Like many Catholics, I'm agnostic about altar rails -- don't see any need to remove them or install them. Those demanding I pay for an installation are obligated to come up with a better answer than your comment.
Like many Catholics, I'm agnostic about altar rails -- don't see any need to remove them or install them. Those demanding I pay for an installation are obligated to come up with a better answer than your comment.
My comment was not an argument for it, it was trying to find the argument against it. There are lots of comments here providing reasons for them. Given that they were almost universally removed (and all the parishioners forced to pay for the removal), one would think there would be an explanation for removing them.
At least in my parish, my consent is not obtained for everything that is done with parish money. I don't think I'd get very far by attempting to require it.
Like many Catholics, I'm agnostic about altar rails -- don't see any need to remove them or install them. Those demanding I pay for an installation are obligated to come up with a better answer than your comment.
My comment was not an argument for it, it was trying to find the argument against it. There are lots of comments here providing reasons for them. Given that they were almost universally removed (and all the parishioners forced to pay for the removal), one would think there would be an explanation for removing them.
At least in my parish, my consent is not obtained for everything that is done with parish money. I don't think I'd get very far by attempting to require it.