This isn't true. In fact, many Catholic churches aren't consecrated. Some are. When masses are held outdoors, whatever is used as an altar does not have to be blessed, and there are no tabernacles o… (View Post)
It's fine to announce or put in the program to silence cell phones and ask for no pictures to be taken. Nothing more needs to be said or explained. I play music for weddings and I always do a short s… (View Post)
The church will not withhold a sacrament for financial issues--- you can easily marry with a no frills wedding that happens in a regularly scheduled mass. (View Post)