.- While
the Catholic Church prohibits eating meat on Fridays during Lent,
bishops in about one-third of the U.S.'s 197 dioceses have issued a
one-day waiver of the rule for St. Patrick’s Day, citing the tradition
of having meals of corned beef and cabbage, reported the Washington
Post.
Among the
bishops granting the dispensation are those in Washington, Baltimore,
Arlington and Richmond. They said Catholics eating meat this St.
Patrick’s Day should offset their action by making another sacrifice
tomorrow or on another day during Lent.
Some local Catholics told the Post they still plan to avoid meat today, despite their bishop's permission to indulge.
In dioceses
where bishops did not opt for the waiver, such as in Columbus, Ohio,
Sioux City and Iowa, the Irish festivities there seemed to talk more of
fish and chips—a Lenten staple for American Catholics.
Catholics can have their corned beef and eat it too; many bishops allow meat on St. Patrick's Day
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