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Pakistan gunmen kill Christian priest on way home from Mass

Gunmen killed one Christian priest and wounded another as they were driving home from Sunday Mass in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. Father William Siraj, 75, was shot multiple times and died instantly in the ambush in the Gulbahar neighborhood, while Father Naeem Patrick was treated briefly in hospital for a gunshot wound to the hand, officer Iqbal Shah said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest on Pakistan's tiny Christian minority that has been targeted several times by militants in recent years.

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When congregations can’t congregate: Pandemic forces Michiganders to rethink church

The church moved to online services last spring at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In November, the church reverted back to online services, which have continued since. While First Presbyterian and St. Tom’s are large congregations with hundreds of members, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Jackson has 62 members. Since the pandemic, the church has mainly worshipped online, although there were a couple of outdoor service, the last in September. “But the leadership of this congregation really wanted to keep it as much the same as possible.

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Live stream: Sunday Mass at St. Aloysius Church in Detroit

Sanar Yokhana, foreground, and Richard Lewandowski pray in front of a statue of St. Anthony during an Ash Wednesday service at the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Detroit. The ashes, a symbol of penance, are made from palm leaves used in last year's Palm Sunday liturgy and were sprinkled on their head. The sprinkling, because of the pandemic, is a departure from the usual practice of making the sign of the cross on the forehead and follows an ancient method still common in parts of the world today. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Detroit archbishop extends exemption from attending Sunday Mass amid pandemic

DETROIT The Detroit archbishop has extended the dispensation, or exemption, from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit until Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. This includes all travelers during their time within the territory of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Archbishop Vigneron announced Friday. While the dispensation from the grave obligation to attend Sunday Mass is in effect, all baptized Catholics are reminded of the grave necessity they have to keep holy the Lords Day, reads a statement from Vigneron. Prayer and time for God, time for family, and works of charity should be central to a Catholics Sunday.Catholic leaders have been issuing waivers on Mass attendance since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world earlier this year. Read more: Across faiths, religious rules bent as virus alters worship