Chad Pecknold, associate professor, theology, was quoted in The Daily Caller about dioceses dispensing Catholics from their obligation to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent.
..."'Having involuntary burdens thrust upon all of us cannot replace the penances we voluntarily take upon ourselves,' Pecknold said. 'Catholics believe that our penance is purifying, and strengthens us in union with Christ Crucified.'"...
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