Informed Sources: Jun. 7, 1993

Girls Stepping Up to the Altar

Many priests started out as altar boys, so it may be significant that Pope John Paul II appears to be prepared to allow girls to serve at Roman Catholic Masses. The shift has nothing to do with complaints from American feminists. The Pope is simply considering a practice that is already established in some parishes. After details are worked out by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Vatican is expected to announce the policy later this year.

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