Since two generations it did not occur any longer that the Pope celebrated an old person fair. That could change already soon.

(, Vatikan kreuz.net) in the Vatikan it is clear that Benedikt XVI. „shortly “in the St. Peter's Basilica a pontifikales office for high in the old person rite will celebrate.

The reported the usually well informed correspondent of the US weekly paper `national Catholic Reporter', John everything.

The journalist appoints himself to sources in the surrounding field of the separating ceremony master archbishop Piero Marini (65).

The appointment of Hw, announced yesterday. Guido Marini as its successor were contributory by the Motu Proprio `Summorum Pontificum' - knows everything:

„Although archbishop Marini never referred to the step publicly position, is far away well-known that he expressed himself privately reserved. “

An old Pontifikalamt in the St. Peter's Basilica would have brought the separating ceremony master into one „embarrassing “situation.

The appointment as the president of the committee for the Eucharisti world congresses sees all as way, Mons. To save Marini this incommodity.

Furthermore the Vatikanist writes that archbishop Marini deflected the offer to take over an Italian Diözese.

As reason he stated his exclusive career in the Roman Kurie.

All it points out also that Benedikt XVI. the practice of Johannes Paul II. to resume does not intend to reward acting private secretaries and ceremony masters with the bishop hat.

No fear of controversies
Also the Vatikanist of the May countries daily paper `Corriere della Sera', Luigi Accattoli, knows from a forthcoming old-ritual Pontifikalmesse in the St. Peter's Basilica.

He already assumed at the end of of Septembers that such on 2 December, which first Adventsonntag could take place.

He quoted an anonymous Roman Prälaten. The old-ritual Pontifikalamt is for the moment only one rumor: „In the Vatikan everyone of it speaks however here. “

The Prälat believes that the Pope is decided to celebrate in the old person rite even if he thereby a controversy would heat up.

Its reason: Catholics under fifty years would have never a Pope at the high altar to celebrate and the Roman canons quietly speaking to see.

© frontispiece: Petrusbruderschaft
© picture priest-dedicates 1966: Mission agency `Fides'
Source of picture priest-dedicates 1906: Rorate Caeli

Benedikt: @ Aurelius

or do I lie there wrongly?

Naturally not. And „versus populum “to celebrate might not be without difficult at the Pope altar, all the same which direction one selects…

Aurelius: more @mahner

versus populum is nevertheless in addition, versus orientem in pc. Peter, or lies I there wrongly?

sacerdos helveticus: To the Konzelebration

The Konzelebration is in the Roman rite to in 13. Century admits been (e.g. at Easter, Whitsuntide and Christmas the cardinal priests with the Pope konzelebrierten).
Up to the last Liturgiereform the Konzelebration was in the Roman rite only in priest and bishop-dedicates permitted.
In the rites of the east (uniert and not uniert) the Konzelebration was frequent practice „and a kind replacement for in them the not common private fairs “(Joseph brown),

more r.ruhrgebietler: hopefully

becomes trid. Liturgie soon again obligating for all priests hhlg. röm. - kath. church!
Victim fair instead of Tingeltangel!

Jesus Christ is praised in the all-holiest Altarsakrament!

athanasius1957: Far from Konzelebration

The only form of the Konzelebration in the rite specially full professor was that one with priest-dedicates. Otherwise it never gave in the rite the Konzelebration permitted to full professor!.

more mahner: Felley and Pfluger…

it will criticize surely that hl. Father versus populum celebrates…