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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Previously, the priest would officiate the Mass strictly in Latin and facing away from the congregation; Vatican II allowed the priest to deliver the Mass in the vernacular (the local language) and facing the congregation.
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Heck, I'm Lutheran, and my church just changed the facing-away thing a few years ago. (Then again, our altar was bolted down so he couldn't fit behind it.) I think it would be cool to hear the Mass in Latin though.