re: What is meaning behind no meat Fridays during Lent?

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believe, back in Rome, the fishermen were hurting, and asked the pope for help, thus creating a time period for the fishermen and their catch to be at a huge demand.

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This is the reason. Purely economic. The church let the Irish have corn beef on a Friday a few years ago on St Patty’s Day. I suspect they’ll grant the waiver again this year .