Is Good Friday a Holy Day of Obligation?
Hello No, it isn’t a Holy Day of Obligation The holy days of obligation for Latin Rite Catholics are indicated in canon 1246 of the Code of Canon Law, which states; 1. Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The following days must also be observed: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints. 2. With the prior approval of the Apostolic See, however, the conference of bishops can suppress some of the holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday. Placed in the order of the civil calendar, the ten days (apart from Sundays) that this canon mentions are: 1 January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 6 January: the Epiphany 19 March: Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of the Ble
