https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/07/16/hygiene-urged-to-avoid-passing-winter-infections-on-to-others/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/07/16/hygiene-urged-to-avoid-passing-winter-infections-on-to-others/comment-page-1/#comment-6768 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 05:22:35 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11095#comment-6768 Ah ha, that’ll be why Bishop Cullinane removed the kneelers from that diocese’s churches, and instructed the faithful to stand or sit rather than kneel.

]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/07/16/hygiene-urged-to-avoid-passing-winter-infections-on-to-others/comment-page-1/#comment-6767 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 05:20:18 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11095#comment-6767 Considering that fellow congregants at a Catholic church should be expected to love one another, to respect one another, to be polite, to be courteous, one might think that they would refrain from putting their shoes on the kneelers.
It shows only contemptuous disregard for one’s fellows if one happily transfers the dirt and germs from the soles of one’s shoes onto their trousers, stockings, dresses, etc.

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