https://padlet.com/zavodny_n/1mwv2nlchzd3 en-us 2017-03-28 16:01:06 UTC 2017-05-02 04:51:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png zavodny_n https://padlet.com/zavodny_n/1mwv2nlchzd3/wish/163183329 Led by the example of the pope, Catholics are expected to fast for the full forty days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday In any event, this has never been a fast in terms of starving the body or only eating at certain times, but rather of avoiding foods which are seen as luxuries. In many countries, including Italy, this means sweets and chocolate. Christ is shown in both our culture and in the Italian culture by the suffering/offering  of sweets. Italian Catholics begin the 40 days of the Lenten Season with Ash Wednesday followed by Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, culminating in Easter.

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