Introduction
dossier edited by don Mauro Benzi

Procession from the Basilica of San Lorenzo, detail, anonymous 15th century master, sacristy of the church of San Lorenzo, Milan
To facilitate adherence to these indications of the Pope, we print a sermon by Saint Charles Borromeo, and a meditation of former Cardinal Ratzinger, on Corpus Christi.
Those ollowed by some of the norms in the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum published jointly in 2004 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and that for Divine Worship after the last encyclical of John Paul II Ecclesia de Eucharistia. In this “anthology” we limit ourselves to indicating only the most concrete guidelines to the simple faithful and priests to follow that «solemnity and decorum of the celebrations» invoked by the new Pope.
Edited by don Maurizio Benzi