\u201cThough its founding may be better explained in terms of the Protestant Reformation or the
\nsecular Enlightenment and though the impact of Catholicism is more palpable in other countries
\nand languages, the United States still resonates with the influence of Catholic ways, a fact that
\nmay be adduced not only from the cities, counties, and streets named after Catholic saints,
\nfeasts, and even sacraments, but from the very holidays\u2014secular as well as sacred\u2014it keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Michael P. Foley, Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Fridays \u2013
\nThe Catholic Origin to just about Everything, p.1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThough its founding may be better explained in terms of the Protestant Reformation or the secular Enlightenment and though the impact of Catholicism is more palpable in other countries and languages, the United States still resonates with the influence of Catholic ways, a fact that may be adduced not only from the cities, counties, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[335,343,342],"class_list":["post-3616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homily","tag-all-saints-day-is-a-holy-day-of-obligation","tag-halloween","tag-why-do-catholics-eat-fish-on-fridays"],"yoast_head":"\n