U.S. bishop calls for return to Friday abstinence from meat

[Michie]

A leading U.S. Catholic bishop on Wednesday called on his fellow bishops to help revive the tradition of abstinence from meat on Fridays as a way to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si'.

Archbishop Borys Gudziak, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, the committee charged with advancing Catholic social teaching, made his remarks at the conference’s annual fall meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 13.

In 1966, the USCCB (then called the National Conference of Catholic Bishops) removed the obligation of the faithful to abstain from meat on Fridays except during Lent. The tradition of fasting on Fridays dates back to the early Church but was codified in canon law in 1917.

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U.S. bishop calls for return to Friday abstinence from meat

Archbishop Borys Gudziak made his remarks at the conference’s annual fall meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 13.

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[RileyG]

I would totally support this! I support tradition 100%.

Unfortunately, I cannot say I actually abstain from meat on Fridays, though.

I'm willing to change my discipline

 

[Michie]

Meatless Fridays back? US bishops discuss ways to celebrate 10 years of 'Laudato Si''

A Methods of further incorporating Laudato Si' into the life of the church included the suggestion of reviving abstinence from meat on Fridays.

www.oursundayvisitor.com

 

[Lady Bug]

I kind of like it the way it is. However, I am OK with others voluntarily abstaining from it; many probably do already.

 

[RileyG]

I kind of like it the way it is. However, I am OK with others voluntarily abstaining from it; many probably do already.

I agree, I do wish I attended the Latin Mass more, though