if you are catholic is it true that you are not suspose to eat red meat on a friday throught the year?

Answer 1

Not since Vatican II.


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Answer 2

This was true until Vatican 2 in the 1960's and then it was decided that catholics no longer had to abstain from red meat on Fridays, but to observe this during Lent, which is the 40 days before Easter Sunday. Myself, I still don't eat red meat on Fridays, this assures me of getting at least one fish dish during the week.

Answer 3

As a former Catholic there was a story that went this way.
During WWII all people in the armed forces could eat meat on Fridays with out committing a sin. Nobody died from eating meat on Fridays so the Catholic Church gave up the idea.

Answer 4

Yes, but that has been changed to just lent a few years back.

Current fasting practice in the Roman Catholic Church binds persons over the age of majority and younger than fifty-nine (Canon 1251). Pursuant to Canon 1253, days of fasting and abstinence are set by the national Episcopal conference. On days of fasting, one eats only one full meal, but may eat two smaller meals as necessary to keep up one's strength. The two small meals together must sum to less than the one full meal. Parallel to the fasting laws are the laws of abstinence. These bind those over the age of eighteen. On days of abstinence, the person must not eat meat or poultry. According to canon law, all Fridays of the year, Ash Wednesday and several other days are days of abstinence, though in most countries, the strict requirements of abstinence have been limited by the bishops (in accordance with Canon 1253) to the Fridays of Lent and Ash Wednesday. On other abstinence days, the faithful are invited to perform some other act of penance.

Answer 5

I have a good friend that is Catholic and he just can't eat any meat on fridays through lent. its like march through easter or somewhere around there. he eats meat other times but he might just not be as strict as others. you might want to check with the catholic church to be sure.

Answer 6

Yes, unless the bishops and Pope make an exception.

The Days of Penance are described in the Code of Canon Law (1249-1253):

Divine law binds all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way.

In order for all to be united among themselves by some common observance of penance, however, penitential days are prescribed on which the Christian faithful devote themselves in a special way to prayer, perform works of piety and charity, and deny themselves by fulfilling their own obligations more faithfully and especially by observing fast and abstinence.

The penitential times are every Friday and the season of Lent.

Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays.

Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

In the United States of America, the bishops, with the permission of the Pope, allow Catholics to substitute a penitential, or even a charitable, practice of their own choosing on the Fridays outside of Lent.

Many U.S. Catholics just continue to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

I am Catholic.That went by the wayside yrs. ago and I mean yrs.
The only time we don't eat meat of any type is on Good Friday.

Answer 8

I think priests still abide by that but typically for parishoners it's just during lent.

Answer 9

Only through lent. That was true but they changed that a long time ago.

Answer 10

thats what the catholics say--in my opinion--just do it if thats what your religion says