Anathema?

[at0m1c]

Is it true that if you dont observe the days of obligation, then you are excommunicated?

And how come America observes 6 days of them, and other countries more or fewer?

[Benedict]

[quote]Is it true that if you dont observe the days of obligation, then you are excommunicated?[/quote]
No.

[quote]And how come America observes 6 days of them, and other countries more or fewer?[/quote]
Truth be told, because we are weak. We are slaves unto our work-a-holic culture.

Now why do the days of obligation differ between countries? Because they are subject to approval by the Bishops' Conference, with certain provisions.

That is why the Xth of Smarch is a holy day of obligation yet in America we get to defer it to the Yth of Smarch. Americans can just not be expected to make time for mass in the middle of the week.