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Stowe proceeds despite USCCB not approving a change in its national policy.
Nearly four years since Pope Francis changed canon law to allow women to be installed as lectors and acolytes, some dioceses are now moving ahead with ceremonies to formally recognize women in those instituted lay ministries.“I waited long enough to get any direction from the USCCB,” Bishop John Stowe said, referring to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has yet to promulgate new guidelines and norms on the expanded lay ministries.
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Bishop Stowe Installs Women Acolytes: “I Waited Long Enough…”
Stowe proceeds despite USCCB not approving a change in its national policy. Nearly four years since Pope Francis changed canon law to allow women to be installed as lectors and acolytes, some dioceses are now moving ahead with ceremonies to formally recognize women in those instituted lay...