[SoothingDave]

If by "lay preaching" he means laypeople preaching the homily at Mass, CDW in Rome has already stated flatly that the diocesan ordinary has no authority to permit it, much less "publish norms" for it.

Everything from Rome is a "suggestion" nowadays. It was all clearly laid out in the Vatican II documents. Wasn't it? ;-)

SD

[Mike Fieschko]

If by "lay preaching" he means laypeople preaching the homily at Mass, CDW in Rome has already stated flatly that the diocesan ordinary has no authority to permit it, much less "publish norms" for it. Everything from Rome is a "suggestion" nowadays. It was all clearly laid out in the Vatican II documents. Wasn't it? ;-)

Rome already approved the particular law for the United States. The article mentions it:

"Last November, the U.S. bishops approved complementary legislation for canon 766 of the Code of Canon Law, on 'Lay Preaching,' which received a recognitio from the Holy See two weeks later."