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  • Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar servers

    02/21/2025 3:26:35 PM PST · by ebb tide · 132 replies
    Catholic Herald ^ | December 19, 2024 | Elise Ann Allen/ Crux
    Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar serversSri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that the role of altar server is potentially part of the pathway to the male-only priesthood and having girls as altar servers could impact vocations. In a 22 October 2024 letter addressed to the priests of his diocese, which has since come to light, Ranjith said: “It has been brought to my knowledge that several parishes in the Archdiocese of Colombo have appointed girls as altar servers.“In this context,...
  • Pope changes Church law to enshrine roles for women

    06/01/2021 5:13:10 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 20 replies
    The Standard ^ | June 1, 2021 | Reuters
    Pope changes Church law to enshrine roles for womenPope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday changed its law to formally codify their roles as altar servers, distributors of communion and readers at liturgies. The pope's decree formalised practices already common in many countries. But the change in the Code of Canon Law means conservative bishops will not be able to block women in their dioceses from taking those roles. The Vatican stressed that the roles were "essentially distinct from the ordained ministry", and so not an automatic precursor to women...