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September 15, 2016

Changing canon law, Pope brings Latin and Eastern practices closer

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (centre), celebrating the Divine liturgy in 2015.

VATICAN CITY – In a change to church law, Latin-rite Catholic deacons may not preside at a wedding when one or both of the new spouses are members of an Eastern Catholic church.

Published in Vatican