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
Marriage has been redefined by the state, but was there ever a precise definition of marriage? Could reason lead us to such a definition? And who is the competent authority to decide these things?
Cy: Hello and welcome again to Catholic Answers Focus. I am Cy Kellett, your host, and I wonder, can you explain marriage? It’s not unusual today to be asked for your definition of marriage, what makes a marriage a marriage, why do you think that that’s what marriage is? It’s a bit like being asked to define truth or goodness. It’s so fundamental that precise definitions are …
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:
04:33 – What is the official Church teaching on cursing?
18:31 – What does the Church teach on the salvation of Jews?
24:29 – What is the Catholic definition of “saved”?
28:17 – What is the difference between a pastoral teaching and a Church discipline?
34:46 – Was Psalm 122 written by David? Were crucifixions already done at that …
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:
03:28 – What do you think of pre-tribulation rapture theology?
08:47 – What historically happened in the second century in the Church? It seems like the Church Fathers letters become much longer. Was there a reason for this?
17:11 – What are the reasons that Protestantism is false?
22:39 – How did Jesus not know when the end of time would …
Questions Covered:
06:44 – What is the Catholic opinion of Smith Wigglesworth? Apparently, he rose people from the dead.
17:27 – In John 16, Jesus refers to the Spirit “taking” from him. What could this mean?
22:23 – Colossians 2 seems to be against penitential actions like fasting. Is this true? If so, how does this affect us?
28:28 – Was there any standard canon for the Syriac Christians before the decision of Pope Damasus to establish the canon that we have today?
35:08 – Can we interpret the story of Nicodemus as a reason for being born again?
44:35 R…
How can we know that Mary is the “new Eve”? Gary Michuta explains the Marian doctrines and dogmas.
Questions Covered:
21:51 – If Mary was born without sin, then we know it is possible. Why didn’t God just create us all without sin?
26:16 – If Mary is the new Eve, the mother of the Church, do Jewish people have this special relationship with her as well? Does she play a part in bringing Jewish people to Christianity?
43:06 – Is it true that Mary is perfect because the Trinity made her perfect?
45:30 – Are you finding that Mary is a second Eve from Script…
