The question whether the celebrant should face the congregation (westward) or eastward during Mass, a bone of contention in the Syro-Malabar Church for several decades, is back in focus again. On the agenda of the Church Synod meeting at St Thomas Mount in Kochi, headquarters of the Church, from January 7 are possible changes to the liturgy and the direction the celebrant should take during Mass. Monsignor Varghese Njaliath, senior priest and an expert on liturgy, on January 2 made an appeal to the Synod not to ban the practice of priests celebrating Mass facing the congregation.
Spanish bishops speak out after leaks of their meeting with Leo XIV
The executive committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) meeting in Madrid this week, issued an official statement regarding the leaks
