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Catholic Answers Live

#12558 AMA - Tom Nash

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered:

  • 03:09 – I saw a Mass on EWTN that seemed to have married priests or priest from other countries passing out communion? Is this okay?
  • 06:00 – If the TLM is a valid form of worship, why is it being suppressed?
  • 13:33 – Is there any reason to believe that God still punishes nations for being disobedient like he did in the Old Testament?
  • 17:40 – Jack Chick claimed the Church marked Luther for death after he exposed the ‘con job’ of selling indulgences. Is this true
  • 22:40 – Is there a position that we should take when praying the Lord’s Prayer during Mass?
  • 28:58 – Was there ever a covenant made with the absence of blood?
  • 31:51 – How do I help and reach out to my Protestant friend who is losing his faith and in a dark place?
  • 33:37 – Is it possible to say that Jesus could have looked at ALL the apostles when he says “upon this rock I will build my church”?
  • 38:35 – What can I do if my pastor has requested me to not kneel for communion? How do I move forward?
  • 42:51 – Would it be immoral for an unwed woman to adopt an embryo?
  •  45:57 – How can we justify praying to Mary and the Saint to Protestants? 49:26 – What is the Catholic understanding of Armageddon in Revelation? 52:46 – Why doesn’t the pope always speak infallibly?

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:33.6

I am Cy Kelly, your host.

0:35.6

Darren and I are a little out of sync today.

0:37.8

Are we out of sync a little bit?

0:39.2

A little bit out of sync. I'm not sure when the mic's on. He's not sure when I'm going to talk. But we're glad you're back for a second hour. We got, you know what we like to do every now and then around here? And we have these drop calls that happen. I know what you're thinking. And you're thinking the reason those calls dropped is because I pushed the wrong button.

0:54.9

And that's a fair assumption on your part, but it's not always the case. I think you have evidence to back up your assertion, but it's not always the case. Sometimes the caller just doesn't stay on the line, but we're like, oh, that would actually give us an opportunity to have an interesting conversation, that question. So we save them up and we share them with the dudes when they come in. Tom Nash, apologist, theologian. How long

1:16.6

you've been involved in Catholic media, Tom? Oh, since the writing of the Bible? Not quite that

1:23.3

long. Thirty-five years or so. Yeah, yeah. In various ways. So you've been, yeah, and so you've seen the growth and the changes and all of that.

1:31.2

You've been there at EWTN.

1:32.6

Were you at Avi Maria radio for a while?

1:34.4

I did some work at Avi Maria for a while and also did a little bit of fundraising.

1:40.0

And they also were very helpful in the first edition of my book on the biblical case for the Catholic Church in terms of supporting me in that regard.

1:47.8

So grateful to our friends at Ave Maria Radio based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and my various friends there, Marcus Peter and the whole gang.

1:59.8

By the way, in case you don't know it, Tom, is a complete partisan of Michigan. Everything from Michigan is good, everything from any other state, not so good. Not true. Anything from Ohio? Terrible. Not true. He doesn't believe in airplanes because they were invented by people from Ohio. Why? You hate Ohio so much, Tom Nash. That is not true. and don't say that since we're moving to Columbus, and I have Godchildren who are Buckeye fans, so stop it. You have Godchildren who are Buckeye fans? Yes, I do. Just showing that. Did you show up to the baptisms? Of course I did. And I also congratulated them for all those years that they beat Michigan and football. Look, you're red right now. I'm giving you a hard time and you're not even wearing Michigan blue. Well, these are, there was a gift I received years ago. It works. All right. I'm going to give you some questions then Tom Nash. I don't know why I start the show by picking on you. That doesn't, it doesn't seem like me. Especially when we're going to Columbus, you know, don't, don't put a target on me. Well, Cy Kellett said. All right, so Carolyn was in Illinois. Do you like Illinois or do you hate it as much as you hate Ohio? I don't hate Ohio and I don't hate Illinois. What is the question? Do you have any feelings about Illinois or you just go on? I wish Illinois well. All right.

3:09.1

This is what Carolyn was going to ask.

3:12.0

I saw a mass on EWTN that seemed to have married priests or priests from other countries passing out communion.

3:20.9

Carolyn wants to know, is that okay?

3:23.9

Well, if it are priests from other nations,

3:27.4

other countries, that's perfectly fine because the church is universal. When Jesus said,

3:32.3

make disciples of all nations, that means the whole world, and that's what Catholic means

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