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:
02:30 – I mean no disrespect with this question…. I noticed a few weeks ago that Jimmy was leaving the “g” off of words like “teachin” or “reasonin” and others. I can only assume that this is the normal dialect in Arkansas? Question. Is this change due to a conscious effort to return to his “roots” or is this an outcome of being immersed back into the Arkansas dialect through local conversations? Love Mysterious World and Cy’s awkward Dad joke sense of humor.
08:17 – In the very first Weird Questions I listened to, Jimmy answered a question asking if a man was teleported back in time to 5 BC, what obligations he would have to do in order to worship God properly. Now, let me ask the reverse of that. Suppose a man from 500BC was in stasis for thousands of years and wakes up when a group of archaeologists discover him. I imagine the option to be baptized and confirmed would be just as open to him as to any other man (provided he knows what the sacraments and the Gospel mean), but if the man were to die after his waking up in the 21st century without having done these things, what would be the state of his soul?
11:31 – We have a ghost where I work….and I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen and heard it with my own eyes. A coworker recently got a spirit box and it has picked up some interesting things but I wasn’t there when they were using it. Do those things (spirit boxes} have any legitimacy to them?
16:40 – Just wondering if you can address something that kept coming to my mind while listening to Mysterious World (AA 1025) If so thanks. My question is not directly related but it made me think about Bella Dodd and her impact related to infiltration in the church along with her conversation. I just want to hear your thoughts on this. On a side note I really enjoy your work but I particularly enjoy Mysterious World!!!
19:31 – Are there any conditions that must be met for the devil to possess someone? In Other words, are there any characteristics of a person that would need to be present in order for that person to be possessed by a demon?
28:57 – Did Jesus ever get bitten by mosquitos, ticks! Lice or other blood-feeding pests? And if so what would the implications be of these creatures potentially being the first among creation to receive the precious blood of Christ? I tend to think about this when hiking in deep quiet woods and swarmed by a fog of billions of mosquitos with nothing apparently to eat but me. Perhaps they cannot starve to death and are in a sense immortal?
33:25 – So I read a book about a guy that whenever he dies he is reborn but with all the memories of his previous lives.
My question is that if he became a priest in one of his lives would that end at his death, or would he technically still be a priest in every life after that?
35:16 – Who invented smoking? More importantly, how did people discover that inhaling burning fumes from various herbs feels good?
39:27 – Can the belief in djinn be incorporated into the Catholic worldview? And if so, how would this affect the categories of alien and demon by adding a third possible explanation of unexplained phenomenon?
44:35 – What is Baphomet?
48:45 – My son, Jonathan would like like a deep dive on Angelic swords (Genesis 3:24) Did the angels forge them? Are they still around? Did God invent swords?
51:42 – Would it be a stretch or not from a Catholic perspective to say that both Multiple Personality Disorder and Rabies are different ways in which demonic activity can manifest? I.e. The Personalities of those with MPD actually being demons in disguise waiting for the right moment to strike or rabies being a disease that could evolve into a form of demonic possession that can manifest in various animals
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Questions Covered:
04:03 – Does the trial of Pope Formosus disprove Papal Infallibility?
10:50 – Does time exist in the Church triumphant and the Church suffering as it does for the Church militant?
17:56 – How can we explain to an animal rights activist that humans have greater value and dignity?
24:36 – What’s the morality of interacting with algorithms that can influence others to encounter questionable material?
31:09 – I want to start defending the faith. How do I defend the words “Praying to” when referring to Mary?
36:42 – What is the Catholic perspective of the orthogonality thesis within general purpose intelligence research?
42:29 – In your recent debate with James White on Sola Scriptura you argued the different ways “Word of God’ was used. What resource did you use to build that argument?
46:33 – My wife and I both grew up Catholic but never got married in the Church. Do we have to get our marriage blessed by the Church? We now live like brother and sister.
51:05 – My son is in college and questioning whether God is real. How do I start a conversation with him without scaring him away?
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Questions Covered:
05:25 – How would you explain to a protestant that the reformation did more harm than good?
11:52 – How would I reply to a friend who says that a Catholic shouldn’t judge a gay relationship?
18:45 – Can I receive communion more than once a day?
20:07 – Our priest seems to rush the Mass. Is it appropriate to approach him and ask him to slow down?
29:52 – Is it good to assume that the people being addressed in Romans 10 were already baptized with great faith? Thus, faith being what was needed for salvation for them?
34:52 – My friend favors the spiritual presence view of the eucharist? How do I explain to him that this view is insufficient?
40:58 – I’m thinking of leaving the Catholic church because they won’t give the precious blood? Why am I being denied a sacrament?
43:56 – I agree with the limiting of microplastics. We need to do what we can to save God’s planet?
49:05 – Are the different Churches in the new testaments akin to what today are modern dioceses?
51:49 – In light of 2 Cor 5:20, what is a good way to evangelize senior citizens whose memory isn’t good?
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Questions Covered:
09:32 – Can you explain why all Judeo-Christian revelations come from the Middle East?
32:58 – How can Catholics believe the Saints are in heaven based on the day of judgment?
50:32 – Can you give advice on how to dialogue when they don’t accept the Sacrament?
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Questions Covered:
04:53 – How can a Catholic prophecy be wrong about the end of the world?
15:18 – Why does the Divine Mercy chaplet say, “I give you the body and blood”?
30:05 – Why do Catholics need Confession when Jesus paid the price for our sins?
40:56 – Is it possible to affect someone’s ultimate salvation?
51:58 – In what sense is Jesus God?
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