Ash Wednesday 2021… Vatican Offers Guidance On Ash Distribution Amid Pandemic
By HANNAH BROCKHAUS VATICAN CITY (CNA) — The Vatican gave guidance on January 12 about how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a note directing priests to say the formula for distributing the ashes once to everyone present, rather than to each person.The priest “addresses all those present and only once says the formula as it appears in the Roman Missal, applying it to all in general: ‘Repent, and believe in the Gospel,’ or ‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return’,” the note said.It continued: “The priest then cleanses his hands, puts on a face mask and distributes the ashes…Continue Reading