When Father Felice Palmara prepared to drink from a chalice in which he had placed the consecrated water and wine for a Sunday vigil Mass on Saturday evening, he detected a strange odor and interrupted the liturgy.
A person who is close to the Haitian bishops’ conference and is taking part in the negotiations with the kidnappers of the six brothers told Crux that the initial ransom demanded was “rather high.”
Officially speaking, the Church has banned Catholics from becoming Masons since the 18th century, a position that’s been confirmed on several occasions, most recently in November in response to a question submitted by a bishop in the Philippines.