Why in the world are the Syrain Catholic hierarchs facing the people during the Holy Liturgy in some of the photos??? In all of the Syrian or Malankara Orthodox Liturgies that I have ever seen they always are facing east toward the altar, not toward the people. Is this one of the post Vatican II Neo-Latinizations that I have heard about?
Why, indeed. It's what I habitually refer to as a Novus Ordo-inspired neo-latinization.
It's even worse among the Maronites, where this
versus populum business has become the rule, and I believe it's pretty much the same story with the Syro-Malabars (perhaps with the exception of one Archdiocese in Kerala). The practice seems to have invaded the Coptic CC as well.
