The new code of Canon Law, adopted in 1918, changed some of these fast rules for Roman Catholics. For example, dairy products were no longer included in the list of foods from which Roman Catholics must abstain on fast days or days of abstinence, and Saturdays were no longer observed as ...
Fasting for special purposes or before or during special sacred times remains a characteristic of major religions of the world. InJainism, for example, fasting according to certain prescribed rules and practicing certain types ofmeditationleads to trances that enable individuals to dissociate themselves...