Lent is the period of 40 days when Jesus completely fasted. Lent ends with Good Friday i.e. the death of Jesus Christ. Lent is a period of penance and remembering the sufferings and pain of Jesus Christ. Therefore it's good to abstain from meat during the season of Lent.
Yes many christians do it, but the main thing is to be clean in the heart, these are all not necessary.
It is not required to eat meat or not eat meat during Lent.
Yes, with the exception of Ash Wednesday when meat may not be eaten.
People aged 14 or older are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent.
Fridays during Lent.
Yes why not. But it's adviced not to eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays. Most people avoid meat during the whole of lent.
If you are Catholic, you are bound by Catholic discipline. Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence and we cannot eat meat, this has not changed.
Not quite. Its 14 years or older to not eat meat on Fridays in Lent. From ages 8 to 13 it is ok to.
sort of (during lent you can eat it on fridays)
Yes it is ok to eat meat during Lent, but advised not too.
Yes, Catholics may eat pies during Lent unless they are meat pies and those may not be eaten on Fridays during Lent.
I don't think that you are supposed to eat alligator at all in the US. However, you can eat meat, which is the category alligator would fall under, during Lent, except on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent.
It is called abstinence.