The question called for a simple yes or no: Are Roman Catholics permitted to eat whale meat on fast days? No, according to the Archbishopric of Vienna; the whale is no fish but a warm-blooded mammalhence forbidden. When the question was put to the Vatican, officials of the Holy Office deliberated long & hard. Last week came the answer: on Fridays and other abstinence days Catholics must abstain from "beasts of the fields and fowl of the air." Underwater creatureseven if they come up for air, or occasionally come ashore for a brief siestacount as fish. Whale meat on Friday is...
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