PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic bishop says he got hate mail for allowing church members to eat meat on St. Patrick's Day, which this year fell on a Friday during Lent. The Tribune ...

The Diocese of Pittsburgh and Diocese of Greensburg have announced dispensation for Catholics from the obligation to abstain from meat on St. Patrick’s Day. Lent, which began Wednesday and ends ...

RALEIGH -- Several archdioceses are granting a special dispensation for Saint Patrick's Day, which will allow Catholics in their dioceses to eat meat in order to celebrate the holiday ...

Olson. Catholics are not required to use the dispensation and may continue "the laudable practice of abstaining from meat on this Friday of Lent," Burns wrote. The St. Patrick's Day holiday is a ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic bishop says he got hate mail for allowing church members to eat meat on St. Patrick's Day, which this year fell on a Friday during Lent. The Tribune ...