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More Bad News from the Vatican: Catholics Told Not to Kneel or Receive Communion on the Tongue Pope Francis Confers Lay Ministries Upon Ten People in St. Peter’s BasilicaWhat has been considered a "right" of the laity was soundly squashed Sunday when Francis conferred the ministry of lector and catechist on ten lay people at St. Peter's, four men and six women. In the protocols before the event, the laity were instructed (mandated) that they could not kneel or receive Communion on the tongue. It's unclear from reports whether the mandate applied only to the ten or to all...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditionis Custodes: Rigid Francis Is Sowing Even More WindThere are indications that Francis is preparing a new Apostolic Constitution because he is dissatisfied with the slow implementation of Traditionis Custodes.With this text, he wants to finally put an end to the Roman Liturgy.Francis chose the form of an Apostolic Constitution to echo Paul VI's Constitution Missale Romanum (1969), in order to emphasise the equal status of the two constitutions.According to Summorum-Pontificum.de (13 January), the constitution contains four main injunctions:1. In no church may the Roman Rite be celebrated exclusively.2. In no church may the Roman Rite be celebrated...