Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
FAITH
Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Fridays?
Catholics are required to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and each Friday in Lent (including Good Friday). Fish is often used as a substitute for meat-based meals. But of course, with the popularity of vegetarian and vegan diets, there are many other solutions besides fish…Read Full Article
From busted halo
SOCIAL JUSTICE
High School Students Demanding Gun Reform Join Rich History of Teen Resistance
Since the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, the national spotlight has been on the courageous student survivors who have been too outraged to be cast only as victims of tragedy. Rather, they have been activated, calling out lawmakers and demanding gun reforms…Read Full Article
From yes!magazine
SCIENCE
Our knowledge of what the denizens of the animal kingdom are up to, especially when humans aren’t around, has steadily increased over the last 50 years. For example, we know now that animals use tools in their daily lives. Chimps use twigs to fish for termites; sea otters break open shellfish on rocks they selected; octopi carry coconut shell halves to later use as shelters…Read Full Article
From yes!magazine
MOVIES
Black churches host screenings of ‘Black Panther’
From RNS
ENVIRONMENT
Parts of the Arctic Spiked to 45 Degrees Above Normal
From the Atlantic
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