… Faithfuls hail move by the Church, says it will bring back the spark in liturgy
The Archbishop, Catholic Archdiocese Of Owerri, His Grace, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji has directed that the traditional shaking of hands (kiss of Peace) during Eucharistic celebration and other events in the liturgical celebrations of the church should resume and come back to life. Recall that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a pronouncement of stringent guidelines which affected liturgical worship, and one of such was that which restrained all from shaking hands during mass.
A release signed by the Personal Assistant to the Archbishop, Rev. Fr. Cosmas C. Uzoigwe says “the resolution to commence the liturgical gesture of shaking hands came following the proceedings of the recent concluded Second Plenary of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria at Orlu, Imo State.”