Vatican, May. 22, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) plans to curtail the practice of organizing large-scale Eucharistic celebrations with hundreds of priests concelebrating the Mass, according to a report in Italy’s Panorama magazine.
Panorama reports that the Holy Father has directed the Congregation for Divine Worship to study the question and prepare appropriate instructions. His objective, the Italian journal says, is to eliminate the concelebration of Mass by hundreds of priests at a time, with many of them standing at a distance from the altar.
The Vatican has not commented on the Panorama report.
If the story is accurate, the new liturgical guidelines could bring significant changes in liturgical celebrations at which the Pope himself presides, such as Masses attended by tens of thousands of people at World Youth Day or during papal trips abroad.
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God Bless Pope Benedict XVI
Good! It’s at those large masses where the body of Christ ends up on the ground, pocketed for sale on E-bay or for use in black masses.
Deo Gratias for this news about limits on concelebration!
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unproved says : I absolutely agree with this !