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No Meat on Fridays? Some Bishops Say It’s a Good Idea

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Proposal that aims to bring back rule that US bishops lifted in 1966 has a following.

A suggestion by an Eastern Rite bishop that Catholics in the United States once again give up eating meat on Fridays throughout the year has drawn interest from more than a dozen bishops in the country.

Several bishops told the Register they hope the U.S. bishops discuss the idea at their next gathering in June 2025.

But an early canvas suggests a renewed practice, if it occurs, might look different from the Church’s previous rule, which forbade Catholics from eating meat on almost all Fridays of the year under pain of mortal sin. Several bishops told the Register they don’t want to go that route.

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