#12598 Why Isn’t Fish Considered Meat? Communion and Saints’ Names - Tom Nash
#12598 Why Isn’t Fish Considered Meat? Communion and Saints’ Names - Tom Nash  
Podcast: Catholic Answers Live
Published On: Fri Feb 20 2026
Description: “Why isn’t fish considered meat?” This question opens a discussion on dietary laws and traditions within the Church. Other topics include the role of extraordinary ministers of holy communion, the appropriateness of taking a female saint’s name for confirmation, and the Church’s stance on organ donation, showcasing a variety of inquiries related to faith and practice. Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 02:55 – There are things I cannot accept about Catholicism. Marriage equality and women priests are the two things that I just cannot get past. 16:25 – Mark 7:31-37 Where did Jesus spit? 20:03 – In the US we see a lot of extraordinary ministers of holy communion being used ordinarily. Is that an abuse? 31:44 – Why isn’t fish considered meat? 41:22 – Is there any issue for a man taking a female saint name for confirmation? 42:45 – In what state in the body of the damned? 44:32 – What is the Church position on organ donation? 48:35 – Could you clarify when it meant when God said he regretted the creation of Man when speaking to Noah?