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.
Call in with your question at 1-888-31-TRUTH!
Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
13:19 - Does the Catholic Church allow any form of contraception?
23:03 - When and how did the Church develop the scientific method?
29:01 - How do I explain to my friends about the child sexual abuse case?
36:55 - Can you comment on these two principles: life itself is a gift from God and bringing life into the world is sacred act, so contraception is wrong because it is blasphemous; contraception objectifies one of the partners and the baby, so that is why it is morally wrong.
Resources Mentioned:
The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church: Distinguishing Fact…
Questions and Topics Covered:
13:12 - What do you think of this: forgiveness conquers evil?
17:57 - I’ve forgiven my husband for many things, but he has no forgiveness for me in how I’ve responded. How does forgiveness work in this situation?
32:42 - My confirmation sponsor helped me with forgiveness by telling me to pray to God to forgive my parents. It was an act of will and I prayed for months and it really helped me forgive some major abuse that happened to me. What do you think of this process?
43:32 - God gave me a beautiful gift of forgiveness for the abortion I had. I asked…
We pick our favorite weird, wild, and wacky questions about Catholic Faith, and Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin answers them.
Question Covered:
What kind of prayers for a sports team are appropriate?
Is it true that a medieval pope had a previous pope dug up and put on trial?
Have some saints and popes used tobacco?
If life exists on other planets, did Jesus incarnate there also?
Today would we keep a beheaded John the Baptist alive with pumps and stuff?
How much of your body mass can you lose before you lose your soul?
If a Catholic is eating a hot dog on a ship and crosses into a time…
The 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:
03:49 - I recently purchased a history on the Popes. The author says there was more than one Bishop of Rome during the time of St. Peter. Some use this as a way to discredit Catholicism. Can you explain this claim?
12:49 - What Catholic Bible commentary would you recommend?
17:17 - Is there a certain formula to do mental prayer?
21:49 - Can you explain the…
The 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:
05:10 - What’s the difference between discipline, doctrine, and dogma, and can doctrine ever change?
17:57 - I’m a Protestant hopefully becoming Catholic. I am wondering about the idea of “by Christ alone” and how to answer my friends against the charge that the Church doesn’t believe "by Christ alone".
29:54 - Why do the Orthodox have a larger Bible?
41:40…
