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A USCCB news release has brought attention to a Vatican News <\/em>editorial that claims the distinction between “liturgical” and “non-liturgical” blessing has a precedent in the papacy of Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the USCCB article: “In an editorial for Vatican News published Feb. 27, Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, cited a distinction drawn between ‘liturgical’ and ‘non-liturgical’ blessings in a document released in 2000 on prayers for people who are sick signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict, and approved by St. John Paul II.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the full USCCB news release here<\/a> and the original Vatican News <\/em>editorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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