[oremus]

I don't know - I've been to Eastern Europe and the churches I visited have kneelers. How many have been to Europe and can vouch for the fact that the custom is to stand? I don't buy it.

[TotusTuus]

How many have been to Europe and can vouch for the fact that the custom is to stand?

I've been hearing that Churches in Western Europe are pretty much empty one way or the other...

[Antoninus]

I don't know - I've been to Eastern Europe and the churches I visited have kneelers. How many have been to Europe and can vouch for the fact that the custom is to stand? I don't buy it.

I seem to remember kneelers at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome, the Duomo in Florence, and San Nicolo in Bari. Any one else?

[Siobhan]

I don't know - I've been to Eastern Europe and the churches I visited have kneelers. How many have been to Europe and can vouch for the fact that the custom is to stand? I don't buy it.

Don't buy it. It is a lie.