Letter of this Dicastery to the President of the German Bishops’ Conference

17 June 2026

The full text of the letter from this Dicastery to the President of the German Bishops’ Conference is hereby published concerning the request for the granting of an indult that would permit, in exceptional circumstances, an intervention of a homiletic nature by a lay member of the faithful immediately after the proclamation of the Gospel during the celebration of the Eucharist.