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In the Catholic Church, a Mass stipend is a donation given by the laity to a priest for celebrating a Mass for a particular intention. Despite the name, it is considered as a gift or offering ( Latin : stips ) freely given rather than a payment ( Latin : stipendium ) as such.
The Code of Rubrics is a three-part liturgical document promulgated in 1960 under Pope John XXIII, which in the form of a legal code indicated the liturgical and sacramental law governing the celebration of the Roman Rite Mass and Divine Office.
In 1893, a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the ordinary was pronounced: it was against laymen (for ecclesiastics the penalty is suspension) who traffic in Mass-stipends and trade them with priests for books and other merchandise (S. Cong. of the Council, decree "Vigilanti studio", May 25, 1893). [7]
CLSA—Canon Law Society of America congr.— congregation (Roman Curia) cor.—coram, a (usually appellate) cause heard "in the presence of" an auditor of the Roman Rota
Low Mass (Latin Missa Privata) [1] is a Catholic Mass celebrated by a priest without the assistance of sacred ministers (deacon and subdeacon). Before 1969 reforms, a sub-distinction was also made between the sung Mass (Missa in cantu), [2] when the celebrant still chants those parts which the rubrics require to be chanted, and the low Mass (Missa lecta) where the liturgy is spoken.
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The Apostolic Penitentiary also specifies actions for which indulgences are granted, either permanently (in the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum), [5] or on special occasions, such as the Year for Priests (19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010), during which a plenary indulgence is granted, on 19 June 2009, on first Thursdays, on 4 August 2009 (150th ...
Pope Francis on Monday allowed all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a power previously reserved for bishops or special confessors.