#12331 What’s the Point of Confession? Understanding the Sacraments - Tom Nash

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“What’s the point of confession?” This episode delves into the significance of this sacrament with Tom Nash. Additionally, we explore whether you can confess to a different priest and the nuances of confessing in a Greek Orthodox church.

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Questions Covered:

03:22 – What’s the point of confession?
16:58 – Can I confess to a different priest than usual?
20:04 – How to explain confession to Calvinists?
29:31 – Protestant youth minister converting—how to leave well?
45:49 – Can a Roman Catholic confess in a Greek Orthodox church?
51:14 – Why do some go to confession weekly?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Live. I am Sykelet, your host. Very happy to be here with you on this Monday afternoon, at least this Monday afternoon where we are. Monday evening where our guest, Tom Nash, is this hour, second hour. Amy Hamilton's going to be here. Lots of great stuff to discuss. We're going to discuss with Amy Hamilton, who's really an expert on issues related to the sexual revolution, family life, and the Catholic
0:57.2	Church, the Catholic faith, all that.
0:59.7	And so we're going to talk about the sexual revolution at 60.
1:03.0	It's 60 years old today.
1:04.3	Well, not today.
1:05.3	You know, it's 60 years old this decade.
1:07.6	And it's in one way of looking at it in any case.
1:10.5	So it's been, you know, when you
1:12.1	think about that, there's been 60 years since this sexual revolution really began to bite
1:17.8	into culture. We'll talk about it. It's anniversary. We'll take your questions about anything
1:23.7	having to do with that. This hour, we're going to talk about confession. On Monday mornings
1:27.9	here at Catholic Answers, we have what's called the convocation, and somebody gives a talk
1:33.6	usually goes between five and ten minutes, except that there are a few exceptions where it goes over
1:42.8	or under. I'm not going to name them,
1:44.9	but you could probably guess who they are. Tom Nash recently gave the convocation, and it was on
1:50.6	the sacrament of confession. And it's a great way to start the week when you have these
1:54.4	wonderful thinkers and speakers and just all around great people who give you these
1:59.2	convocations. So first of all, Tom Nash,
2:02.0	theologian, media personality, author, thank you so much for being here with us.
2:06.4	Great to be here with you and my fellow staff members of Catholic Answers and the Catholic
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