Cardinal Sarah’s Powerful Letter Available In English!
“Adoremus Bulletin” has uploaded a translation of the CDW Prefect’s document.
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Ad Orientem
Sacra Liturgia 2015 — Update II
Fourteen (14) practical ideas for how a priest might transform his celebration of the Ordinary Form
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Cardinal Sarah’s Liturgical Bombshell
Pressure will be brought to have him walk back his statements, but I don’t believe he will.
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A Flawed Translation Of Ritus Servandus?
Why are the words “ad orientem” never translated?
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Screenshots Proving “Versus Populum” Was Allowed By The 1572 Missal
A reader from Indonesia kindly sent us these…
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Bishop Conley & Advent “Ad Orientem”
The results are in.
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The Current Missal Specifies When To Face the Altar & When To Face The People
The phrase “ad populum conversus” does appear in the postconciliar books, and no amount of polemical articles can change this fact.
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Weakest Argument Ever Made Against “Ad Orientem”
Some weren’t happy with Bill Murray’s opinions on the Latin Mass, and a certain editor—in his zeal to refute—made an egregious error.
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Looking East for Advent
Bishop Conley proposes celebration “ad orientem” for the season of Advent.
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Is There Truly “Versus Populum” Celebration? Vatican Says No.
Can AD ORIENTEM be excluded from the Novus Ordo? Vatican says: “Negatively, and in accordance with the following explanation.”
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Pope St. John Paul II Celebrates Mass “Ad Orientem”
John Paul II leads the congregation facing the traditional way during his June 1999 visit to Poland.
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Preconciliar Missal Allowed Mass “Versus Populum”
These same exact rubrics have been found in Missals published in 1962, 1927, 1943, 1906, and 1886.
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“Turn Those Altars Around!” — Cardinal Lercaro, Consilium President (1965)
Could this be the missing link explaining why “versus populum” celebrations took over?
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Pope Francis Says Mass “Ad Orientem” … Again!
These images come to us from Msgr. Guido Marini’s Facebook page, which has more than 100,000 followers.
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Peculiar Altar Decorations
Reimagining the Altar Steps
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