The clergy should face congregation: priests
The Hindu
Synod of Bishops’ recommendation sees uniformity in liturgy
A meeting of more than 300 priests from the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese here on Tuesday reiterated that there would be no compromise on continuing with the practice of celebrating the Mass with the celebrant (priest) facing the congregation throughout the duration of the Mass.
Senior priests Kuriakose Mundadan, Joseph Vailikodath, and Mathew Kilukkan told mediapersons after the meeting that they expected the Vatican to intervene in the matter after an appeal was made to Pope Francis not to impose the decision by the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church to bring about uniformity in the celebration of the Mass.
The priests insisted that the Universal Synod of the Catholic Church, the Second Vatican Council, had said that when liturgy is renewed, unity should be the matter of essence. There was no recommendation from the council to impose uniformity if matters of the faith were not involved.
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