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 can parents protect their children in a world and culture gone mad?
Questions Covered:
16:16 – Why are the Muslims having such good luck raising large, traditional families? What are they doing right?
18:48 – Where do we draw the line between protecting our kids from outside influences and sheltering them too much?
29:00 – What if your husband is still rebelling and says that his parents forced him to go to Church, so he won’t go? How can you teach your kids when your husband is not on board?
32:15 – I have a 15-year-old son who came out as homosexual. His sister came out as well, who is about 10 years older than him. How do we navigate this?
41:17 – How do I handle my great-grandson who is totally out of control. He is two and a half. He completely disregards any discipline. What can we do?
43:45 – My daughter is 21, living in Chicago in the same apartment building as her boyfriend. How can I keep her connected to us and her faith? Since she moved to Chicago, she has fallen away from the Church.
50:09 – I am 15 and going into RCIA. I am worried that after I am baptized, my mom will not take me to Mass every Sunday. Is this a sin for me?
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Do you want to better understand God’s word?
Questions Covered:
03:22 – How do we know that the Old Testament ceremonial laws are from God and not just made up?
15:35 – 3 people are mentioned in the Apostle’s Creed – Jesus, Mary, and Pontius Pilate. Why is Pontius Pilate included?
21:04 – Why did Jesus go to hell if he was not a bad man? Also, why does Jesus say in the New Testament, “Why have you forsaken me?”
28:40 – In Leviticus, when God is telling the priests what to do and wear, it is so different from how Jesus speaks about the priesthood. Why is that?
34:45 – When reading the Bible, how do we determine which passages are figurative and which are literal?
43:40 – Where in the Bible does it condemn witching and crystals? How are those different from relics?
51:56 – What is your advice to be cautious about when embarking on a Bible study? I don’t want to impose too much of my own thoughts on the text, but just to accept what it presents to me.
Resources Mentioned:
Thomas Aquinas and the Occult
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Do you want to better understand God’s word?
Questions Covered:
05:05 – Recently, some Protestants told me that they think because Jesus was from a northern tribe that he was white. Does the Bible prove this?
12:25 – How do we know that people in the Old Testament weren’t lying about being prophets and speaking for God?
16:49 – Is there historical proof for the Exodus? I have read online that it was just a myth.
28:38 – When Lucifer rebelled against God, did he stop loving God?
34:15 – What do we know about Naashan, who was present at the parting of the Red Sea?
43:13 – Does the Catholic Church accept replacement theology and if so, which Bible verses do you use to support it?
47:42 – How can we explain Abraham and others having multiple wives and partners? Why can’t we have more wives?
Resources Mentioned:
On the Reliability of the Old Testament by Kenneth Kitchen
Did the Exodus Actually Happen? with Jimmy Akin
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From ancient times, Christians have celebrated the Assumption of Mary on August 15. In modern times, the celebration of the Coronation of Mary has been joined to that feast. Father Hugh Barbour reviews the history and theology of these Marian celebrations, and explains why they should fill you with joy.
Cy Kellett:
We’ve got a special episode in honor of Mary, our queen right now on Catholic Answers Focus.
Hello and welcome to Focus. The Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding and defending the Catholic faith. Don’t forget to subscribe, wherever you subscribe for your p…
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:
03:00 – I am Jewish. Where do Catholics find the criteria for the Messiah?
14:25 – What is Catholic teaching on IVF?
17:54 – How do we know the books of the Bible are divinely inspired?
18:58 – If God has free will and always does the right thing, why didn’t he make humans the same way?
28:55 – Is it possible that Mary could have committed a material sin, as opposed to a formal, actual sin? Could she have committed sin in ignorance?
36:15 – Acts 12 mentions the death of James and later mentions his prison escape. How are we meant to understand this?
43:20 – Why should I be Catholic rather than Eastern Orthodox? Would I be a heretic if I was Orthodox?
49:20 – If all the science books and all of the Bibles in existence were destroyed, would both come back the same as they were before?
Resources Mentioned:
The Problem of Evil by Jimmy Akin
Why I am Not Eastern Orthodox by Jimmy Akin
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