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!
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Most Recent Episodes
Topics Covered:
1:00 A Discussion in response to Patrick Coffin’s recent video on Pope Francis being an Anti-Pope
24:21 – Should we look at the papacy in a different light? Mainly since Pope Francis is from Latin America and it’s changing the mindset of the papacy being Euro-centric.
42:55 – I feel like you’re dancing around the topic. The Pope appointed a pro-abortion person to a committee in the Church. You can’t deny that he’s been doing some questionable things.
49:29 – What is the definition of an antipope? How can we know who would qualify as an antipope?
52:52 – I don’t think the pope is perfect and I feel like you guys think he is. I love the Latin Mass and I feel like he’s trying to take it away from me.
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Questions Covered:
06:34 – My son said that John the evangelist, the gospel writer and the apostle were all the same person but I’ve also heard that they are different people? Which is it?
20:23 – Is it a sin to go shopping on Sunday?
29:00 – Does God allow our dead loved ones to come help us during our lives?
34:44 – One of my friends gave another friend a mean note. What do I and my friend do with the friend who wrote the mean note?
39:16 – How many wives and kids did Solomon have? And was he considered a good dad?
42:35 – Could you expand on how it is our Faith that allows us to believe in the real presence in the Eucharist?
47:41 – How thoroughly do you check books before approving them in at Ignatius Press?
52:10 – How does one know the difference between venial and mortal sin. How do you determine when something crosses the line into grave matter?
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Questions Covered:
03:47 – Did Jesus and John the Baptist know each other as children?
08:00 – Is there connection between ASMR and hypnosis and is it wrong to listen or follow this as a Catholic?
15:23 – I told my kids over Christmas that I’m becoming Catholic, and it didn’t go well. How do I proceed with telling other friends and my church?
18:35 – Does the Church have a preferred view of the individuating factor of the human person. Material or spirit?
22:08 – Should swearing on the bible in courtrooms be made optional for non-believers?
28:16 – I’m a protestant, in my philosophy class we are discussing the question of evil. If Good is all knowing, good, ect, and was able to remain Mary sinless, why didn’t He do that for the rest of us?
35:51 – I would like to hear your cosmic prayer. I want to write it down.
39:28 – You were discussing hypnosis, in line with that, is yoga a religion?
41:05 – What’s the difference between soul and spirit?
46:42 – Was the early Church the same Church as the one in the dark ages that sent people to the stake?
51:58 – I was told that one day we will be reunited with our bodies, will we still be able to do earthly activities?
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Questions Covered:
13:41 – What is your take on whether an obstacle is the different images of who Jesus is? Examples socialist Jesus etc.
17:51 – Communion has always been an obstacle for many. I heard a Jewish scholar say the Jewish marriage ceremony includes “this is my body.” Is there a connection between that ceremony and Jesus’ last supper? Why don’t we hear of this connection? Would this be helpful to overcome the obstacle?
23:55 – How can an attachment to things of this physical world, such as over involvement in sports, be turned into a good instead of an obstacle to Jesus?
34:08 – I have an atheist co-worker, how do you respond to someone who does not have belief?
45:22 – The Real Presence of Jesus, I can’t always wrap my head around it. How can I overcome that obstacle?
50:34 – I’m a cradle Catholic struggling with a crisis of accepting God’s way instead of my way.
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Questions Covered:
24:20 – Being a young adult fresh out of college, how do I maintain a consistent prayer life working a 9-5 job. How can lay people be held accountable?
36:14 – How do you gain wisdom?
48:22 – My fiancé and I are going through RCIA and using Dr. Sri’s video, I missed some lessons, where else can I watch?
50:41 – I recently returned to the Church and all of my sins were forgiven through attrition how do I get to contrition?
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