From Virginia Beach-A Virginia Beach church faces a Feb. 28 deadline to separate its 30-year-old blended Roman Catholic and Episcopal services.
Roman Catholic Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has told the Church of the Holy Apostles congregation to bring its liturgical celebrations into conformity with the Roman Catholic Church, the Diocese of Richmond said in a statement.
In the statement released Friday, DiLorenzo suggested other forms of worship, without the Eucharist, that would allow Catholic and Episcopal parishioners to worship together.
“As the shepherd of the Diocese of Richmond, it is my prayerful desire that this ecumenical community at Holy Apostles continues and flourishes,” the statement said.
Diana Sims Snider, a spokeswoman for the diocese, told The Virginian-Pilot ((http://bit.ly/X4BOMw) that DiLorenzo’s directive “affirms that it needs to happen and it tells them when it needs to happen.”
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