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:
01:27 – What does the Church say on the morality and development of AI?
6:21 – How can a cemetery be respectfully moved in a situation where they need to move it?
16:28 – What’s the difference between an apologist and a theologian?
22:07 – Was Jesus going to become man even without the fall?
32:36 – Is it permissible to cremate remains after the body has been buried?
34:54 – Why do people refer to the Catholic Church as she?
41:35 – In the Apostles Creed it says that Jesus descended into hell but it is omitted in the Nicene Creed. Why is that?
46:27 – I’m about to start Lutheran confirmation. Why should I stop that and instead enter RCIA?
50:10 – I’ve had demonic activity for the last 3 months. I’ve had it blessed. What more can I do since it hasn’t stopped?
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Questions Covered:
07:37 – Are annulments valid in the bible?
12:42 – Do you know of any saints who teach that prayer and sacraments are the only treatment for depression?
16:15 – Why is Caiaphas offended in Mt 25:31?
20:29 – How can we present the gospel in a compelling way especially to young men who increasingly lack direction and meaning in the world today?
32:12 – How many intentions can you attach to one rosary?
39:28 – What do you think is the most important stage of schooling for a Catholic and when should it take place?
46:12 – What is required for a Catholic to believe publicly vs privately. Ex. Can a person be pro-life publicly but pro-abortion privately?
51:54 – How do you argue against people who say daily communion is bad?
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Questions Covered:
11:24 – If you leave the Church due to lack of knowledge, is that sinful?
18:45 – After returning to the Church after 5 decades, was it ok for a priest to forgive me from past sins even those that I might not have been aware of?
25:06 – Is it licit for the congregation to sing an amen after the gospel?
31:30 – How did we get from receiving communion reverently at the altar rail to receive communion in the hand and in line?
37:25 – Were Mary and Joseph validly married since they were betrothed? Did Mary die?
41:33 – Is it allowed for there to be no music during the preparation of gifts at mass so the congregations can hear the prayers the priest is saying?
45:48 – What’s the Catholic perspective on Jn 14:2 regarding eternal security?
49:19 – How much historical evidence for the crucifixion is there?
53:45 – Is there an obligation to go to your closest parish?
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Questions Covered:
17:15 – My daughter has been heavily drinking after her twin brother committed suicide.
31:34 – I’ve been in AA for 12 years. How did you move forward with recovery and mix Catholicism with the 12 steps?
28:45 – I’m a Catholic and 43 years in recovery. Where can I find your group and help?
37:13 – How do I deal with spiritual desolation through addiction?
44:42 – I’m in CIR and celebrating 1 year of sobriety today!
47:50 – Do you have codependent meetings?
49:46 – Do you have meetings for people with food addictions?
51:50 – I’ve been in AA for 16 years and have a lust addiction and have not been successful in the latter. How is desperation to quit a grace?
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Questions Covered:
05:22 – Why do Christian Zionists evangelicals believe in Israel the way that they do?
14:07 – Why didn’t Jesus write the New Testament himself?
16:30 – I comes from a materialist background. I struggle with the concept of the soul. What’s the best way to understand it with my background?
22:05 – I pray the rosary daily. How do we justify including Mar in the last two glorious mysteries without it feeling like we’re worshiping her?
31:19 – When we pray to saints in heaven, they know of the pain and sorrows of earth, how can that be heaven?
34:54 – Can the identity of the pope be infallibly known?
47:40 – Are angels male and female or just male?
49:55 – What is the Church teaching on Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
52:10 – What are sins of the heart and of the spirit as said in the 12 year prayer to St. Bridget?
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