#12648 Can a Bishop Ordain Married Men? - Tom Nash
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Can a bishop ordain married men to the priesthood without the pope’s approval?” This question opens a discussion that also touches on whether Catholics and Muslims worship the same God, the appropriateness of performing marriages outside of church buildings, and the implications of changes in Mass prayers.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:00 – Does a bishop have the authority to ordain married men to the priesthood without the popes approval?
- 11:20 – What do Catholics say about Muslims and Catholics worshipping the same God?
- 16:35 – Is a priest allowed to perform a marriage outside of a church building?
- 20:05 – Why did they drop the word “One” from the closing prayer at Mass?
- 24:05 – Our parish is adding an extra song after the consecration, and another one during the cleaning of the vessels. Is this proper?
- 33:15 – I’m an evangelical Protestant and I’m getting curious about Catholicism. How do I go about this without falling into error?
- 48:20 – What is the difference between the Anglican and Catholic views of the Eucharist? Is it efficacious to receive communion at a non-Catholic Church?
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| 0:37.1 | He's a killer that Johnny Varsilla. We like having them here. Johnny, thanks for all the hard work that you do. In studio with us, Tom Nash, and we're going to talk about the mask today. You can ask any question you want about the mass. We got a question from last hour still, Ryan, in New Mexico. You hang on. We're going to get to you. We don't want, |
| 0:54.9 | we didn't want to hang up on you or drive you away. But if you wait, we'll get to your question. But anything you would like to know about the mass? Tom Nash, very fine theologian and apologists. He doesn't know who the best basketball player in the world is, but he knows everything else about basketball. Tom Nash, welcome. Great to be here. That's a debatable point. The first one is supposed to be a definitive part of the positive faiths. Everyone else on earth knows who it is. You're the one because you're a Detroit-Pristons fan who doesn't know. Did I or did I not, for the record, say that if I had a starting five, including a top team, |
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| 1:30.0 | I actually missed his part. |
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| 1:32.0 | Oh, you should have Larry Bird. And I would have, Jordan, I do believe, and I'm sorry, but I would go co-e vines. Is Isaiah your point guard? I would have Magic as my point guard, Magic Johnson, because I think he can play any position as he demonstrated as a rookie. I remember as a senior. Played his center. Yeah, he played center. He almost had a triple double, but the dude could play it all. And he made everybody look better, as did Bird. You want team players. You don't want ball hogs. I think in some ways michael might try to do too much but |
| 2:02.5 | you but i would say this six champions oh you know i agree with you but he also he also had |
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| 2:16.6 | including dennis robin so yeah that's true but i would say that one of the one, to me, I like Kobe Bryant. All right. We're going to, if you've got a question about the masks, don't, don't ask Tom about basketball. You can see he doesn't know anything about basketball. 888, 318, 7884. He finally got a good team, though, this year of the Detroit though this year of the Detroit. Pistons are awful |
| 2:36.9 | darn good this year. It's been a while. Let me ask you this question and then we'll get to people's |
| 2:41.2 | questions about the Mass. This comes straight, ripped from the headlines, this question. |
| 2:48.0 | Ripped from the headline. Does the bishop have the authority to ordain married men to the priesthood without the Pope's approval? No, he does not. And this is a good |
| 2:56.2 | thing, and this is what I think it's a good learning question or issue for our listeners or just a |
| 3:03.0 | reminder. You know, going back to the fundamentals, it's opening day baseball, sports tie in. |
| 3:11.3 | Actually, yesterday was opening day, but be that as may, it's early time. But you go back to the fundamentals, and why do we say anything about the, well, the Pope, it's because he has the primacy of governance from Jesus Christ. |
| 3:19.3 | This is a question of binding and loosing, and you do so in communion with Jesus Christ. |
| 3:23.3 | He prays that they may all be won to the Father in John 17 verses 20 to 23 and |
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