The Vatican Rejects Lay Homilies, Yet the Deeper Apostasy Remains Unaddressed
EWTN News reports that the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in a letter dated June 17, 2026, addressed to Bishop Heiner Wilmer, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, has rejected a request to allow lay faithful to preach the homily during the celebration of the Eucharist. The dicastery stated that the homily is “intrinsically linked” to the proclamation of the Gospel and “represents an exercise of the munus docendi entrusted to ordained ministers through the sacrament of holy orders.” While this decision might appear to uphold a traditional liturgical norm, a deeper analysis reveals it as a calculated maneuver within the broader context of the post-conciliar revolution, failing to address the true nature of the crisis and inadvertently highlighting the systemic rot within the structures occupying the Vatican.

