(AGI) - Vatican City, Oct 5 - Martyrs to communist regimes in the 21st century in the Soviet Union and elsewhere in the world gave their lives to safeguard the Eucharistic Bread, said Kazakh arch-bishop Jan Pawel Lenga in his speech at today's Synod meeting. But, he added, it seems that their example is largely being ignored these days. "Innovation in the liturgy," he said, "is somehow overshadowing the central and holy role of Eucharist." Lenga also spoke against the "removal of tabernacles from the middle of Catholic churches to shift them to the sides, and the distribution by hand of the Holy Communion. By removing the Lord from the heart of the church," he observed, "and by distributing the communion by hand, we have increased the chance that the Host be seen as little more than ordinary bread. All this," he concluded, "plays against deep religious faith and devotion." (AGI) .
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