was the role of Mary during the Passion and Crucifixion? Also, what was she doing between the Resurrection and Pentecost?
28:34 – What are your thoughts on “The Book of Truth” which are prophecies from Marie Divine Mercy? They are prophecies about the end of the world.
31:40 – I am a Protestant pastor and am going to wedding a couple. The bride is Catholic. How can I best honor her Catholic faith in this?
42:20 – When did the tradition of praying to the saints and using relics start?
49:00 – An atheist told me that the origins of Judaism is a pagan Canaanite god. Is that true? What are the origins of Judaism?
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Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic
Catholic Answers to Common Objections
The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
Living Bread (CD)
Last Call: The Catholic Teaching on Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
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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:
03:55 – What was the earliest record of the idea of the papacy?
15:06 – What does 1 Cor. 1:17 mean?
21:13 – Do you recommend the Alpha program?
29:58 – What will distinguish the final trials of the Church from the trials that the Church is currently experiencing?
37:14 – How can we be perfect like God in the way that Jesus asks us?
46:56 – Does Revelation 20:5 prove that there are two resurrections?
Book Tim to speak at your parish or next event.
Want more from Tim Staples?
Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
Jimmy Swaggart Made Me Catholic
Catholic Answers to Common Objections
The Sword of the Spirit: Defending Six Central Catholic Teachings
Living Bread (CD)
Last Call: The Catholic Teaching on Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
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The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Listen in to find out why.
Questions Covered:
09:19 – When Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, he did not use his divinity to save himself. A normal man might have died before reaching the Cross, though. Did he use his divinity to endure his suffering and stay alive until his death on the Cross?
18:32 – Thank you Dr. D’Ambrosio for “Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life” study program. I am using it in my parish!
21:55 – I challenge Dr. D’Ambrosio on his saying that Jesus did not say that he was God.
30:25 – What happens if you receive the Eucharist without going to confession?
34:04 – Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?
44:45 – How do you explain the Trinity to little kids?
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