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:
06:20 – Is there ever a possibility for a Catholic to practice the faith at home due to a personal situation?
16:00 – What is the role of Purgatory at the end of the world?
19:55 – Are there prophets in today’s age?
31:15 – I don’t feel like getting baptized as a baby makes much sense because you didn’t choose to accept Jesus yet.
33:13 – What is the symbolic comparison between the Christian and Islamic versions of Abraham’s sacrifice?
40:56 – How do I appropriately celebrate feast days within fasting periods?
48:43 – If the Pope is chosen by the Holy Spirit, why do we end with corrupt Popes or one who can retire?
51:20 – Am I under obligation to say something about unbaptized grandchildren?
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Questions Covered:
04:34 – I read an article saying that elements of the liturgy can harm someone (and actually make grace less efficacious) because of his past traumas. Is that true?
17:00 – My daughter has requested that I only make one reference to my faith when we talk. Is it sinful for me to consent to that request?
20:32 – Fr. Elias Mary claimed that the Pope is going to be the antichrist. Is that possible?
30:09 – What does the Apostles’ Creed mean when it says Jesus “descended into hell?”
35:48 – What happens between the particular and general judgments? How are they different?
42:16 – Can I receive sacraments from SSPX priests?
44:36 – Where does the origin of Christmas as Jesus’ birthday come from? Is it in the Bible?
50:33 – I heard someone say “it is no longer I who lives but Mary who lives in me” is this a theologically correct statement?
53:05 – Can you explain Acts 5? How do you relate to Acts 5 now versus in the 1st century?
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Questions Covered:
05:23 – Does the Church having canonized saints diminish the value of non-canonized saints?
12:23 – Were the three wise men practicing astrology when they looked at a star to find Jesus?
19:45 – I know that the answer to the problem of suffering is that God allows suffering for a greater good. But where does that idea come from? The Bible?
30:42 – When Gabriel says “Hail” to Mary, is that a greeting or is it something more?
37:30 – My best friend’s sister died recently, and my friend is wondering if she’s in hell. I didn’t know what to say to her.
46:18 – Do the cases of Pope Honorius and Pope Vigilius disprove papal infallibility?
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Questions Covered:
08:37 – My child was exposed to pornography in 3rd grade at school without the school’s knowledge. He is now in high school. How can I support him to break this addiction?
36:06 – What do you attribute the huge increase in sexual issues especially in the trans issue?
47:41 – What is the response to the claim that regret is rare in the transgender movement?
51:59 – How do I get over an overwhelming sense of lust?
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Questions Covered:
12:05 – Is it okay for a Catholic to go to a Byzantine church? Did the office of St. Andrew survive like St. Peter’s line?
18:46 – Would you communion at a Roman Catholic rite? If the Orthodox acknowledge the papacy why are they under another authority?
23:44 – I became Orthodox. What went wrong for the division to happen?
35:03 – How does confession differ in the Catholic Church vs the Eastern Orthodox?
42:50 – Churching of women after birth is a tradition in the Orthodoxy that fell off in Catholicism. Are there other traditions like this that also fell off?
45:32 – How do we keep the conversation positive when conversing with Orthodox friends?
52:13 – Is the Eucharist in the east actually the body and blood of Jesus?
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