Catholics to practice safer Ash Wednesday ceremonies next week The Archdiocese of Chicago is recommending priests do Ash Wednesday differently this year, by either making the cross using a cotton ball or swab, or sprinkling the ashes atop the heads of the faithful. Courtesy of Archdiocese of Chicago
Updated 2/12/2021 6:07 PM
With Ash Wednesday set to start the Lenten season next week, COVID-19 is on the minds of Catholic Church officials.
The Archdiocese of Chicago on Friday announced two methods for Catholic leaders to more safely conduct Ash Wednesday ceremonies. And some suburban churches have already announced how they will handle distribution.
The author of a new book about Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a whistleblower on the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, is arguing that in addition to the sex abuse scandal, a “doctrinal abuse” scandal also plagues the 2,000-year-old institution.
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