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December 18, 2019

Fr. Raymond de Souza: ‘New Mass’ at 50: A face-to-face issue

Eastern Catholic Churches have maintained the practice of the priest and congregation facing the altar together.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA -- This Advent marks the 50 anniversary of the liturgical reform — the “novus ordo” or “new order” of Mass — after the Second Vatican Council.

Published in Fr. Raymond de Souza
July 8, 2016

Experts: Cardinal Sarah's Mass comments are permitted under canon law

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, is pictured at the Vatican in this Oct. 9, 2012, file photo. Cardinal Sarah, the Vatican's liturgy chief, has asked priests to begin celebrating the Eucharist facing east, the same direction the congregation faces.

WASHINGTON – Recent comments by a high-ranking Vatican official have sparked questions about the direction priests should face while celebrating Mass.

Published in Faith