[wideawake]

(1) Vatican II did not "decree" that priests face the laity - this is simply a fiction the article's author has concocted.

(2) We care because the center of attention of the Mass is not supposed to be an MC jawing at us, but priest and people jointly facing and focusing on the Blessed Sacrament.

[Vicomte13]

"We care because the center of attention of the Mass is not supposed to be an MC jawing at us, but priest and people jointly facing and focusing on the Blessed Sacrament."

But why isn't the center of attention still the Sacrament?

He is holding it up, saying the prayers, etc.
How is his back or his front changing the center of attention?