Posted on 07/04/2023 6:29:23 PM PDT by marshmallow
MUMBAI – In the latest escalation in what was already the Catholic world’s nastiest liturgical dispute, the papally appointed administrator of the largest jurisdiction in the Syro-Malabar Church has issued a decree accusing priests and laity of “sedition and hatred against ecclesiastical authorities” and giving them until July 2 to comply with a new format for celebrating Mass before facing sanctions.
The seven-page decree from Archbishop Andrews Thazhath was dated June 22, and is addressed to the vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam in southwestern India, part of the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
The Syro-Malabar Church, based in India, is the second largest of the eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome, and has been locked in a bitter dispute over liturgy for months.
In 2021, the Church’s synod decided to adopt a uniform mode of celebrating the liturgy, which priests face the people during the Liturgy of the Word and then the altar during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, turning around again to address the congregation after communion.
While virtually all of the Church’s dioceses have adopted the new system, clergy and laity in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, by far the largest Syro-Malabar jurisdiction, have rejected it, arguing that facing the people throughout the Mass is a legitimate liturgical variation and one more consistent with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
The dispute has essentially shut down St. Mary’s Cathedral and led to contentious protests outside and, occasionally, even inside Syro-Malabar churches.
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More nonsense from Crux. The Catholic world's nastiest liturgical dispute is over Bergoglio's draconian Traditionis Custodes, not just ad orientum vs ad populum.
*orientem
Sorry for being a Latin nerd, but 3rd declension accusative singlular: -em rather than -um.
Mea culpa. I should have known better, just from seeing it in print so many times.
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