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Advocates of the traditional Latin Mass are petitioning the bishop of Arlington Virginia to lift restrictions on the sacraments in the Extraordinary Form. A petition was reportedly brought to the bishop’s office on Monday, bearing nearly 2,800 signatures. The bishop or Arlington has not restricted any of the existing Traditional Latin Masses, but he has banned new sacraments in the Extraordinary Form, including baptisms and weddings.
The Catholic Church in France has secured more than $22 million in compensation for victims of child sex abuse. The news comes about four months after a report estimated that hundreds of thousands of children were abused in the Catholic Church in France, over the past 70 years.
Today is the feast of Saint Brigid of Kildare. The feast will be a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, beginning next year. Brigid is Ireland’s female patron saint. It will be the first Irish public holiday named after a woman.