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Are the rules for fasting and abstinence different during Lent than they are during the rest of the liturgical year?
Is there an age limit for abstaining?
May the Stations of the Cross be prayed during Eucharistic Adoration? May the Stations be ended with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament?
Is it proper to empty baptismal fonts during Lent?
Is it permissible for people to self-impose ashes on Ash Wednesday?
What are the formulas to be used?
Who can impose ashes?
May Baptisms and Weddings be celebrated during Lent?
May infants be baptized during Lent?

Is there an age limit for abstaining?

The law of abstinence binds a person from age 14 throughout the rest of his/her life.

Fast and Abstinence -USCCB

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