[A.A. Cunningham]

As a Catholic he might personally obey the (now rescinded) Church about not eating meat on Friday. (sic)

It's an urban legend perpetrated by the ignorant that of the discipline abstaining from eating meat on Friday has been rescinded.

Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

[allmendream]

Apparently this “ignorant” Archbishop spoke of “reintroducing” the practice - widely abandoned after a relaxing of the prohibition (outlining other methods of observance that could be performed) in 1984.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386818/Archbishop-Vincent-Nichols-tells-Catholic-faithful-dont-eat-meat-Fridays.html