Posts Tagged ‘Dallas’

Ebola precautions prompt hands-off Masses in Texas

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

A diocese in Texas has issued guidelines designed to prevent diseases like Ebola being spread because of physical contact in Masses. Fort Worth diocese is near Dallas, where three Ebola cases have been diagnosed. The guidelines include not taking the Blood of Christ at Mass and the faithful not holding hands while praying the Our Read more

Jackie Kennedy letters to priest show her struggles with faith

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Newly published letters between Jackie Kennedy and a priest reveal the former US first lady’s struggles to keep her faith after her husband was assassinated. The priest was Vincentian Fr Joseph Leonard, a lecturer at Dublin’s All Hallows College, who died in 1964. Excerpts from the letters were published in the Irish Times. One letter, Read more