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>“Can Protestants understand infant baptism and purgatory?” This episode explores the nuances of these topics, including what the Protestant view on infant baptism reveals about their understanding of sin, and how Catholics interpret purgatory in light of scripture. Additionally, we delve into the significance of saints’ relics and the complexities of baptismal regeneration.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>02:45 – Some Protestants don’t believe in infant baptism, what does that tell us about their understanding of sin and how does that compare to the Catholic view?</li>
<li>12:16 – I understand the Catholic teaching on cremated remains is to not separate them. But if that’s the case, why do we have cases where certain saints’ body parts are in different locations? It seems like that contradicts the policy on cremated remains.</li>
<li>20:20 – How do Catholics understand Purgatory in light of Hebrews 9:27?</li>
<li>24:44 – How do you determine what a saint is a patron of? Like how does someone become patron saint if pilots when airplanes weren’t even invented yet when they lived?</li>
<li>34:45 – Can you comment on the different translations of Luke 1:28, why Protestant Bibles say “greetings o favored one” and why Catholic bibles say “hail full of grace”?</li>
<li>44:45 – What is the Catholic interpretation of 1 John 5:1 with regard to baptismal regeneration? I’m struggling to square “if you believe you’ve been born of God” with having to be baptized.</li>
<li>51:50 – I practice no meat on Fridays. How do I keep up this practice during times when there are lots of feast days or solemnities on Fridays?</li>
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<p>“Why do Catholics call priests Father when the Bible clearly says, ‘call no man father’?” This episode delves into this common question while also addressing the Great Apostasy claim by Latter Day Saints, the real presence in Communion for those exploring Catholicism, and the interpretation of Catechism 841 regarding salvation.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>12:10 – How would a Catholic respond to the Latter Day Saints claim of the Great Apostasy?</li>
<li>19:12 – I’m Protestant and exploring Catholicism. I’m starting to believe in the real presence. Should I stop receiving Communion in my Protestant church?</li>
<li>32:01 – How would you respond to a claim of once saved always saved?</li>
<li>41:30 – Are there some principles to applying scripture to our lives? It seems like I’m getting signs from God in these verses that come to me and I read.</li>
<li>50:15 – CCC 841 seems to imply that Muslims are included in the plan of salvation. I don’t believe they worship the same God. How do we interpret that Catechism paragraph?</li>
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<p>“Who were the Desert Fathers and their impact on Catholicism?” This episode explores the lives and teachings of these early Christian ascetics, while also addressing questions like why Mother Angelica has not been beatified and how to interpret the recent LGBT pilgrimage to Rome. Tune in for a rich discussion on the early church and its relevance today.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>12:35 – why has Mother Angelica not been beatified?</li>
<li>14:45 – How should we interpret the recent LGBT pilgrimage to Rome?</li>
<li>18:15 – If the early church had martyrs, are those martyrs saints. Also, if Charlie Kirk is considered a martyr, could one day he be considered a saint?</li>
<li>22:40 – Did the early church interpret Genesis literally, and then after we realized it doesn’t really correspond to our scientific knowledge, we just started saying it’s not literal? (this is what her son is claiming)</li>
<li>31:12 – I was raised in an independent fundamentalist Baptist church. I’m looking at Catholicism. I want to read writers of the early church. Where do I find that and how do I know if it’s a good translation?</li>
<li>34:30 – How do we know if the early church fathers were Catholic? Because Protestants quote them too. How do we know St. Augustine wasn’t Protestant?</li>
<li>41:15 – I understand for a sin to be mortal we need have knowledge that the act is sinful. But do we have to know the act is specifically a grave offence, or do we just need to know that it is sinful. For example, if one commits a grave offense, but things that act is only venially sinful, would it still be a mortal sin?</li>
<li>46:28 – The Bible says that Mary visited Elizabeth in her sixth month. I saw a video that says that means the sixth month of the year, not Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy. Which way does the Church teach?</li>
<li>50:40 – Were some of the early church fathers Eastern Orthodox? I know the Eastern Orthodox have their church fathers, so whose are right?</li>
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<p>“How should Catholics approach Muslims?” In this episode, we explore effective evangelization strategies and discuss the complexities of interfaith dialogue, including the implications of Muslims worshipping in churches and the beliefs of Ahmadi Muslims in India. We also tackle the historical context of the Crusades and the differing perspectives on their necessity.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>05:30 – How do we approach a Muslim when evangelizing?</li>
<li>12:14 – How do you feel about Muslims worshipping in churches?</li>
<li>15:26 – Ahmadi Muslims in India, they believe that their messiah lives on earth today, and that Jesus went to India and died in India and is buried there. What does William think of this?</li>
<li>19:40 – Muslims believe that Allah is all loving, but their faith teaches against Christianity and Judaism so how can their followers believe in an all loving God.</li>
<li>29:05 – How can he respond to his Muslim friends who use John 20:17, as an argument to him as a contradiction of the Catholic Faith. How can Jesus be a God if he has a God (his Father)?</li>
<li>34:46 – How should Catholics view the Crusades, there seems to be two extremes of thoughts, secular thought is that they were a terrible thing perpetuated by the Church, His Catholic friends take a hard line that they were absolutely necessary and there was no issue with them</li>
<li>40:45 – Why doesn’t the Catholic Church publish a document detailing the evils and false truths of Islam?</li>
<li>46:36 – 20 yr Son told him last week that he wants to convert from Christianity to Islam</li>
<li>52:40 – What is the mindset of folks who would convert from Christianity to Islam?</li>
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<p>In this interview, Catholic Answers Producer Edgar Lujano talks about Islma with Muslim to Catholic convert Ismail Youseff.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>02:00 – You don’t hear of a lot of Muslim Convert</li>
<li>04:00 – What would It take to Evangelize a Muslim Effectively?</li>
<li>05:40 – What are the most effective arguments for a Muslim?</li>
<li>07:35 – What does the saying “without reason” mean?</li>
<li>10:45 – How is the person of Jesus himself an argument against Islam?</li>
<li>15:30 – What is meant by “The Muslim Dilemma”?</li>
<li>17:45 – Is Islam pretty unified or divided?</li>
<li>19:45 – Has the Koran been changed?</li>
<li>21:46 – How does the Muslim view of heaven compare with the Christian view?</li>
<li>29:10 – Why did you decide to start sharing your testimony?</li>
<li>30:35 – Growing up as a Muslim in Canada</li>
<li>32:40 – Watching the livestream of the killing of the Coptic martyrs.</li>
<li>34:02 – Slavery in the Koran</li>
<li>37:05 – I asked Jesus if Christianity is true.</li>
<li>40:15 – How did your family react to you leaving Islam?</li>
<li>45:17 – How did the Christian missionaries introduce you to Jesus?</li>
<li>47:55 – How would you invite a Muslim to consider Christianity?</li>
<li>51:00 – Every religion has to deal with Jesus.</li>
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