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:
04:15 – Is it ok for me to attend a Bar Mitzvah?
06:10 – How do we know for sure that it was Samuel that the witch of Endor contacted?
12:19 – You can lose your salvation but what must happen for that to occur?
19:45 – Is the entire mass a sacrifice or just the Eucharist? Is the profession of faith essential?
24:20 – Do we as Catholics fall under any of the following categories; provisionist, open theists, Arminian? I know Calvinists use these categories.
34:41 – If God knows the future, then why does he regret making humans Gen 6:6?
44:17 – In the bible it says things like ‘ I chose you and you’re a chosen race. Why are some people chosen?
48:41 – Could you explain how we know that the saints can hear us, and why having statues doesn’t mean we worship them?
52:52 – What is the Beatific Vision?
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Questions Covered:
02:31 – My Methodist friend hasn’t been to church in a long time and doesn’t drive. How can I help her keep the Lords Day holy over the phone?
06:41 – Mark’s gospel was written first and based on Peter’s account. Are the others written based on the account of other apostles?
19:25 – How do we Catholics formulate our belief on assurance of salvation?
42:37 – What tips do you have for evangelizing one’s Baptist family?
50:15 – Does John 13:6-10 teach parental or judicial forgiveness?
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Questions Covered:
43:22 – If schism is a mortal sin, does that mean that when those schismatic churches receive communion, they are receiving it in mortal sin?
50:40 – What are your thoughts on Pope Benedict XVI’s view of Purgatory in Saved in Hope, Spe Salvi, encyclical?
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Questions Covered:
08:30 – What happens to Pontius Pilate’s wife Claudia? Did she ever convert?
12:48 – How can the Church say that there is no salvation outside the Church yet declare people saints like St. Gregory of Narek?
16:13 – How did you come to believe in the intercession of saints and confessing sins to a priest? I’m protestant and having a hard time with it
28:54 – What do you think of Catholics who say that Catholics have to support labor unions?
36:24 – What are the benefits of being Catholic as opposed to being an atheist? And Why Catholicism instead of another denomination?
43:45 – Since venial sin doesn’t send one to hell, would one still need Jesus if they’ve never committed a mortal sin?
49:38 – As a Catholic how do we respond to the Black Hebrew Israelites who assert salvation due to race or culture?
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Questions Covered:
03:44 – In the Transformers, there are a team of Constructicons where 5 robots can combine to make one giant robot. According to the official character bio, the giant robot, Devastator, has a unique consciousness that is also a composite of all 5 unique, individual robot personalities. Do you think this is a good illustration of how God works, albeit being a Quintessence as opposed to a Trinity?
08:40 – Chiropractic. Religion? New Age wooow? Scam?
13:15 – Most Christians I know would say “light as a feather, stiff as a board” is demons. Because, you know… If it’s not demons, is there a natural explanation for why it works?
16:50 – What do you think the likelihood is that we will meet beings from other realities that God created when we get to heaven? Or should we expect that this is the only reality, and the sole occupants of heaven will be from this space-time continuum?
18:23 – Why did Jesus ascend into the sky and what happened to His body? Did it disappear or do he go to other planets or outer space?
21:14 – Was it not a good idea for Johnny to take the bet with the devil in the song “Devil went down to Georgia”, given that the Church strongly encourages not conversing with the devil or demons, even though he won the bet?
24:03 – If humans evolved from different humanoid species in the past, at what point did we gain a soul?
29:07 – Why did Peter put on his clothes before jumping in the water?
31:05 – In Tobit, Archangel Raphael states that it only seemed to Tobias that he was eating, but really did not. So did Raphael atomize the food he touched when having meals with Tobias or is there another explanation?
How would someone be able to explain that Jesus really ate with his Apostles when Archangel Raphael only made it seem like it?
36:35 – I wonder is it a sin to be psychic? My grandmother was a very gifted psychic and a devout Catholic. This created some issues when she was criticized by the priest at church.
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