Vatican: There Is No "Commission" Examining An Ecumenical Mass?
The latest denial of the story from the Vatican comes only after Cardinal Woelki's categorical intervention and does not necessarily contradict what Signor Tosatti stated previously. A simultaneous celebration of a Catholic/Protestant Eucharist, at the same altar and with joint communion, was formerly practiced occasionally at the Catholic/Anglican joint parish of St Basil and All Saints in the …More
The latest denial of the story from the Vatican comes only after Cardinal Woelki's categorical intervention and does not necessarily contradict what Signor Tosatti stated previously. A simultaneous celebration of a Catholic/Protestant Eucharist, at the same altar and with joint communion, was formerly practiced occasionally at the Catholic/Anglican joint parish of St Basil and All Saints in the Archdiocese of Liverool. Fr Kevin Kelly, the former parish priest, explains the practice and its eventual supression in his book, '50 Years Receiving Vatican II: A Personal Odyssey' (Columba Press, 2012). The Blessed Sacrament is still reserved in a common Catholic/Anglican tabernacle in this parish church. (Liverpool Hope University also has a shared Catholic/Anglican tabernacle in its chapel.) The simultaneous Catholic/Protestant Eucharist is featured in a video ( www.youtube.com/watch ) on YouTube.