In catholicism, is it still in practice to abstain from meat on all Fridays?

Answer 1

--is Catholic--

Yes actually the practice STILL is to abstain from meat on ALL Fridays. The US Catholics have a dispensation so that they might substitute some other from of abstinence instead of eating meat.

1983 Code of Canon Law, currently in force, specifies the obligations of Latin Rite Catholics.

Canon 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless (nisi) they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Canon 1252 All persons who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their sixtieth year. Nevertheless, pastors and parents are to see to it that minors who are not bound by the law of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense of penance.

Can. 1253 It is for the conference of bishops to determine more precisely the observance of fast and abstinence and to substitute in whole or in part for fast and abstinence other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.

The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Meat is considered to be the flesh and organs of mammals and fowl. Also forbidden are soups or gravies made from them. Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles and shellfish are permitted, as are animal derived products such as margarine and gelatin which do not have any meat taste.

On the Fridays outside of Lent the U.S. bishops conference obtained the permission of the Holy See for Catholics in the US to substitute a penitential, or even a charitable, practice of their own choosing. They must do some penitential/charitable practice on these Fridays. For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the United States as elsewhere.

Answer 2

Yes, but only during lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday. So when you hear about Fat Tuesday, and Mardi Gras, thats when us wack job Catholics do our thing, get ashes on our forehead, dont eat meat on fridays, priests molest little boys.... Oh wait, they do that on a regular basis.

Answer 3

all fridays during lent only. there was an official pardon by the pope for ONE friday this year though. it was on st. patricks day so everyone could have the traditional corned beef & cabbage.

Answer 4

No, only during Lent.

Answer 5

Just the older catholics, most don't

Answer 6

woul;d those mob catholics refuse to eat steak? ha hahahahaha i don't think so.