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Article: New rules focus on role of priests.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 25, 2000
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Instructions on revised Roman Missal limit the laity
New Vatican restrictions on the role of laity in distributing Communion signal a resurgence of a priest-centered vision of the Mass, in the view of some liturgical experts -- a step back from the emphasis on lay participation that followed the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
Especially galling to some American liturgists is the fact that the rules will apparently override a 1984 U.S. bishops' document, approved by the Vatican, that allowed laity to perform many of the acts that Rome now says must be the exclusive province of priests.
Others, though, say the measures are a balanced response to ...