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:
02:25 – What’s the order of the hierarchy, pope, cardinal, bishop etc.?
08:35 – How would oral or mechanical stimulation be morally ethical in leading up to the conjugal act?
17:55 – In what circumstance does suicide become a venial sin and not a mortal sin?
22:49 – What does it take to be an apologist?
31:12 – When did cremation become okay in the Church?
40:30 – When is superstition wrong?
46:04 – What’s the difference between modern Roman Catholicism and early Roman Catholicism?
52:27 – How can we defend the idea that the Early Church fathers were Catholic bishops?
Resources Mentioned:
Fr. Hugh Barbour, “Sex After Marriage,” CAL episode from 4/23/2018
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Questions Covered:
14:15 – Beside the ones mentioned in the bible, how much evidence do we find of the apostles preaching the resurrection?
21:43 – What’s the meaning of John 20:4; John outran Peter?
28:30 – All of Catholic traditions contradict the Bible
34:03 – What’s the best argument against Islam?
44:14 – How does the Catholic make sense of the First and Second Great Awakening?
51:55 – What’s the order of the hierarchy, pope, cardinal, bishop etc.?
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In this episode of the game show, Chet, from Houston Texas and Chuck from Illinois go head-to-head and test their apologetical knowledge!
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Questions Covered:
03:24 – Did God ordain that women cannot be priests?
07:22 – Is there other meaning of “baptism” other than immersion?
15:04 – When God created the first humans, were they already fallen?
19:10 – Is it essential to affirm people by their biological identity especially to our youth in Catholic schools?
29:15 – Why don’t we baptize children in the womb especially if they are at risk of being miscarried?
36:04 – How can I defend the Church’s teaching against Sola Fide?
41:48 – Were there more people around when Adam and Eve were around? Resources: Kenneth W. Kemp, “The Science of Adam” first things, Kenneth W. Kemp, “Science, Theology, and Monogenesis,” 2011, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 2, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, “The Historicity of Adam” and “Defending Adam After Darwin.”
49:24 – What does Hebrew 6:4-7 mean in light of going to confession?
52:46 – Why is there only one incarnation? Why not the Father and Holy Spirit too?
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Questions Covered:
02:59 – In the Old Testament God comes across as angry and jealous but in the New Testament he seems kinder and more merciful. Does he grow or what’s the explanation?
10:20 – Regarding the promises of the rosary and being delivered from purgatory. Does this mean that you will skip purgatory if you pray the rosary devoutly?
14:15 – How can I spread faith at my high school?
23:02 – I’m in Costa Rica and when I went to Mass the priest didn’t know what to do when I went up for a blessing and shoved the host into my mouth. I don’t know how to react to this.
29:10 – I’m protestant. How can I make sense of redemptive suffering?
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