Rome rejects German bishops’ proposal for lay preaching at Mass
The Vatican’s declaration will come as a blow to the German bishops and to their new chairman who personally championed most of the radical proposals advanced by the conference
(The Catholic Herald) — On Tuesday, the Vatican announced it had given a firm rejection to the German bishops’ proposal that lay people be allowed to deliver homilies during Mass.
A press release from the Dicastery for Divine Worship on June 23 conveyed news of the Holy See’s response to a request from the German bishops’ conference (DBK), which had soug…
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