Louisville archbishop issues new norms for posture during Mass
May 15, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, has issued new norms for the posture of the faithful during Mass.
To guard against “confusion and disunity,” the archbishop said that the congregation should kneel from the Agnus Dei until after Communion. (In many Louisville parishes it had been the common practice to remain standing.) The archbishop said that the faithful should receive Communion standing, as the “normative posture,” but no one should be denied Communion for kneeling.
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