Each year on Good Friday, practicing Catholics around the world abstain from eating meat. Here we explain why.

As Lent ends and Easter nears, Catholics celebrate Good Friday. Here's what to know about Good Friday, when it is, what it means and fasting rules.

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A Swedish study is shaking up what doctors thought they knew about Alzheimer’s risk and diet, and for millions of people with ...

Do Christians eat meat on Ash Wednesday? The answer is yes and no, depending on their denomination. Many Catholics do not eat meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday or any Fridays during Lent, the rule is ...

A new long-term study suggests higher meat intake may be linked to a lower risk of cognitive decline and dementia in people ...

Ash Wednesday, in most Christian denominations, is the beginning of the Lenten season leading up to Easter Sunday. It is observed with a service where the faithful are marked with ashes. Many adults, ...

Protein-hungry shoppers are buying more meat with their health top of mind.

During Lent, many Catholics abstain from eating red meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays. This practice is a spiritual act of sacrifice, penance, and self-control, not a dietary rule. Abstaining from ...

As a new semester at Tufts begins, food is everywhere — at dining halls, social bonding events, late-night study sessions and parties. It is ubiquitous, a triviality many of us neglect to consider, ...