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On November 7, 2000, Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacrament, sent a response to the questions of an American bishop about the new regulations for the celebration of Mass [Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani]. The questions [dubia] concerned the posture and gestures of the people at Mass, and placement of the tabernacvle. A facsimile of the response, written in English appears below.

CONGREGATIO DE CULTU DIVINO

ET DISCIPLINA SACRAMENTORUM

Prot. n. 2372/00/L

Responses to Dubia

I.　Is it the case that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, by No. 43 of the lnstitutio Geneerals Missalis Romani, intends to prohibit the faithfulI from kneeling durng any part of the Mass except during the Consecration, that is. to prohibit the faithful from kneeling after the Agnus Dei and following the reception of Holy Communion?

Resp.: Negative.

2.　Does the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments intend by Nos. 160-162, 244, or elsewhere in the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, that the people may no longer genuflect or bow as a sign of reverence to the Blessed Sacrament immediately before they receive Holy Communion?

Resp. : Negative.

3. Does the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani Nos. 314-3I5, or elsewhere intend that a separate Chapel for the reservation of the Most blessed Sacrament within parish churches is to be preferred to a prominent and central location within the main body of the church, thus visible to the faithfull during the celebration of the Mass?

Resp.: Negative. et ad mentem.

Mens: Within the norms specified by law, it pertains to the diocesan Bishop. in his capacity as moderator of the Sacred Liturgy in the particular Church entrusted to him, to exercise judgment regarding the most appropriate place for the reservation of the Most BIessed Sacrament, bearing foremost in mind the purpose of encouraging and enabling the faithfull to visit and adore the Most Blessed Samrament.

Vatican City, 7 November 2000

Signed　

+Jorge A. Card. Medina ESTEVEZ

Cardinal Prefect

Francesco Pio Tamburrino
Sgned

+Archbishop Secretary