An "embarrassing, cringe-making" guide for the Pope's upcoming U.K. visit includes a chart designed to "assist" with Catholic terminology. The following items and their 'equivalents' (dubbed "Similar Terms often used") are included in the guide...
Congregation => Audience, Crowd
Liturgy, Celebration, Mass, Benediction => Event, Show, Gig
Spiritual, Uplifting => Enjoyable, Fun, Exciting
Liturgists => Performers, Artists
Pope/Holy Father, Bishops, Priests (or collectively 'Concelebrants') => Headline Act(s)
Sanctuary => Stage
Sacristy => Backstage
The guide ("produced by the Papal Visit Team, overseen by Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols" and containing the "official slogan of the visit") was reportedly defended by Church officials after criticism.
Commentary: Merely "embarrassing"? Doesn't reducing Benediction - or the propitiatory Holy Sacrifice of the Mass presided over by a priest acting 'In Persona Christi' in the sanctuary - to a 'fun gig' presided over by the 'Headline Act' appearing on 'stage' seem sacrilegious ("gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing")?
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