@AdGalliam @jdflynn This, of course, doesn’t replace the need for confession and proper absolution, but at least that the Church is a fountain of mercy that errs on the side…

@AdGalliam @jdflynn There may be a valid way to impart that remotely to a group. It feels pretty uncharted, but I don’t know. Absent that, the In articulo mortis grant…

@AdGalliam @jdflynn I think there is some history for a general grant of absolution, but the expectation is still an in-person event (e.g. priest granting general absolution to a firehouse…

@AdGalliam @jdflynn There are a lot of considerations before that occurs. Needs to be a situation where there is imminent grave concern and no time for priests to hear confession.…

Let that sink in. All of them. I don’t know if all the dioceses in the country have ever all agreed on the same administrative thing before. twitter.com/jdflynn/status…

That moment marked when I thought the virus might actually end up impacting my day-to-day… twitter.com/SopanDeb/statu…