he goes on to explain that he wants to encourage the reception of Communion on the tongue, kneeling, out of respect for the Real Presence in the Sacrament.
Doesn't this suggest that CITH is not respectful?
But, he explains: “The idea behind my current practice of having people kneel to receive Communion on the tongue was to send a signal and to underscore the Real Presence with an exclamation point.
Doesn't this imply that CITH does not underscore the Real Presence?
One important reason is that there is a great danger of superficiality precisely in the kinds of Mass events we hold at Saint Peter’s, both in the Basilica and in the Square. I have heard of people who, after receiving Communion, stick the Host in their wallet to take home as a kind of souvenir.
“In this context, where people think that everyone is just automatically supposed to receive Communion — everyone else is going up, so I will, too—
And the Pope thinks CITH has no correlation to this attitude?
I wanted to send a clear signal. I wanted it to be clear: Something quite special is going on here! He is here, the One before whom we fall on our knees! Pay attention!
Yet we don't fall on our knees before God in the NO do we?
Plus he is suggesting the NO is not clear that something special is going on.
“This is not just some social ritual in which we can take part if we want to.”
Does not CITH reinforce this idea?