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
<p>Many employers struggle to find skilled and confident young workers—Jacob Imama, Founder of the College of St. Joseph the Worker explores why this is happening. We explore the challenges in hiring today’s workforce, along with advice for carpenters on pricing their work, words of encouragement for tradesmen, and biblical insights on land surveying.</p>
<p>Questions Covered:</p>
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<li><span data-contrast="none">20:11 – 45-year machinist wants to give Jacob words of encouragement and is thrilled about the College of St. Joseph the Worker. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">28:20 – I am a carpenter who just started my own business. How do I appropriately price my work for clients, so it is fair but also takes care of my family? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">32:24 – I find it hard to find and hire capable young men. Boys and young men just don’t seem confident to learn or try. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">41:41 – What are your thoughts on the practice of land surveying as it appears in the bible? </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p>Some Protestants argue that Catholicism is a cult—how should you answer? Andrew Petiprin tackles this common objection and discusses misconceptions about the Church, early Christian history, and the differences between Catholicism and other denominations.</p>
<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>12:25 – I’m Protestant. How would you respond to the claim that the Catholic Church is a cult?</li>
<li>23:04 – Why do people have misconceptions about Catholicism, especially to other Christians faiths?</li>
<li>35:45 – What do you recommend doing to dispel someone from the idea that Catholicism is just another denomination?</li>
<li>44:35 – How would I respond to the claim that the Church for the first 700 years was trying to limit its ideas?</li>
<li>52:05 – I’m Protestant but my son is Catholic. My daughter’s father-in-law told me that he was going to go to hell for not converting me. How do I respond?</li>
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<p>When should you rely on faith alone, and when is it time to seek professional help? Gary Zimak tackles questions on giving up worrying for Lent and more, including Scripture recommendations, and accepting life’s crosses.</p>
<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>15:00 – How do we give up worry in a case where one has clinical depression?</li>
<li>18:44 – What good scripture and writing from the Church Fathers do you recommend I read?</li>
<li>23:12 – I’ve used therapy, and it never helped. Now that I follow faith it’s been a huge change. Should I still continue traditional therapy?</li>
<li>34:45 – I want to improve my faith life before seeking professional help for anxiety. How do I know whether or not I need to seek professional help, or I’m simply just not trying enough with my faith life? I feel like getting professional help would be “failing” or giving up on trying to solve my anxiety with Jesus. How do I know when I’ve tried hard enough that I need outside help?</li>
<li>42:17 – I worry about a friend who has basically given up in life. How do I help or stop worrying?</li>
<li>46:57 – How does one accept that life will have crosses, and that life is not always happy?</li>
<li>49:11 – I personally went through a period of terrible anxiety due to a traumatic event. I was given medication, and it helped so much! Both prayer and medication can be from God.</li>
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<p>Could a dream about purgatory have spiritual significance, or is it just the mind at work? Jimmy Akin explores how to approach such dreams and answers more on the Eucharist, spiritual warfare, and hyper-charismatic movements.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered: </strong></p>
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<li>01:08 – I’ve had a frightening dream about purgatory. How should I approach or interpret it?</li>
<li>12:43 – Is water witching a form of divination?</li>
<li>22:00 – How would you introduce the truth of the Eucharist to a layperson who doesn’t believe or objects?</li>
<li>29:00 – Could you explain lesser Yahweh and how it relates to the figure Yahoel and the angel Metatron?</li>
<li>34:36 – My son joined a hyper-charismatic group. What can I do to help besides praying for him? Is there a book that would help me defend the faith?</li>
<li>44:01 – How could I as a Non-Denominational Christian seek help with spiritual warfare?</li>
<li>52:56 – My estranged son is trying to get married by a friend who is “ordained” by the internet. Should I attend this?</li>
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<p>If God created human life on other planets, would original sin apply to them? Jimmy Akin explores this fascinating question and more, including papal authority, Friday fasting rules, and Confession in non-church marriages.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered: </strong></p>
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<li>03:56 – How do I approach my non-ecclesiastical marriage in terms of the martial embrace and Confession?</li>
<li>11:23 – Can you explain why Christians should be subject to the pope?</li>
<li>13:40 – I had collagen mixed with my coffee today. Is that against the Friday fast and abstinence?</li>
<li>17:13 – Did priests celebrating the Mass at the time of RFK Sr.’s funeral celebrate in English and Latin?</li>
<li>19:20 – Was concelebration allowed before Vatican II?</li>
<li>20:46 – What do you think about the claim “God tortures people in hell for eternity”?</li>
<li>29:22 – My estranged daughter was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder; how should I react to this? Should I go to Confession?</li>
<li>37:34 – If God created human beings on other planets, would the sin of Adam and Eve affect those humans?</li>
<li>42:46 – Can priests forgive excommunications centered around abortion?</li>
<li>46:30 – A pastor I know said that in Hebrews, it proves we no longer need priests; how do I respond to this?</li>
<li>50:44 – How do I remain consistent with my faith while having ADHD and commitment issues?</li>
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