Catholic Answers Live

Catholic Answers Live

Catholic Answers LIVE is a daily, call-in radio program of Catholic apologetics and evangelization airing live from 6-8 pm ET.

Episodes

#11044 Why Are Those Who Attend the Latin Mass Being Attacked? - Tim Staples

March 1, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 01:33 – Why are there some Catholic churches that feel like they don’t want people with mental disabilities? 11:13 – Can you explain the presumption of mercy? 18:12 – A lot of non-religious and native Americans use sage for purification. Can we as Catholics use it if we get it blessed? 21:31 – What's a good response to once saved always saved? 31:56 – Why was the fall of the angels irreparable? ...
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#11043 How Do I Explain Private Revelation to a Protestant? - Tim Staples

February 28, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 08:55 – Did God know the devil would become a fallen angel? Were there other fallen angels apart from the devil? 14:41 – Is it Catholic to say that God is consistently pouring out his grace and by cooperation we come into a closer relationship with him? 18:18 – What is the official position on eschatology? 23:27 – I’m Lutheran. I see saints say contradictory things about Mary. Some say we should be ...
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#11041 Arguments for God - Pat Flynn

February 27, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 14:31 – Does atheism lead to nihilism? 21:13 – Why do so many Christians fall into atheism? 23:02 – Is the intelligent design argument against evolution helpful, unhelpful or irrelevant in the debate about God? 33:41 – Why the Judeo-Christian God instead of any other God? 40:58 – What are good resources for atheists who want to get into philosophy? 48:38 – My belief in God stems from my illness. 52:05 – I just d...
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#11040 Is Fasting Harmful? - Tim Staples

February 25, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 04:08 – I have been struggling with a lot of anxiety. When I pray, sometimes I get peace and sometimes I don’t. I pray the rosary, I do devotions, etc. Can you help me know if maybe I’m missing something so I can be at peace?  12:54 – One version of Matthew 1:25 says Joseph did not have marital relations until Mary had the firstborn son. But does that mean Mary wasn’t a perpetual virgin?  21:52 – Why did the 12 ...
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#11026 Overcoming Obstacles to Catholicism - Karlo Broussard

February 16, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 01:45 – I'm struggling with worshiping in a Catholic Church. Do you have any advice? 11:13 – I’m struggling to understand why the Pope won’t call out high-profile politicians If they are clearly speaking against the teachings of the Church? 17:18 – I struggle with my priest who doesn't approve of me receiving communion on the tongue and also allows lay people to expose the Eucharist in the monstrance. Wh...
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#11019 Artificial Intelligence - Joe Heschmeyer

February 10, 2023 • 55 mins
In today's episode, Cy and Joe discuss artificial Intelligence and what that means for the future. …
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#11018 Is Mary the Woman in Revelation 12? - Tim Staples

February 10, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 05:55 – What was the timeline and details around the nativity of the Lord and their movement? 09:51 – If the bible wasn’t put together until the 300’s how can the early church claim that a heresy, such as Marcionism (140 AD), was against scripture? 15:54 – Is Mary the woman in Rev. 12 Mary? If so, she had child pains, so does that mean she was not sinless? 23:54 – Does Vatican II's decree on ecu...
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#11016 Did Jesus Know He Was Going to be Crucified? - Tim Staples

February 9, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 12:19 – What did Jesus mean when he said “let the dead bury the dead? 33:22 – Did Jesus know he was going to be crucified when he started his ministry? 42:57 – How is the Holy Spirit a person like the Father and the Son? …
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#11012 The Heart of the Gospel - Fr. Sebastian Walshe

February 7, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 11:46 – I was told that the 12-step program is based on the beatitudes. Is this true?  13:58 – The beatitudes start with “happy are those” not “blessed”  18:07 – The beatitude regarding righteousness, How does this apply when wanting to help a parent who doesn't want to be helped because they don't see you as someone to correct them?  22:30 – Could you expound on the beatitude “blessed are the peacemaker...
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#11004 Did Mary Have Labor Pains? - Karlo Broussard

February 1, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 04:25 – What are the fasting obligations for the elderly and those in elderly homes?  13:07 – Why does it take so long to enter the Church?  18:50 – Did Mary experience labor pains? If she did, why if she didn’t have sin?  24:36 – What's the science behind transubstantiation?  40:49 – 1 Tim. 2:11-12 What's the Church’s stance on women in teaching ministry?  49:25 – I teach RCIA and I have a ...
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#11002 Does the Bible Prohibit Veneration of Icons? - Suan Sonna

