Catholic Holy Days of Obligation 2009

Good Friday is an important day on the Christian calendar but it is not a Catholic holy day of obligation.  Holy days of obligation are the Catholic equivalent of statutory holidays. They are days on which all Catholics must go to mass and must adhere to Canon Law. ...

Eat No Meat, on Good Friday and Holy Saturday Fish is the Dish

Good Friday and Holy Saturday are the last two days of Holy Week and, if you are Catholic, on these days you must not eat meat. Catholics don't eat meat on all Friday's during Lent, the 40 days and nights between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, but not eating meat on Good...

Holy Thursday: The Commemoration of the Last Supper

Holy Thursday is an annual Christian festival that falls on the Thursday prior to Easter Sunday. Preceded by Holy Wednesday and followed by Good Friday, Holy Thursday, also known as Maundy or Great and Holy...

Easter online and beyond

There's lots of ways to spend Easter, let's talk about some.To start, why not brush up on some of the history.For those with a yen for the traditional--and the ability to fly around the world, perhaps--the Pope is...

Four Festival On Same Day:India

friday march 21 Divine coincidence has led to celebration of four festivals of different major religions of world on the same day in India. Choti Holi (Hindus), Navroz, (Parsis), Good Friday (Christians) and...

Lucado's 'Six Hours One Friday'

"Around the world today, many people are celebrating Good Friday. After reading an excerpt from Max Lucado's Six Hours One Friday: Living in the Power of the Cross this morning, I realize that there is so much...

Crosses and bikinis dot Philippine Easter landscape

"Reuters - Nine Filipinos were nailed to wooden crosses this Good Friday and scores more whipped their backs into a bloody pulp in a gory re-enactment of the death of Jesus Christ."

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