CLEVELAND, Ohio - Part of the Christian Lenten tradition is to abstain from eating meat on Fridays, and instead chow down on fish. Hence the ... So, to make sure business was booming, he ordered Catholics must eat fish on Fridays during Lent. ... Roman Catholics in Detroit can eat muskrat for Lent. read more
The rule that Catholics cannot eat meat on Fridays during Lent is actually more lenient than what most Catholics in history have had to observe. Centuries ago, the Catholic Church had a law that forbade consuming meat on all Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. read more