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
Questions Covered:
16:33 – What does it mean to discern God’s will?
33:05 – I’m 62 with an annulment. I’m dating someone and am considering marriage. How do I discern whether it’s love or lust?
40:22 – My 30-year-old son has lost his way. We opened our doors to him, but he is going back down a dark path. How do I discern God’s will in this situation?
46:44 – I ‘ve been training to be a “perpetual pilgrim” for the National Eucharistic Revival in the summer. I wasn’t accepted but still have it in my heart to do it. How do I know whether God is calling me to this?
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Questions Covered:
03:05 – How are the priest’s hands consecrated? What is done to the hands of an extraordinary minister of holy communion for them to be able to give out communion?
14:55 – How do I navigate the situation with my son and his girlfriend who are cohabiting and plan on having a wedding outside the Catholic Church?
23:30 – What is the Catholic view of the Tribulation and the Rapture?
35:17 – Why do some people think the pope is evil?
41:54 – What are your thoughts on praying the Divine Mercy as a personal devotion?
48:16 – What made you go from Southern Baptist to Catholic? What resources could you point me to?
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Questions Covered:
05:10 – Are the Psalms mandatory like the commandments?
08:05 – Today’s reading. How do I reconcile Mary’s authority over Jesus compared to the wedding of Cana?
19:34 – My wife and I are converts. Even if convalidation of our marriage isn’t necessary could we still do it as a renewal of vows?
29:11 – Could God design the earth with a pre-implemented age into it?
32:53 – Does the covenant with Noah disprove the possibility of an apocalyptic event unless the world is ending?
36:25 – Is there an official definition of anathema? How do we relate it to ecumenical dialogue?
43:59 – My Baptist friend believes that all the early Christian were apostates. How do I respond to this?
49:02 – If the Church is meant to evangelize to the end of the earth how, then do I approach my sibling who is transgender? They’ve influenced my nephew to be transgender and I don’t want my child to be influenced?
52:35 – Why is the Mass so repetitive and robotic?
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Questions Covered:
05:15 – Why did the Church approve the books of the bible that are in it now and reject others?
09:10 – If sin brought death into the world, why did dinosaurs and plants die before humans existed?
20:02 – Why do Catholics have a relationship with saints?
28:50 – Why didn’t God give us a second chance after Adam and Eve?
33:25 – Why do Catholics believe Mary was sinless but not Joseph?
42:20 – How do we know about the 9 choirs of angels?
45:28 – Why do we believe that Mary’s giving birth miraculously? Was her virginity preserved?
50:58 – Why do we say “May we merit eternal life” in Mass? How do we understand this?
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Questions Covered:
12:52 – Why does the Church believe it can declare canonized saints but not condemn those in hell?
20:40 – Why does the Church tell us that we won’t be in heaven body and soul until the last day?
29:40 – Why did the Church change the teaching of tithing from 10% to something more general?
35:50 – Why do we Catholics pray to Mary and not to Jesus or God?
44:20 – Why is a Catholic able to believe that purgatory is either instantaneous or a long process? Is there any evidence for either?
50:42 – Why do Catholics not eat meat on Fridays during lent?
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