Changes at Vatican chapel suggest liturgical shift
Over at the New Liturgical Movement, Shawn Tribe notes that the Redemptoris Mater Chapel, used by the Holy Father for his Advent and Lenten retreats, has undergone a subtle shift under the papacy of Benedict XVI. As originally planned during the papacy of John Paul II, the Chapel had a fairly modern and austere arrangement of its altar and ambo. Shawn shows, through a series of photos, that the Chapel's current altar arrangement suggests celebration of the sacred liturgy ad orientem (with the priest and the people both facing in the same direction — toward the "East," i.e. the "Rising Son").