No Change to Catholic Liturgy Sought in Canon-Mac Area Due to Flu Season
How is the flu outbreak prompting you to change your worship?
As the ongoing flu epidemic continues around the United States, some church leaders around the country are changing procedures and issuing recommendations for avoiding the contagious ailment while worshipping. At masses this weekend in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, however, signs of peace and wine distribution from communal chalices during Communion will follow regular procedures, a diocesan spokesman said Friday. That includes St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church, St. Patrick Church Roman Catholic Parish and St. Mary's Catholic Church. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this week said it does not see the need for widespread changes to liturgy to prevent the spread of the…
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