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Daily Archives: 26 September 2026
ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I understand that before Vatican 2, only the priests distributed Holy Communion. There are conservative people who think that it is fine for lay men to be Eucharistic ministers if need be, but not women. While … Read More
jhogan on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Since coming back to the Vetus Ordo, I have seen two priests handle Communion without taking excessive time for Communion…”
