Talk:Fasting and Abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church

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Cut and removed this table from the traditional days section. Rewrote and summarized as an example of one implementation of the "traditional" times of penance. Anyone have a reference that gives a time frame when this was actually the rule? Gimmetrow 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fasting

[edit] Complete abstinence

  • Every Friday, unless it be a holy day of obligation
  • Ash Wednesday
  • Holy Saturday until noon
  • December 24 (vigil of Christmas)
  • December 7 (vigil of Immaculate Conception; transferred to December 6 if the 7th should was a Sunday)

[edit] Partial abstinence

  • Ember Wednesdays and Saturdays
  • The vigil of Pentecost
  • The vigil of All Saints October 31; transferred to October 30 if the 31st should be a Sunday


Also cut this, which doesn't appear to correspond to any law at any time. Gimmetrow 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

The following are the modern days of fasting and abstinence in the church.

  • Ash Wednesday (fast & abstinence)
  • Every Friday of Lent (abstinence)
  • Good Friday (fast & abstinence)
  • Holy Saturday (fast & abstinence until noon)
  • December 24 (Christmas Eve) (abstinence - no longer followed in the western world).
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