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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
15:50 – How does a man separate worry from his duty as a husband and father?
19:40 – What scripture can I meditate on to ease my guilt of leaving a job that is in desperate need?
30:00 – What are your thoughts on Phil. 4:6 saying not to worry. What do you think of false guilt?
36:13 – How can we find peace when our children and grandchildren don’t practice the faith anymore?
42:50 – Had a moment where a work situation stole my joy and peace. Offered it up through Mass but still had to deal with it afterwards. Besides trying to trust and continuing to “offer it up”, what can I do to not worry and trust Jesus more?
47:57 – I was diagnosed with chronic anxiety. I need help and answers.
50:50 – I am currently working to be a certified spiritual director. What piece of advice for someone who suffers from severe panic attacks?
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Questions Covered:
09:17 – How did Protestant lose the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception?
16:17 – What is the status of the devotion of Jesus King of all nations?
20:16 – How would you word the Divine Simplicity of God not having a body without it becoming a heretic?
29:38 – What proof do we have that the Catholic church was founded by Christ?
36:30 – Having a hard time understanding why Mary is immaculately conceived but no else?
46:17 – The Pope and Trump have differing views on building a wall, who am I supposed to believe?
50:11 – how did protestants go from the catholic belief that faith without works is dead to faith alone?
52:00 – in a protestant bible study who is going to argue with her about confession… why do we have to confess to a priest?
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Questions Covered:
04:54 – Why did the Jews of Jesus’s day believe in the power of Satan to drive out demons?
15:20 – How do we evangelize people who are uncomfortable hearing about God?
22:14 – On Christmas Eve, the 50th Jubilee begins. If I can’t get to Rome, how can I observe the Jubilee?
48:40 – Did Jesus or the Apostle kneel before statues or pray to Saints?
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Questions Covered:
01:15 – Hi Jimmy! What does a real Paranormal investigator do and what methods do they use compared to all “ghost hunter” sensationalist types out there? I’ve had a couple of genuine experiences myself and I don’t fall for the bogus methods (spirit boxes. SLS cameras) out there. I’m Catholic (and certainly don’t think “everything is demons”) and I don’t believe nonsense like tarot or go looking for these encounters. Just curious if there’s any real scientific research in this area. Thanks!
13:45 – In light of recent studies on psychedelics such as psilocybin or DMT being an effective treatment for depression, PTSD, and smoking cessation, how can Catholics understand this and how does it apply to paragraph CCC 2291?
20:40 – What are your thoughts on reverse speech?
30:30 – What is the church’s teaching on usury? On economic injustice?
33:43 – I’m pregnant with my first child. When I receive the Eucharist, does my baby also receive?
35:27 – What I get from the online discourse is that the only mood for mass is reverence. I get that this is because of the sacrifice of Christ at the cross. But then, why can’t I feel joy or excitement? Or if I can, when is it appropriate to show it and how? Also, some resources for learning about liturgy would be nice.
42:45 – If God picks your time of death, wouldn’t this mean he could choose if you go to heaven or hell? Because your will might be at point A towards God and at point B against God
48:58 – If a person is prayed for that may already be in heaven, can those prayers help other family members or someone else who might be in need of those prayers?
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Questions Covered:
03:33 – What are your thoughts on determinism and free will, can they be combined?
7:20 – How does God know he’s not a brain in a vat?
08:14 – My 5-year-old asked “Did Jesus’ death on the cross make God the Father sad?”
12:44 – Where does the idea of “the rapture” come from? I’ve heard that it isn’t actually biblical, but pop culture and many Protestants would claim otherwise.
19:30 – I am a later in life convert and I did not baptize my two now young adult children as infants. Is it possible to conditionally baptize them due to their other parent preventing their baptisms? The situation they are in is not typical I gave birth to them within a same sex marriage prior to conversion and then I was radically converted. The same sex marriage ended 10 years ago I am now married to a man in the Catholic Church. Neither of the children desire to attend Catechism classes and my son is 17 and my daughter is 20. I pray a Novena daily for Baptism for them to occur. It’s the Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena asking for her prayers for my children. Thank you Jimmy and God bless you.
21:47 – Hello Jimmy, i am Catholic from Africa how can I help people around me who refuse to be Christian or Catholic saying it is because it is an invention to keep Africa poor calling it « the white man’s religion »
28:40 – Hi Jimmy, someone had asked if there would be bacteria in Heaven and you said it’s possible if God allows us to eat and Heaven is like a big banquet with the saints. So if we eat in Heaven does that mean there’s death in Heaven since things would have to die for us to eat it?
36:44 – What would the Church do to celebrate the Eucharist in the event of a blight that killed all wheat on the planet?
42:41 – How should Christians understand these words of Jesus: “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Doesn’t this mean the Law of Moses still applies to Christians?
46:30 – In a previous AMA, you said in response to someone’s question that if a person were assimilated by the Borg, the state of their soul adjacent to confession would remain unchanged. If someone were assimilated, could they conceivably receive anointing of the sick?
47:55 – To what extent can a priest alter the words of the mass? For example, a priest at a chapel I go to says “This is Jesus, the Lamb of God” instead of “Behold the Lamb of God”, which I think is quite beautiful, but I am unsure if it’s correct.
49:17 – Doesn’t the act of naming someone a pope fit the definition of a sacrament? It’s 1-a rite 2-Instituted by Jesus (Matthew 16) 3-to convey grace (infallibility)
52:59 – Are orthodox bishops and old catholic bishops and sedevacantist bishops real bishops?
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