Eating meat on Fridays

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I’ve maintained that we are not allowed to eat meat on any Friday throughout the Church year in a conversation I’m having with a Catholic colleague of mine.
However, I cannot seem to find it anywhere in the catechism or in cannon law.

Can someone please help
 
Intrigued Latin:
I’ve maintained that we are not allowed to eat meat on any Friday throughout the Church year in a conversation I’m having with a Catholic colleague of mine.
However, I cannot seem to find it anywhere in the catechism or in cannon law.

Can someone please help
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From the 1983 Code of Canon Law:

Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

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OK–I’m confused. Is it forbidden to eat meat on Friday–or- allowable if there is some other type of abstience observed? Why isn’t this something that is presented clearly and regularly at the masses?
 
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OK–I’m confused. Is it forbidden to eat meat on Friday–or- allowable if there is some other type of abstience observed? Why isn’t this something that is presented clearly and regularly at the masses?
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The original poster lives in Canada, so I gave him/her the general code. I believe it is coad 1253 that specifies that the episcopal conference can set the exact observance.

Here in the U.S., abstinence from meat still holds first place in practice on penintential days (including every Friday). However, the USCCB also allows another form of penance to be sustituted for abstinence from meat on Fridays.

In other words, we are still required to perform an act of penace on all Fridays. Abstinence from meat is preferred, but if you are going to eat meat, you **must **perform another act of penance.

As for why clear instructions on this aren’t taught, your guess is as good as mine.
 
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