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.
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Questions Covered:
01:46 - Why are you a Christian? Do you have rational reasons or is it just faith?
20:31 - What is the Church view of Jesus’ atonement as a vicarious substitution? Does the Catholic Church have a preferred view of the atonement?
36:50 - Why do Catholics start and end prayer with "In the name of the Father..."…
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:
07:10 - Why is the unity of the Spirit not taught? Why is the Trinity taught when it is not mentioned in the Bible?
12:53 - Aren’t we judged immediately at the moment of our deaths?
15:38 - Can you clarify the Catholic views on women
21:21 - When Jesus says, “Not my will, but yours be done,” I am curious how God and Jesus can have separate wills. Can you…
We focus on pastoral concerns but welcome any question callers would like to ask a Catholic priest as we are joined by the Catholic Answers chaplain, Norbertine Father Hugh Barbour.
Questions Covered:
05:04 - How do you evangelize to your family when you’re the only one Catholic?
08:10 - What translations of early Church Fathers should I read in order to evangelize my Protestant friends?
15:18 - If the atonement was perfect and it wiped all sin from man, why does the Catholic Church still baptize babies for original sin? Why should we pray to saints?
29:24 - How are the accusations that…
Philosopher and author Dr. Carrie Gress helps callers to fulfill their calling to evangelize the world.
Questions Covered:
15:40 - I work with St. Paul Street Evangelization. I’m looking for talking points for addressing Protestants.
21:22 - People deny that Jesus is historical. Do you have sources that I can use to convince them that Jesus existed?
36:56 - Do you have any advice for putting together an evangelization team.
43:26 - Does going door to door work?
46:40 - What is a way that I can explain to my fallen-away sister that God is not the same God in every religion?
50:17 - How…
Questions Covered:
18:19 - Could freedom be choosing something other than what is natural to our animalistic or carnal selves?
49:30 - If you’re a parent of a child who wants to live with someone before they get married, how do you deal with that as a parent? And what do you do if the couple is split about the decision?
Resources Mentioned:
Authentically Free at Last - DVD
