where I talk about very early on, when you have cases like Pope Clement being sought out, not meddling, being sought out to resolve a dispute with a church in the East, possibly while the apostle John even is still alive; this is in the first century. Or...
Kids always complained about the cafeteria food but I really wanted to buy it.When we finished lunch that day,she told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics don't eat red meat on Fridays---they eat fish on Fridays.From then on,every Friday Mrs.White bought ...
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland announced Friday that is has added 22 new names to a list of priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a child. “The new names of diocesan clerics were added after the diocese concluded, based on the evidence available to it, that… Read...
so this is the happy compromise. Not sure what to do for dinner. We don’t eat meat on Friday, so I tend to fall into a few meals that everyone likes that are meatless, like scrambled eggs or fish. It’s difficult to make the whole crowd happy though. I expect it will be eggs....
No, neither the Church nor the Bible says that eating meat is a sin. In the book of Acts, St. Peter is instructed by God to slaughter and eat any animal (15:9-1...
Dear Fathers:Is it permitted to eat chicken on Fridays during Lent? The Fathers Reply.The definition of fleshmeat for the Friday abstinence differs somewhat by local custom. In most countries, chicken is considered meat, and eating chicken violates the abstinence as much as a hamburger. You...
When a sick person is disgusted with all sorts of meat, and yet needs something for his nourishment, we set not before him the whole of what we would have him to eat, because the sight of so much would give him a still greater repugnance, but we give it by little and little, and ...
Temptation And Spiritual Warfare Some wonder what role temptation plays in the story of salvation and why the First Sunday of Lent focuses us on the Temptation of Jesus in the Desert. We must understand why God allows us to be tempted, and how temptation and spiritual warfare are related so...
On Easter Sunday, the traditional meat for dinner is lamb. The lamb was a sacrifice during the Jewish Passover, and it became a symbol for Jesus. It is also seasonal as Spring lamb is particularly tender and noted for its subtle flavour. ...
Ad extra et intra, isn’t this what may have happened with Friday abstinence? Pretty much everyone was acutely aware that Catholics shouldn’t eat meat on Fridays. People adjusted for their dinner guests on Fridays or were mortified if they forgot. It could be that in the case of this ...