So now the Catholic community in UK is asking their followers to abstain from meat on Friday as a pennance for the crimes of their superiors, and to eat fish....
So the million dollar question today is: How many sardines does it take to cleanse the souls of those who commit sex crimes with children?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14929199
Catholics in England and Wales are being asked to abstain from eating meat on Fridays as an act of penance, reviving a centuries-old tradition.
Bishops say Friday should be a day of penitence as it is the day on which Christ is said to have died.
They say Friday penance will be "a clear and distinctive mark" of Catholic identity and an act of common worship.
A resolution in May said penance would begin on 16 September to mark the first anniversary of the Pope's UK visit.
Warm-blooded animals
In a statement issued earlier this month, the bishops said it was important that followers of the Church were united in a common, identifiable act of Friday penance because "the virtue of penitence is best acquired as part of a common resolve and common witness".
Those who cannot or already choose not to eat meat as part of their daily diet are being asked to abstain from some other food or activity