Posted on 04/21/2022 7:19:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
According to representatives of Almaya Munnettam, a laity organisation of the archdiocese, of the total 340 churches under the archdiocese, only five witnessed the Mass in the new format.
KOCHI: Even after Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, urged the priests of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese to conduct the uniform Mass in the churches on Easter, vicars of a majority of the churches and parishes didn’t on Sunday.
According to representatives of Almaya Munnettam, a laity organisation of the archdiocese, of the total 340 churches under the archdiocese, only five witnessed the Mass in the new format. “The majority of the churches under the archdiocese retained the present form of the Mass. We stand with the circular issued on April 6 by Mar (Antony) Kariyil and the decision of the priests to implement the uniform Mass (only) from (coming) Christmas,” said a laity representative.
The cardinal had issued a letter addressed to the priests of the archdiocese on Saturday urging them to conduct the uniform Mass. Earlier on April 7, the cardinal had issued a circular to implement the uniform Mass in all churches and parishes under the archdiocese Easter onwards.
The cardinal in his latest letter pointed out that as per the exhortation of the Pope and with regard to the instructions of the dicastery for oriental churches, the mass should be conducted in the new format at all centres. He pointed out no other direction which was contradictory to the same would be legally valid.
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What happens to a rulw no one follows?
Which orientation was the cardinal mandating? The article does not give details on the dispute.
Did they put out felt banners?
The Cardinal has forgotten that to lead is to serve.
To summarize, the Cardinal is mandating that the priest face the faithful (versus populum) at the beginning of the Mass but turn toward the altar (ad orientem) at the time of the offertory.
Is this the change where the priest faces the congregation?
I think these are mostly Christians from early times who are Catholic under the Pope, but are not exactly like Roman Catholics.
As I understand it, there are also Roman Catholics converted by the Portuguese. There are a similar number of Anglicans, probably mostly also Christians from before European times who identified as Anglican under the British. Then there are Orthodox Christians, who are definitely Christians from early times.
In the east of India, there are some states with a relatively low population, which are mostly Protestant, and were never Hindu and were not Christian until around the 19th century. That is how I understand the breakdown on Indian Christianity.
Not like the
“Hokey Pokey” then,
Correct?
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