Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October, he decreed that there would be no female altar servers in his archdiocese. No matter that the ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes within the Archdiocese of Colombo. “No girls should be invited to serve at the altar ...

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The recent motu proprio of Pope Francis confirming the roles of women as altar servers and lectors came as a surprise to many. One felt there was little need for a pope to comment on practices which ...

For four years, the Liekhus sisters have done double duty at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. And when altar servers — Megan and Karen — move on to other church work in the next few months, it will be ...

Regarding the Nov. 20 Metro article "A question of equal rites": As a lifelong Catholic, I've always applauded change within the church when it contributed to the renewal of our faith. When the ...