However, the practice of refraining from eating meat is primarily observed among Catholics, who opt to eat fish instead of ...

The Roman Catholic Church requires its followers to practice abstinence from meat and fasting on Ash Wednesday.

Why meat is not eaten during Lent, which days the abstinence applies and what is the religious significance within the Catholic tradition.

I’m not Catholic, but I’m giving up meat on Fridays during Lent, which starts March 5 and runs through April 17. Since fish is allowed, this gives me an excuse to eat more seafood. To prepare my mind ...

Catholics who are abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent have a pass when it comes to one tasty reptile. Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told ...