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Church gives priests the short shrift
Updated On: 08 December, 2009 07:25 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
Archdiocese of Mumbai 'strongly discourages' sermons that are more than 20 mins and wants them to be relevant
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Archdiocese of Mumbai 'strongly discourages' sermons that are more than 20 mins and wants them to be relevant
The Catholic church in a recent circular has instructed the clergy to keep their sermons short.
The archdiocese of Mumbai, Bishop Bosco Penha, stated that priests who preach for more than 20 minutes during mass should be "strongly discouraged".
"The homily is an important part of the liturgy and is always given by an ordained minister.
It should be well-prepared and to the point," said the missive that contained a host of other instructions for priests on how to enrich the service to draw more Catholics back to the church.
The memo was printed in the recent edition of the Catholic newsletter, The Examiner.
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