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:
00:45 – Is in Persona Christi limited to the priest celebrating the mass or does it extend to the magisterium?
10:04 – Is there a possible connection between “calling no man father” and people in the New Testament being baptized and assigning their spirituality on those who baptized them?
17:04 – At what point is a marriage considered sacramental outside the Catholic Church?
22:33 – Why should I become Catholic if my western rite Orthodoxy is so similar without the baggage?
46:12 – My father is not a Catholic and is battling cancer. I’ve been offering holy communion for him. Is that allowed? What does the Church say about cremation?
49:59 – Should we respond with ‘because God said so’ when approaching social issues in apologetic debates?
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Questions Covered:
05:41 – Is there any problem for a Catholic to believe in Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
21:50 – Why was Jesus baptized?
34:22 – My Baptist cousin is in seminary. What good resources could I use to challenge him without being confrontational?
42:22 – You’ve mentioned that you are a fan of the synodal process. Can you express why and what the process is?
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Questions Covered:
03:02 – How is God being good in the story of the tower of Babel?
08:02 – What is the logic behind Mary’s sinlessness allowing her to freely consent to the incarnation?
18:03 – Is it alright for churches to have concerts in the actual church building?
21:49 – How can perfect contrition be mastered so that it can be had at will?
29:22 – How does full consent of the will and being culturally acceptable of a sin work together when considering something to be a mortal sin?
35:01 – What is the Church’s position on separation of church and state?
40:43 – How do we know Christian view of creation is correct?
45:36 – What is the case for the early Church being the Catholic Church?
48:40 – God asks things of all of us, why aren’t we in the same situation as Mary was?
50:33 – I live around a lot of 7th Day Adventists, and they say that you can be SDA and not have anything to do with Ellen White. How should I respond to this?
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Questions Covered:
07:30 – Does non resistant, non belief have any bearing for protestant exploring Catholicism?
19:50 – If you’re praying the rosary while doing everyday things like mowing the lawn, do those things become good works?
31:02 – I’m converting to Catholicism. I’m convinced but what if God is a fundamentalist?
41:12 – Is Quo Primum by Pope Pius V ex cathedra? Can later popes get rid of the latin mass?
50:08 – If you’ve already been consecrated to Mary, can you be consecrated to other saints or Jesus?
52:00 – If angels are morally infallible, are they also inerrant? Can they make a mistake?
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Questions Covered:
01:00 – Catholics like to try and validate the serpents claim that when you die you don’t really die. That’s how they end up teaching Mary and all the saints are not dead but in heaven.
05:46 – How should I love God and have a firm resolve especially after confession?
12:28 – When was the last time the pope spoke ex cathedra?
17:07 – Do you think it’s ok to use philosophy and theology to evaluate human evolution?
27:53 – I’m a recent revert. Why does the bible seem to suggest that Jesus is subordinate to the father?
36:39 – How are we sure the saints are in heaven if there’s a chance they went to purgatory?
46:23 – Are priests also counselors?
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