(Clip) • Fr. Mike Schmitz endorses “Ad Orientem”
Is celebration “versus populum” a good idea? Father Mike’s answer might raise some eyebrows…
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Versus Populum Altars
The Turns at Benediction
To the Right or to the Left?
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Showdown in Arkansas over “Ad Orientem”
The Bishop of Little Rock has sent a letter (14 July 2016) forbidding his priests to celebrate Mass “ad orientem.”
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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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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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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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“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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