Pope OKs stricter norms for mandatory feast days in church calendar

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has approved stricter guidelines fr determining which saints will be remembered with mandatory feast days.

The General Roman Calendar, the universal schedule of holy days and feast days for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, is so packed that more selectivity is needed, according to new norms and a commentary published in the official bulletin of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.