Ash Wednesday Fasting Rules: What You Need To Know �?? Huffington Post

Catholics around the world are observing Ash Wednesday today, March 9, 2011. If you too want to observe the holy day, there are a series of rules you should be familiar with. First, you can not eat meat on Ash Wednesday, which marks 40 days before Easter and the beginning of Lent. According to the Catholic law of abstinence, Catholics aged 14 and older must refrain from meat on Fridays