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- The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship ruled that only priests or deacons may deliver the homily at Mass.
- The dicastery said the restriction derives from the liturgy’s inherent nature, not merely a disciplinary rule.
- It rejected the German bishops’ request to permit women or laypeople to preach at Mass.
- The Vatican noted that laypeople may still give sermons at prayer services that are not part of the Mass.
