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:
07:19 - Someone said that God was pouring out his wrath upon Jesus at Calvary. Is that true?
23:03 - Can a protestant, or somebody not of faith, receive the real presence of Christ?
32:28 - Why is the doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity so important to Catholics?
41:50 - What does the Church teach about divine simplicity and can we hold various…
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:
07:37 - How do we handle clerical abuse against young people?
15:14 - Why is it a mortal sin to not observe a day of abstinence or fasting?
20:20 - When Jesus descended into hell, how long was he there?
32:00 - Who said “Jesus paid a debt he didn’t owe because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay?” What is the theory of penal substitution and is it a protestant…
Questions Covered:
07:40 - My brother is divorced. I’m wondering whether his marriage was valid. Can any Protestant marriages be valid without being a sacrament?
17:47 - If annulments are granted, the Catholic Church is saying no valid marriage existed. Are there a lot of marriages out there that are invalid in which people are united?
21:59 - If one person is baptized Catholic and the other blessed Mormon, they marry in Las Vegas, then they get their marriage blessed again in the Catholic Church. Is this a sacramental marriage? Can there be an annulment?
29:20 - My children were married…
From those who oppose the Catholic Church to those who are thinking about entering, in this show, we take a break from talking with Catholics while Jimmy Akin answers questions about the Faith from non-Catholics.
Questions Covered:
05:16 - Does God forgive those who have been condemned to eternal damnation?
17:15 - Can you explain dogma?
23:15 - I was baptized Catholic as an infant and left the Church as a teenager; have I been excommunicated from the Church?
29:16 - Of all the different religions in the world, how do you know that Catholicism is the right thing to believe?
34:49 - I…
