{"id":29100,"date":"2015-01-23T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T22:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=29100"},"modified":"2015-01-29T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T14:11:08","slug":"an-interpretation-from-pope-francis-of-the-new-sign-of-peace-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/23\/an-interpretation-from-pope-francis-of-the-new-sign-of-peace-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"An interpretation from Pope Francis of the new Sign of Peace decree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you notice the Sign of Peace at the Mass in the cathedral in the Philippines that Pope Francis celebrated with clergy and religious?<\/p>\n

First a bit of background. One of the last acts of Cardinal Llovera as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship was to sign, along with secretary Arthur Roche, the circular letter on the Sign of Peace<\/a> of June 8, 2014. Pope Francis had approved and confirmed the document\u00a0the day before. (Pope Francis transferred Cardinal Ca\u00f1izares\u00a0back to Spain<\/a> in August.)<\/p>\n

The new CDW document says things such as this:<\/p>\n

It should be made clear once and for all that the rite of peace already has its own profound meaning of prayer and offering of peace in the context of the Eucharist\u2026 If it is foreseen that [the exchange of peace] will not take place properly due to specific circumstances or if it is not considered pedagogically wise to carry it out on certain occasions, it can be omitted, and sometimes ought to be omitted. \u2026<\/p>\n

It will be necessary, at the time of the exchange of peace, to definitively avoid abuses such as: \u2026<\/p>\n