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Must priests be forced to concelebrate Masses?
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Is mandatory concelebration coherent with the Second Vatican Council and canon law? Those enforcing concelebration are largely intent on promoting the post-conciliar liturgical reforms that were introduced in the 1970s and seek to place penalties on those seen as obstructing their full implementation. Up until the post-Vatican II era, ritual concelebration was rare and usually only took place at the ordination of a priest or the consecration of a bishop.