22 thoughts on “Alligator OK to eat on Lenten Fridays, archbishop clarifies – CNA

  1. Cue up all my anti-theist friends pedantically trotting this out as an example of religion versus science. Yes, alligators are taxonomically not fish.

    If you aren’t Catholic, why do you care what some Catholic prelate says about a dietary restriction that doesn’t apply to you? If you are Catholic, you’ve already squared the circle of non-overlapping magisteria.

    Alligator is rubbery and tasteless anyway.Report

      1. But were they the fish kind (so their ancestor survived by breathing the flood waters) or the reptile kind (and therefore descended from the common ancestor that survived on the Ark)?Report

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