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
Questions Covered:
02:20 – in the sacrament of Holy Orders, clergy progress through ranks—deacon, priest, and bishop—implying they receive the sacrament multiple times, each with additional spiritual authority. Does this mean they receive the full sacrament once, with additional authority “unlocked” at each level, or is each stage more akin to receiving a fuller portion of the sacrament over time? If they receive the same sacrament with varying levels of authority, wouldn’t that mean Holy Orders is actually three different types of sacraments that are slight variations of each other?
08:25 – Mt 7:13-14. Is it wrong for me to read this as a motivational passage instead of a somber one?
13:17 – Will you do an episode of Mysterious World on our Lady of Champion?
15:47 – What are your thoughts on the mystic Luisa Piccarreta?
20:38 – How do we find a happy balance between taking responsibility for actions that lead to bad thing happening to us vs bad things just happening?
29:03 – What are your thoughts on Exodus 4:24?
35:38 – What is the best way to dispose of Catholic literature?
43:27 – Why is it that Catholicism removes consent and stewardship from its moral philosophy?
52:04 – How do I respectfully approach my pastor to bring back passing around the basket for the offertory? It was discontinued during COVID and never brought back.
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Questions Covered:
06:00 – Is a Catholic obliged to believe there are some philosophical arguments that prove the existence of God?
14:42 – What does Romans 8:17-23 mean?
21:11 – Could you summarize some of your favorite arguments for God?
29:30 – Are we supposed to rest on holy days of obligation? 32:55 – Is it a venial or mortal sin to not pay a debt back?
34:32 – Did the Council of Trent infallibly declare monogamy?
38:40 – What is a good way to go about reading St. Ignatius of Antioch and his seven letters?
44:27 – When Jesus says no one goes to the Father but through him, does this mean that all prayer has to go through Jesus?
49:25 – Regarding CCC 600 and time being immediately present. If God cannot tell whether a person is going to sin before a person is born. Then how can he know whether a person will sin?
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Questions Covered:
06:00 – Is a Catholic obliged to believe there are some philosophical arguments that prove the existence of God?
14:42 – What does Romans 8:17-23 mean?
21:11 – Could you summarize some of your favorite arguments for God?
29:30 – Are we supposed to rest on holy days of obligation? 32:55 – Is it a venial or mortal sin to not pay a debt back?
34:32 – Did the Council of Trent infallibly declare monogamy?
38:40 – What is a good way to go about reading St. Ignatius of Antioch and his seven letters?
44:27 – When Jesus says no one goes to the Father but through him, does this mean that all prayer has to go through Jesus?
49:25 – Regarding CCC 600 and time being immediately present. If God cannot tell whether a person is going to sin before a person is born. Then how can he know whether a person will sin?
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Question Covered:
10:41 – Could you expound on the idea of spiritual communion?
24:46 – Nicodemus misunderstood born from about, but St Paul discussed being born again as well. Can you expound on this?
32:44 – Can I work at a place that sells alcohol or vapes? Is me selling this making me guilty of causing others to sin?
44:23 – How do I reconcile the teachings of St Paul on enduring love and the reality of heartbreak in breakups and being told that a young person can’t know love?
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Question Covered:
10:41 – Could you expound on the idea of spiritual communion?
24:46 – Nicodemus misunderstood born from about, but St Paul discussed being born again as well. Can you expound on this?
32:44 – Can I work at a place that sells alcohol or vapes? Is me selling this making me guilty of causing others to sin?
44:23 – How do I reconcile the teachings of St Paul on enduring love and the reality of heartbreak in breakups and being told that a young person can’t know love?
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