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
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:
04:51 - Why isn’t the reception of the Eucharist a healing experience for my ill wife?
14:01 - How many dioceses in America have an exorcist?
17:38 - Are all demons fallen angels? Are there things that people can do to be more or less susceptible to demonic powers?
31:44 - When St. Paul said he heard a language in heaven that was unbelievable, what was the…
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:
07:01 - How can you recommend the early Christian writings to non-Catholics? Is there a good place to find them? How could I convince them that the writings are real?
14:18 - What does it mean that Mary is our co-Redemptrix?
16:45 - What’s the best way to address someone who believes in chakras?
18:46 - Is it a mortal sin to confess sins that you haven’t…
Questions Covered
13:42 - How can someone be a scientist and a Christian? How are the two complimentary?
32:10 - How can I talk to my teenager about in vitro fertilization as something that is wrong when lots of her friends were conceived that way?
43:20 - What would the Catholic response/stance on human cloning be?
49:54 - What is the difference between contraception and abortion? Aren’t they the same?
Resources Mentioned
20 Answers: Bioethics
Questions Covered:
13:45 - How do you explain the harm of porn and masturbation to a world that freely accepts it?
21:17 - Most of the saints are chaste, unmarried, and sexual abstinence seems to be a trend. Is there a saint I can look up to who is not?
30:38 - Could same-sex attracted people live in a chaste/abstinent marriage and remain true to the Church?
38:25 - Listener shares how he was able to overcome his pornography addiction.
45:05 - What is your advice for undoing the distortion of pornography when you were exposed early on, but are now married and trying to live in a healthy…
Questions Covered:
19:52 - How am I supposed to navigate through Catholic media entities that are seemingly at odds with others, such as ChurchMilitant which seemed to mock Bishop Barron?
31:11 - How do I deal with Catholics who disagree with the USCCB on immigration?
43:35 - How can we emphasize that the people on the other side of big issues, like abortion, also have human dignity and deserve that respect?
