Abstaining from meat on Friday was – and remains in universal law! – a small practice that united us all. Every Catholic – no matter his or her status or vocation in the church, from the pope right on down to a newly baptized person – carried out this one act together as an expression of common devotion to our Lord.
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Meatless Fridays: The healing sign we need. Again.
Fr. Eric J. Banecker, Catholic Philly
Monday, July 18, 2022