January 31, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 20:31 – Has the east dogmatized icons? Is that similar in the west?  23:42 – Didn't Jesus say that we are all gods? Shouldn’t we then venerate ourselves? Are we in competition with God?  36:28 – I am an Orthodox convert to Eastern Catholicism. I would be so let down if I walked into a church without Icons.  38:05 – Prayer to saints seems to be more than just venerating. Can you help clarify?  48:27 – I think...
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#11001 Gender - Jason Evert

January 30, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 18:03 – Do you think this movement is driven by a lack of fathers and profiting off people's feelings?  22:24 – Can You clarify your statement on God's plan to put this confusion into our kids?  29:59 – My godson is transitioning and taking hormones. How do I approach this especially since his mom is approving?  36:05 – Can you help break down what non-binary means?  43:36 – What do you think about the a...
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#10999 How Do We Know Peter Went to Rome? - Jimmy Akin

January 27, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 03:29 – Can purgatory be experienced on earth?  12:08 – When did Jesus realize he was God?  17:21 – My mother with dementia sometimes goes to mass with us. She's protestant and sometimes gets confused on receiving communion. How should I approach this?  21:54 – I go to an Institute of Christ the King parish . I heard the pope was going to ban all Latin masses. Is this true?  29:03 – Are Adam and...
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#10987 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

January 19, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 06:07 – My son was received into the Catholic Church at 1 year old. Would he be considered a cradle Catholic?  10:43 – What does it mean to be Jewish? Is it a nationality or purely a religion? If someone were to convert from Judaism to Catholicism, would they still be ethnically Jewish?  14:21 – What’s the difference between the Chinese Lunar New Year and regular New Years? Also, since we’re in AD, shouldn’t the...
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#10972 Scriptural Apologetics - John Martignoni

January 10, 2023 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 12:13 – The bible has passages where God is bargaining with Satan. How do I understand these passages? 16:44 – The teaching of purgatory bothers me. Where is it explicitly in the bible? 20:52 – I want to push back on who was left behind. Maybe the protestant conclusion is right. Were those who were left behind actually left behind to experience destruction? 24:01 – Mk. 10 says some will not taste death. Is that ...
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#10965 Why Catholics Can Eat Ham - Joe Heschmeyer

January 4, 2023 • 55 mins
Open Forum – Questions Covered: 06:52 – How to I respond to a protestant who says “God told me this is wrong” 14:45 – Do we have any knowledge of what Jesus would have been like as a child? 20:17 – I’m Pentacostal and just stumbled upon this show. What is the Catholic view on baptism? 30:26 – Are we supposed to adhere to the law of Moses? If so, why are we feasting on foods that are condemned according to the mosaic law? 35:56 – H...
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#10950 CA Kids Open Forum - Tim Staples

December 24, 2022 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 05:05 – Why is it so wrong for a woman to be a priest? Continued from hour one 12:30 – Is Santa real? 17:40 – If Jesus is fully in the host, then there must be millions of him. 23:50 – Why did they call Jesus' birthday Christmas? 30:15 – Why does God live in heaven? 36:03 – Who made God? 42:50 – Why did the wisemen decide to follow the star? 49:24 – Why do we have Christmas trees during Christmas? …
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#10946 Flannel Panel - Joe Heschmeyer

December 22, 2022 • 55 mins
Topics Covered: 04:00 – Gay "Marriage" Bill  42:05 – Nicaraguan Bishop persecuted and ideologies  …
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#10945 Flannel Panel - Joe Heschmeyer

December 21, 2022 • 55 mins
Topics Covered: 05:03 – P22, the mountain lion that, in downtown Los Angeles, died. 17:53 – Vatican Corruption – Paglia, Beciu, and more. 42:50 – Introducing Jordan, major gifts manager for Catholic Answers 49:10 – Pope’s Resignation Letter …
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#10939 Divorce and the Holidays - Rose Sweet

December 16, 2022 • 55 mins
Questions Covered: 28:46 – My parents divorced when I was 11 and my dad ended up marrying his high school sweetheart. Even today, decades later, I’m still feeling the effects of it. Can you just comment on that? 31:54 – I’m divorced, and my depression kicks up around this time of year. How do I get over it? 34:59 – I’m annulled after a marriage that lasted 6 months. How do I discern marriage with this hanging over my head? 40:55 –...
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