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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
The 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:
What is the weirdest question that you’ve received about the faith?
16:02 - How do I explain purgatory to a non-Catholic?
24:34 - How can angels be canonized as saints?
32:29 - Is it true that you gain salvation if you have the Holy Spirit within you?
36:24 - Is it a sin for a Catholic to eat at Hooters?
46:43 - Does the Church have any formal teaching on…
Questions Covered:
19:38 - How do we be humble when we’re standing up for our faith?
22:49 - Fr. John Ricardo said the word “meek” is actually a verb, which describes something you do to a horse, so it still has all its strength but it’s under control. He said it’s like the Incarnation, where Jesus had all His divinity but it’s under “control” in his humanity.
34:00 - I always understood Jesus saying “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” as him showing everyone that He is God; not as him actually questioning God.
40:50 - If you hear a sermon that suggests that the miracle of the…
Questions Covered:
18:17 - How does our free will accord with God’s perfect plan?
22:30 - Can you talk a bit about the “paradox” of Jesus only ministering for three years?
It’s hard to give your life entirely to God when the world is focused on lesser things.
35:36 - How are you to explain to your atheist parents that you want to pursue the religious life?
