{"id":33344,"date":"2016-07-11T05:31:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=33344"},"modified":"2016-07-11T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T15:29:51","slug":"cardinal-nichols-discourages-priests-from-celebrating-mass-ad-orientem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/11\/cardinal-nichols-discourages-priests-from-celebrating-mass-ad-orientem\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Nichols discourages priests from celebrating Mass ad orientem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This just in: “Cardinal Nichols discourages priests from celebrating Mass ad orientem,<\/a>” in the\u00a0Catholic Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cardinal Nichols wrote to priests reminding them that, \u201cthe General Instruction of the Roman Missal, approved by the highest authority in the Church, states in paragraph 299 that \u2018The altar should be built apart from the wall, in such a way that it is possible to walk around it easily and that Mass can be celebrated at it facing the people, which is desirable wherever possible. The altar should, moreover, be so placed as to be truly the centre toward which the attention of the whole congregation of the faithful naturally turns. The altar is usually fixed and is dedicated.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardinal Nichols said that Mass was not the time for priests to \u201cexercise personal preference or taste\u201d, and \u201cas the last paragraph of the GIRM states so clearly, \u2018The Roman Missal, though in a diversity of languages and with some variety of customs, must in the future be safeguarded as an instrument and an outstanding sign of the integrity and unity of the Roman Rite\u2019 (399).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Fr. 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