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Polish Bishops Say Meat OK This Friday Due to long Weekend

Friday, 04 May 2018 10:38 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish bishops have granted Catholics special dispensation to eat meet this Friday — an exception justified by the fact that Poles are enjoying a long holiday weekend that includes barbeques.

Catholics are supposed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays as a form of penance. In Poland, where more than 90 percent of the population is Catholic, it's common to find fish on menus on Fridays instead of meat.

Warsaw's archdiocese said the dispensation was justified by the large number of family gatherings taking place.

Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warsaw still urged Catholics to choose fish or vegetables if they could, saying "Jesus grilled fish, as we know."

The faithful were also reminded that they should pray or engage in other acts of penance in exchange for the dispensation. 

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