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A couple years ago, I had a strange experience while giving out communion at mass: one of the congregants came up wearing a tee shirt from Hooters. Some people, of course, will wear anything to church. Which brings me to political buttons. Shortly after Labor Day, I began to notice a few people coming up…

This may not sound like a big deal, but it is. It’s a proposal — passed overwhelmingly by the Synod of Bishops — to admit women, formally, to the ministry of lector. Among other things, this is significant because lector has historically been one of the stepping stones to Holy Orders. (Though the Synod was…

That would be my choice for ending the mass, but Benedict has some other suggestions. A report from Rome indicates the pope has okayed new ways of ending the mass — though this story from Zenit inaccurately says the final words are spoken by the priest. (Three guesses who does it, and the first two…

Many parishes report a resurgence in Eucharistic adoration — and a few are going the extra mile (or extra day or two) with a practice that many thought had vanished: the 40 Hours devotion. Florida is seeing it return in at least one diocese: Forty Hours “is something that has not been done for a…
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