IT’S LENT WHY MEATLESS FRIDAYS? ITALY IS SURROUNDED BY WATER AND HAS LOTS OF FISHERMEN; CENTURIES AGO, FISHERMEN WEREN’T DOING WELL, SOOOO…NEW DOCTRINE DICTATED MEATLESS FRIDAYS; FISHERMAN SOLD THEIR FISH ON FRIDAY, HAD MORE MONEY TO GIVE ON SUNDAY, CHURCHES BUILT SCHOOLS BECAUSE SMARTER PEOPLE MAKE AND DONATE MORE MONEY, AND EVERYONE IS BETTER OFF. THE FISHERMEN, THE PARISHES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE COMMUNITY. JUST A LITTLE FORCED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.