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>Protestants often ask how Catholics can believe in sacraments, purgatory, and the Mass while affirming that Jesus’ sacrifice was once and for all. We explain how Catholic theology upholds this truth, along with insights into purgatory, salvation, and the unity of the Church.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">00:45 – The Bottom Line on The Natural Law</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">10:02 – What passages can I use as evidence for purgatory that a protestant will accept, especially 1 Corinthians?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">14:32 – Why do Catholics believe there could only be one Church?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">30:11 – I’m Protestant moving closer to Catholicism. How does Catholicism view the once and for all Sacrifice of Jesus considering all the things Catholics believe in like sacraments and purgatory?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">36:50 – How do I refute the Protestant view that we are all one church?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">45:59 – How do Catholics respond to the question: Are you saved?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">49:40 – Regarding Baptist baptism. Would their intent to baptize confer grace even if they don’t believe it is salvific?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p>Many Protestants see relics as idolatrous—but are they? We explore the biblical and historical support for relics in Catholicism, and also answer questions on praying to saints, Marian apparitions, and what makes Good Friday “good.”</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">04:54 – How do we support the use of relics when Protestants see it as idolatry?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">14:01 – I’m in OCIA. How are Catholics different from Gnostics and Protestants?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">21:29 – The bible tells us not to seek mediums or speak to the deceased. How is it then you can speak to the saints?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">34:53 – My protestant sister asked me, why do they call it Good Friday if that was the day Jesus suffered and died? Who gave it that name?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">42:03 – Why do Catholics take John 6 literally but John 6:58 sounds more metaphorical?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">48:39 – How do we know that Marian apparitions are not taking away attention from Jesus? How do we get the title of Queen of Heaven for her?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p>What sets the Catholic Church apart from other faiths? We explore the historical, theological, and spiritual reasons to choose Catholicism, along with questions about evolution and the conditions for a valid Eucharistic consecration.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>17:00 – I’m a convert. If a priest walked into a bakery and said the words of consecration, would the bread become Jesus?</li>
<li>21:54 – Why Catholicism over any other religion?</li>
<li>46:01 – How do Catholics approach evolution?</li>
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<p>What does the Church say about receiving the Eucharist if your annulment hasn’t been finalized? We explore this important question and also discuss healing after divorce, reuniting with a former spouse, and how to approach annulments with non-Catholic partners.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li>18:42 – I’m in a civil marriage that needs an annulment on behalf of my wife. How do you get a non-Catholic to support the annulment process?</li>
<li>22:42 – I went through an annulment. I found it easiest to focus on writing out a draft and presenting it</li>
<li>32:10 – My annulment was the best thing that has happened to me. It allowed me to fully recognize my now Catholic Marriage.</li>
<li>37:34 – What do you think about the idea that more attention needs to be placed on the person who is not seeking out the annulment?</li>
<li>40:42 – I’m a good practicing Catholic and I don’t want a divorce, but I can’t handle the abuse, he’s a narcissist. What should I do?</li>
<li>44:21 – I’m 59 and my ex-husband remarried civilly. Should I seek out an annulment to help him out?</li>
<li>50:28 – Is it ok for me to receive communion even though I left the annulment process incomplete?</li>
<li>53:29 – I married my husband, we got a divorce and then got back together. Do I need an annulment?</li>
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<p>With evidence of burial rituals and culture, were Neanderthals spiritual beings like us? We explore their place in theology, along with topics like praying in dreams, moral behavior in animals, the nature of heaven, and whether we could ever learn like computers.</p>
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<p><strong>Questions Covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">01:13 – What physical explanation can parapsychology offer? Because one thing is describing phenomena, another one is explaining it in a physical framework.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">11:15 – How are we to consider our Neanderthal cousins? They were hominids, close enough to us that we interbred (I have more than the average Neanderthal DNA), they had a culture, and there is evidence that they not only buried their dead, but buried flowers and grave goods with them, hinting at a belief in the afterlife. Yet, they were different from us, and they went extinct millennia before the Incarnation. Theologically, how are they considered? semi-Neanderthal minds want to know!</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">16:31 – Can animals act in ways that are morally good or evil? i.e. the dog that saves the child vs the dog that bites the child. What implications, if any, would that have on the prospect of an animal afterlife?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">22:44 – If I am asleep and I dream that I am praying, is it possible that God and the saints I ask for intercession hear those prayers? And if I receive a blessing in the context of my dream, is it possible that some minor intercession has occurred?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">29:15 – If a sincere penitent in the confessional confesses that he has set a bear trap outside the priest’s confessional, set to go off the moment the priest exits the confessional, could the priest require the penitent to remove the bear trap as a part of his penance? Or can the priest not make requirements like that in order to give absolution? (One that I’ve actually gotten from my students!)</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">34:34 – Tell us about your Arkansas accent. It’s coming on pretty thick these days. I assume you lost it when you moved to CA and now that your back you just naturally fell back into it?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">41:30 – I’ve never heard anyone address this: after the resurrection, we will be reunited with our physical bodies. So is heaven a physical place?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">44:15 – Growing up I was told that our souls wander about while we sleep as an explanation for Deja vu. I know in the past you’ve attributed Deja vu to remote viewing, how similar are these 2 ideas?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">52:45 – The mystery of learning and memory. Why can’t humans learn, store, and recall information in the same way a computer does (i.e. massive storage, data compressibility/extractability, can download and upload information, etc.)? It would seem extremely beneficial if humans could learn via download and share via upload like computers. Just to qualify I mean the speed of data transfer as well. For example, instead of spending years learning a new language, just download it and have perfect fluency (similar to the Matrix and how Neo could learn things).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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