{"id":91757,"date":"2026-06-23T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=91757"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:23:26","slug":"the-vatican-rejects-germanys-request-to-allow-laypeople-to-preach-the-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/06\/23\/the-vatican-rejects-germanys-request-to-allow-laypeople-to-preach-the-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vatican rejects Germany\u2019s request to allow laypeople to preach the homily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado<br><br>The Vatican has said \u201cno\u201d to one of the requests put forward by the German bishops: allowing laypeople, on an exceptional basis, to preach the homily during Mass \u2014 a role reserved, under canon law, exclusively to priests.<br><br>The request was submitted on March 30 and reflects the progressive approach of Germany\u2019s Synodal Path. But the Dicastery for Divine Worship has rejected it.<br><br><em>\u201cWhile expressing its appreciation for the pastoral concerns that inspired the request, the Dicastery reaffirms that the current discipline cannot be dispensed by means of an indult, since the reservation of the homily to a priest or deacon is not merely a disciplinary norm, but derives from the very nature of the liturgy.\u201d<\/em><br><br>The department also reminded the bishops that the Church provides other ways for laypeople to participate outside the homily and apart from the Eucharistic celebration.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado The Vatican has said \u201cno\u201d to one of the requests put forward by the German bishops: allowing laypeople, on an exceptional basis, to preach the homily during Mass \u2014 a role reserved, under canon law, exclusively to priests. The request was submitted on March 30 and reflects the progressive approach of Germany\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":91758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qycjSgPELnw","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blaiciomelietedeschieng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/blaiciomelietedeschiint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91757"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91793,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91757\/revisions\/91793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}