Catholic Answers Live #12598 Why Isn’t Fish Considered Meat? Communion and Saints’ Names - Tom Nash
Feb 20, 2026
Tom Nash, longtime Catholic apologist and author, joins to tackle quirky and weighty faith questions. He traces why fish became an accepted Lenten food and explains extraordinary ministers of communion. He discusses taking a female saint's name at confirmation and outlines the Church's view on organ donation. Short, clear takes on tradition, practice, and pastoral care.
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Why The Church Rejects Same‑Sex Marriage
- Tom Nash explains the Church's teaching that marriage is intrinsically ordered to complementarity and procreation.
- He distinguishes chastity from mere celibacy and urges loving friendship for same-sex attracted persons while rejecting same-sex marriage.
Practical Steps For Living Chastity
- He urges same-sex attracted Catholics to pursue chastity, prayer, confession, and Eucharistic devotion.
- He recommends the apostolate Courage and the documentary Desire of the Everlasting Hills as resources.
Jesus' Healing Gesture In Mark 7
- Guadalupe asks whether Jesus spat on his fingers and used them to heal a man's ears and tongue in Mark 7.
- Tom Nash describes an embodied, sacramental, sensory healing gesture where Jesus touches the man's ears and tongue after spitting.
