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
How best can Catholics respond to scandal and rebuild the Church?
Questions Covered:
38:00 – When you’ve had a bad experience in the Church, how can you go forward in being a part of it and building it up again?
44:35 – How can we have a healing of the Church, while still promoting Vatican II?
48:20 – It seems like bishops have no additional screening at the time of their appointment. Some of these bishops were screened in a time when the assessment of priests was not good. How can this be improved?
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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:
06:23 – When you are talking to non-Christians who find the Scriptures to be fictitious, how can we speak about our faith?
19:05 – If Jesus established Peter as the cornerstone, why did there need to be more popes after him?
24:04 – If someone were to commit suicide by taking pills that would not kill them immediately and then went to confession before dying, could they go to heaven?
33:45 – I want to become Catholic. A friend told me that if I do become Catholic, I will be falling to the antichrist. How can I respond to him?
45:40 – Why is Medjugorje never discussed?
49:10 – What is the difference between the Catholic faith and the Christian faith?
52:47 – Do any of the non-Catholic churches ever try to have their own saints? Is the Catholic Church the sole promulgator of sainthood?
Resources Mentioned:
A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by John Bergsma and Brant Pitre
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Countering the Challenges to Evangelical Christian Beliefs by Craig L. Blomberg
Meeting The Protestant Challenge by Karlo Broussard
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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:
03:37 – Is the particular judgement after we are sent to heaven or hell or before?
07:27 – Are the sacraments like an extension of the Incarnation throughout time?
12:00 – If someone were to be sacramentally married, die, and be brought back to life, would they have to be married again to their spouse?
16:47 – How does the Church have valid apostolic succession?
19:35 – How careful do we have to be about not getting coronavirus?
23:46 – My friend tells me he won’t believe in God because of the Crusades and the Inquisition. How can I respond to that?
32:36 – Is it true that early Christians were barbaric and murderous, not even believing in the Sonship of Christ? A friend recently told me this.
36:13 – My evangelical friend says that Catholics lie about who Mary’s parents were and that Jesus fell three times. They said those things are not in Scripture. How can I respond?
45:42 – How can I help someone who feels overwhelming fear of hell and so goes to confession as often as possible?
51:23 – How is the Eucharist an offering?
Resources Mentioned:
Understanding Scrupulosity: Questions, Helps, and Encouragement by Rev. Thomas Santa C.Ss.R.
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Questions Covered:
13:28 – How do science and technology conflict with faith and how can we manage the relationship between technology and faith?
16:40 – I think the Bible and science are in direct conflict. How do you reconcile the two?
25:08 – I spend time with a lot of atheist and agnostic friends who believe in science. What is the strongest scientific evidence for God?
33:40 – There are some neuroscientists that claim that our brains believe in God because of chemical reactions and not because of His actual existence. How can I respond?
43:40 – A lot of my friends debate me on my belief in God. How can I explain why God allows bad things to happen in the world?
47:50 – I saw God’s hand in my garden this year because beetles did not destroy my crops. A wasp appeared that never had before and it eats the beetles that eat the garden. God is amazing!
49:42 – Can you explain singularity, and do you think God will allow that to happen?
Resources Mentioned:
Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
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Questions Covered:
03:40 – I am wondering if my Baptism was valid. I was baptized in the Baptist church and I think there was a separation of form and matter. Can you help me?
11:22 – Should girls be permitted to be altar servers?
16:54 – How do I teach kids how to pray?
20:56 – I know someone who had a pacemaker and poor quality of life. They chose to turn their pacemaker off so they wouldn’t have to continue suffering. Was this ethical?
30:30 – What are the guidelines for incensing at Mass? When the priest has the water and wine put into the chalice, they always wipe the inside a little bit after. Why?
34:33 – What does the Catholic Church teach about how people should use their money? Should they give it all to the Church?
37:08 – My friend is searching for belief in God and feeling a fear for death. How can I help them to come to believe in God?
44:52 – I recently came back to the Church. My fiance doesn’t want our son to be baptized so young, she wants him to decide for himself. How can I talk to her about this important sacrament?
49:30 – When the priest holds up one host and that becomes the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, when do the rest of the hosts become consecrated?
51:11 – I am coming into the Church and I am trying to explain to my father the Catholic Church’s authority. He said that I am trusting my human authority to pick the Catholic Church. How can I respond?
Resources Mentioned:
ncbcenter.org
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