Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Shawn Tribe has an NLM post that the book by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Dominus Est , dealing with the reception of Communion is about to be released . The book has endorsements by both Cardinal Arinze and Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith of the CDW.

Catholic World News online (CWN) reports that the American magazine Catholic Response has published an English translation of a provocative article, originally published in the official Vatican newspaper, calling for an end to the practice of receiving Communion in the hand. Read the CWN post here .

The CNA carries a story originally shown on gloria.tv concerning statements made by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Kazakhstan . Here is a snip from this article: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Kazakhstan, in a new interview has expanded his advocacy of reverence at Mass and receiving Holy Communion on the tongue. The Vatican Editing House recently released Bishop Schneider’s book " Dominus Est: Meditations of a Bishop from Central Asia on the Sacred Eucharist ." The book contains a foreword by Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, the Vatican’s Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments . In a video interview conducted by gloria.tv, Bishop Schneider said that this book aims to "strengthen the consciousness" of the holiness of Mass among the clergy and laity. The archbishop said that contemporary celebrations of Mass were "so superficial," lacking "due concentration" and "visible,