The Dicastery for Clergy issued a decree on Palm Sunday clarifying and revising the norms around offerings for Mass intentions.
The decree — which was approved in forma specifica by Pope Francis, giving it the full force of law — made some alterations to canon law about how and when Mass intentions can be gathered together and offered at the same time in a single Mass.
The dicastery also clarified where the Mass offerings are to be sent, and reiterated warnings about the strict limits on Mass offerings which priests can keep for themselves — suggesting the dicastery is worried about Mass offering abuses in some parts of the Church.
