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Am I right in thinking that priests may prohibit female altar servers?
Peggy Frye
Should I complain to the bishop about a priest's changing the words of the Mass reading?
Peggy Frye
Why would a bishop wash his hands with lemon and bread during a confirmation Mass?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Can the bishop require the congregation to stand after the "Lamb of God"?
Michelle Arnold

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~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.