On Tuesday, the Vatican announced it had given a firm rejection to the German bishops’ proposal that lay people be allowed to deliver homilies during Mass.
A press release from the Dicastery for Divine Worship on June 23 conveyed news of the Holy See’s response to a request from the German bishops’ conference (DBK), which had sought for members of the laity to have rights normally reserved to clergy. According to the DBK’s vote and request, lay people would have had the right “in exceptional circumstances” to deliver a homily at Mass.
