Cardinal McCarrick, Urges Catholics in Washington Archdiocese to fast 1 day a
week
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Archbishop Urges Catholics to Fast
By Associated Press
October 11 2001, 3:32 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington,
urged
all Catholics in the archdiocese Thursday to fast one day a week until
the
conflict in Afghanistan ends.
He issued his call at Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew in
downtown
Washington, saying it would be an appropriate way to remember those who
died
in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"I am asking all the Catholic people of the Archdiocese of Washington
to
fast at least once a week, one day, according to the usual norms of the
church, and to continue that holy practice of mortification and penance
as
long as this war goes on," McCarrick said.
Spokeswoman Susan Gibbs says that means one regular meal and two small
meals
that don't equal a regular meal.
He left the choice of the day up to the individual, but recommended
Friday,
the day on which Christ died and the holy day for Muslims.
Copyright 2001 Associated Press
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