Would you sign a petition to ask the Pope to make Mardi Gras two weeks later?

Thats a good question. Sure. I'd sign a petition.. Wouldn't do any good though.

This could be possible if the Catholic Church was responsive to change, but the last big change happened at the Council of Nicea in 325... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_N....

Since I celebrated my very first Mardi Gras last year in Mobile Al. , I would say no. I like your reasoning.

I think lent is too long. I think many things that are done within the Catholic church need to be brought up to a post industrial pace, but in reality they won't. Last years weather during Mardi Gras was just fine.

Did you know that Mardi Gras has been celebrated here in Mobile since 1703? That's longer than you guys over there in New Orleans. Ssshh!

Don't tell too many people. They might bring their 'Girls Gone Wild' video camera over here and ruin it! (my best friend here is in the Mystics of Time).

Let me get this straight, you want the Pope and the Catholic Church to rearrange Holy Days of observation to best fit your version of the "Party Season". This is an absurd request on so many levels.

I'd sign it, because, to me, it would be funny. The church follows the liturgical calendar, so it's not just shortening lent by a little bit, but it's asking them to change the entire calendar. The thing is, Easter is *the* most important holiday in Christianity.

I know Christmas gets the big play in the media and in secular society, but Easter is the proof in the pudding, so to speak. It's when Christians believe that Jesus raised from the dead, one of the major beliefs that all of Christianity is founded upon. It's not very likely that the Church (and here referring to the Catholic Church) would build in another couple weekends of "Ordinary Time" (non-religious season) especially on such an important celebratory time.

If you really want to get the date changed, simply change whhich religion you follow. Eastern Orthodox Easter sometimes falls a week or so later than Roman Catholic (and Protestant) Easter.

I agree with @dannyjohnson. The church does not react well to change. I live in New Hampshire now but I lived in southern Louisiana in the early nineties, the difference in February weather is astounding.

I wore shorts throughout both Mardi Gras I attended so weather is not an issue to me . All of that said I love to see old world establisments squirm under the influence of new ideas and progress, so Yes I would sign the petition. I am also a fan of crazy drunken behavior in warmer climates and family time.

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