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
Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
02:05 – Why does Mary need a savior if she is sinless?
07:06 – How do you know that Mary was saved at her conception?
13:25 – When Jesus Christ died on the cross, his divine self didn’t die. How could his body and divinity be separated for 3 days?
18:21 – Why didn’t Mary feel labor pains if she felt emotional pain at her son’s death? Also, why did she need to remain a virgin in marriage?
30:25 – If God is unchanging, then how could he change and become man?
37:00 – What does the Catholic Church teach is the origin of hell?
41:32 – Was the marriage of Mary and Joseph valid since they didn’t consummate it?
49:30 – How does one defend the integrity of the Church after such tragedies like the Albigensian Crusades?
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Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
12:14 – I don’t see evidence in the Bible for the perpetual virginity of Mary. Mt 1:25 seems to say otherwise. Can you help me to understand this?
35:12 – I am a Protestant checking out the Catholic faith. I watched a virtual Mass last week and the priest said that he feels Mary’s presence. Is it possible to feel the presence of a saint? I am new to this idea.
45:06 – How can I know when a writer is orthodox and a trustworthy source?
50:50 – I have recently seen the argument that the names Cephas and Caiphas are variants of the same name, implying that Simon being called Cephas is naming him as high priest. Is this theory correct?
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Questions Covered:
07:13 – What is your greatest argument for converting to Catholicism from Protestantism? I am a convert to Protestantism from atheism?
16:33 – How do we go about taking on people within the Church who have contradictory views to what the Church teaches?
23:00 – I’ve heard some things that concern me from the pulpit that concern me concerning pro-life issues. I am hearing that being anti-abortion is not the most important issue in comparison with healthcare and discrimination. How should I be thinking about this?
34:44 – How can I engage with Protestants about sola scriptura?
47:44 – How can I respond to people who say that Catholics worship the saints more than Jesus?
51:44 – How can we defend the fact that the Church has authority like Scripture?
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Questions Covered:
12:43 – I am going through RCIA classes. I really worry about having more kids because I could pass ALS on to my kids. Should I stop becoming Catholic since I have such a problem with contraception?
18:43 – How do I pick my baptismal name?
20:23 – Is it idolatry to use Aztec mythology and the Aztec calendar in decor and my culture, even though we don’t worship the Aztec gods?
23:36 – What is your recommendation for how to go about blessing our own house? If we sense evil in our home, when should we get a priest involved?
28:56 – Is there a connection between perfection and wisdom?
30:55 – How is it moral to have children if it makes it possible for them to go to hell?
33:40 – Why did Thomas Aquinas promote the execution of heretics?
43:06 – How does the absence of the word Trinity in the Bible disprove sola scriptura?
49:35 – Why does the Church state that dyotheletism was the correct view of Christ rather than monothelitism?
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Questions Covered:
02:52 – What happens to the souls in purgatory on the last day when heaven comes down to earth?
06:52 – If a priest does not believe in the true presence or God Himself, is his mass valid?
14:39 – How do we have communion with Saints and is it biblical?
22:07 – Why does God put the tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden and have it lead to the Fall of Adam and Eve?
29:55 – Should we put just as much importance on the old covenant in the new covenant?
33:15 – Did Jesus and Mary have guardian Angels?
40:18 – If you are in confession and you forget to confess a sin, are you still absolved from that sin?
44:10 – During the plagues of Egypt when the blood filled the Nile does the Nile explain whether God created it or was it created from thin air?
46:35 – Why are the people in Hell so helpless?
52:01 – When Jesus appeared to Paul when he was writing did Paul convert by himself or did Jesus convert him?
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