No more lay preaching in Zurich

liberals start squealing about their loss of responsibilities.

Translation of news report.

Under criticism: Bishop Vitus Huonder.

Zurich. Those with responsibilities within the Catholic Church have criticized the plans of Bishop Vitus Huonder to ban lay theologians from preaching during the Eucharist. "An impoverishment and a burden for priests' was the viewpoint of Deacon Franz Xaver Herger, Director of the Zurich General Vicariate.

Benno Schnüriger, the new president of the Zurich Central Commission, wants the Bishop to think again after he meets him for a discussion in January for thought. According to Herger, most parish administrators are retired priests. They should not have to preach in their old age, he said in the Regional Journal of Swiss Radio DRS. What many also are concerned about: lay theologians would lose an important task.