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:
02:39 – What exactly is the power of binding and loosing?
19:35 – Since the Church runs like a monarchy, what is the Church’s stance on monarchies?
29:25 – Can a parent bless their child’s dorm room?
36:29 – How often does one need to take communion?
44:58 – I’m not Catholic. I’m a part of a new Church and my pastor said he received a sign to start a church. How does a Catholic explain this?
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Questions Covered:
03:30 – What would make someone a heretic?
06:56 – How can we defend the claim that we are not worshiping icons?
15:02 – Could you explain What is means not to judge intent and motivation?
20:09 – Is it a sin to have suicidal thoughts?
30:11 – Regarding the woman caught in sin, how would I anticipate a response from a protestant who argues faith alone?
36:05 – Luke 12:1-8 I don’t understand why they use the example of buying sparrows. What did they use sparrows for?
41:40 – What is the meaning of Acts 2:38 and how does it align with the Church’s teaching on baptism?
45:49 – What’s the legitimacy for using intellectual arguments to come back to the faith?
50:44 – How can I better explain the need for confession before communion? Did Judas receive communion?
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Questions Covered:
02:39 – Do you think pointing out human’s infinite value is a good response to the problem of animal suffering?
07:53 – Doesn’t everyone already have reproductive rights? How do you make clear to people that those words are just a euphemism for killing?
12:27 – How do indulgences play into our time in purgatory?
18:45 – How does the teaching of elective suffering benefit us and our participation in Christ’ suffering?
25:10 – Were some events in the book of Joshua meant to be taken literally?
34:30 – How do I re-confess my sins that I possibly overestimated?
37:07 – My 3-year-old is confused when we say Jesus is present at mass, but he doesn’t see a person. How do I explain it to him?
42:24 – There’s so much confusion on how to receive communion and I don’t want to be culpable when I meet Jesus face to face.
49:23 – My parents were born pre-Vatican 2 and told me that Luther was one of the most evil men to ever exist. What are your thoughts on that?
52:17 – What are the daily responsibilities of the camerlengo? How does their role change when the pope dies?
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Questions Covered:
04:47 – What’s the best way to argue against assisted suicide?
17:36 – I have a friend who believes in God but doesn’t think he is a good God. How do I go about changing my friend’s mind?
29:30 – Mass is the biggest waste of time. Repent and believe the gospel.
32:26 – I work in fast food and my coworkers say that they don’t think everything has to have a reason to exist. How do I respond?
43:36 – How can I defend baptism being a necessity for salvation?
51:07 – How did the Lutheran Church get started? Luther doesn’t seem to be connected to the Lutheran Church.
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Questions Covered:
01:21 – Will the antichrist be from the tribe of Dan and Jewish as some theologians think?
02:33 – Suppose the pope called you and said: “Mr Akin! As a reward for all your good work, I’ll let you ask me a question and I’ll consult bishops, theologians, and other academics, and I’ll issue the answer we find to the highest level of authority my conscience will allow me to”, what do you ask?
04:28 – What is the oldest ghost or haunt that we know of? Any really ancient or even prehistoric ghosts? Is it in theory possible for someone to encounter the ghost of, say, a Neanderthal or ancient Sumerian?
10:34 – Would it be possible for apes today to evolve into humans in the future? If so, what would the ramifications be theologically?
16:37 – Do we take up the spiritual battle against evil after we die when we become soul/spirits?
17:44 – What would Catholic ethics have to say about the vigilante efforts of someone like Batman? OR one who has fewer rules, like Punisher.
21:05 – One is simply: what exactly is an aura headache?
23:26 – Let’s say aliens exist and they also believe in a supreme being, how can we reconcile our differences if we know that Jesus is the true God incarnate and became incarnate as a human rather than that alien?
24:35 – I always thought the Monita Secreta would be interesting to address. Love your work!
31:14 – Is the concept of a mentally dependent yet (objectively) real entity (as opposed to a hallucination or imagination) an actual logical possibility?
34:12 – Would it be moral to use a lightsaber in self-defense because it cauterizes all wounds even if it results in a limb being severed?
40:14 – What is the catholic churches stance on deja vu and/or schizophrenia?
43:58 – Can a bald man wear a (normal looking) wig in church or does that count as a hat?
46:44 – What do you think of the idea that death, rather than being a punishment, was a sort of mechanism to give man a way out of becoming eternally evil like the demons?
47:55 – You may have done a mysterious world episode about this I haven’t seen. But I’ve always wanted to know your opinions on the existence of fairies, elves, and similar beings.
49:46 – I had a weird question about NDEs. In the paper, A Systematic Survey of NDEs in South India by Satwant Pasricha, some Hindus who experience NDEs see the god Yama. Some of these are veridical in which for example a person is branded by Yama and then a mark appears in the same place that they were branded. How can we explain these reports in terms of Catholic theology? Also do these reports show that NDEs are hallucinations since these people saw what culturally they believed? Thank you, Jimmy.
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