From Sunday Eucharistic celebrations and prayer services can again be held with fifteen instead of four churchgoers. Thank God? No, many priests see this relaxation as a problem. “We can’t organize a tombola to decide who can enter?” Many pastors choose to keep the celebrations – including those before Christmas – behind closed doors and to live stream them.
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A “febbekes problem”. That is how pastor Rudi Mannaerts of the Antwerp Saint Andrew’s Church calls the rule of fifteen. “Febbeke is Antwerp’s favorite child. A parent should not have that, a teacher …
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