It comes from earlier days when the Roman Catholic Church ruled that Catholics must not eat meat on Fridays.

VOA: special.2010.02.14

Rene Rivera says strong family ties and a shared Catholic faith helped people deal with the hard life in their community.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Pope Benedict named five new saints on Sunday, including a Catholic clergyman who cared for people in a leper colony.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Three former American presidents were among the mourners who attended his funeral at a Catholic church in Boston.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

"I offer Catholic Mass,' cause I'm a Catholic priest by profession,and so it is actually the feast day of Mary,Mother of God.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

And so we begin our Catholic way of understanding new year by just thanking God for Jesus' mother,Mary.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

She was the fifth of nine children born to the Irish Catholic family of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The couple never legally divorced because of their Catholic faith, but they did sign a separation agreement.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Known as Ted or Teddy, he was the youngest of nine children born to the Irish Catholic family of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

But nothing is sure, not even the identity of the Roman Catholic saint celebrated by this day.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

I was angry with myself for having such bad thoughts about the Catholic churchmen at Fordham College.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

In fifteen thirty-five, a ship carrying the Roman Catholic Bishop of Panama came upon the Galapagos accidentally.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

She sought help from a number of people, including a Roman Catholic clergyman, the Reverend Fulton J.Sheen.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

For days,activists near the Catholic university protested Mister Obama's appearance because of his policies supporting abortion.

VOA: special.2009.06.05