WM Review – What is the current law of fasting and abstinence? (Fr Francesco Ricossa IMBC)

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The rule of fasting and abstinence that Catholic should follow is a controverted question. Fr Ricossa explains why the law of the 1917 Code is still in force.>

Editors’ Notes

The following are translations of Fr Francesco Ricossa IMBC’s two articles on the current law of fasting, made with the permission of the Mater Boni Consilii Institute and their outstanding Sodalitium magazine.>In the first article, Fr Ricossa discusses the importance of fasting and abstinence, and sets out the universal law of the Church as it stood prior to Vatican II, and as enshrined in the Code of Canon Law (1917).

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