Must Catholics abstain from eating meat on Friday

Tim Staples is Director of Apologetics and Evangelization here at Catholic Answers, but he was not always Catholic. Tim was raised a Southern Baptist. Although he fell away from the faith of his childhood, Tim came back to faith in Christ during his late teen years through the witness of Christian televangelists. Soon after, Tim joined the Marine Corps. During his fouryear tour, he became involved in ministry with various Assemblies of God communities. Immediately after his tour of duty,