Vatican City: The Vatican on January 12 gave guidance about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a note directing priests to say the formula for distributing the ashes once to everyone present,Continue Reading

We live in a fast-paced world where you can get drive-through service for your prescriptions, your dry cleaning, your food — even a car wash. An Irish church is greeting on-the-go parishioners as part of a unique Ash Wednesday drive-thru service. St Patrick’s Church, in Glenamaddy, County Galway, is offering peopleContinue Reading