So I see that the Roman Catholic Church are planning to reintroduce the concept of penance on Fridays. And what will this penance be? Not eating meat! Pushing 30 years as a vegetarian and never once have I felt that this is a penance! So why are the majority of the RC Church going to find this so ( apart from the ones who are already veggie I guess - what will they give up as a penance I wonder?)
Maybe those undertaking the penance would like to donate the difference in the amount they spend on food when not eating meat to a charity - then it might actually do some good. Or are they going to take the opportunity to promote how much kinder it would be to the planet if everyone just took one day out from carnivorous consumption? Come to think of it wasn't that someone else's idea? I seem to recall Meatless Mondays? What a wasted opportunity if this is just another Thou shalt not for our Roman Catholic brethren!
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