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JM3 - The Pope has specifically denied the extension of the indult which permitted EMHCs to purify the sacred vessels:
On June 15, 2001, the Latin members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a request for an indult from the prescriptions of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia, allowing for the purification of sacred vessels by extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion when deemed pastorally appropriate by the diocesan bishop.
In a decree dated March 22, 2002 (Prot. 1382/01/L), the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments granted an indult whereby, for grave pastoral reasons, the diocesan Bishop may grant to priest celebrants the faculty to permit extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion to assist with the purification of sacred vessels after the distribution of Communion at Mass. This faculty dispenses from the norm of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia for a period of three years.
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On June 9, 2006 in an audience with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI this indult was not extended. The Conference of Bishops was informed of this by a letter from Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, dated October 12, 2006 (Prot, n. 468/05/L).
So at least in the United States, EMHCs may not purify the sacred vessels, even with the their bishop’s permission, because the local bishop does not have the authority to make that particular change to the liturgy (which is why the bishops had to request an indult in the first place).
On June 15, 2001, the Latin members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a request for an indult from the prescriptions of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia, allowing for the purification of sacred vessels by extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion when deemed pastorally appropriate by the diocesan bishop.
In a decree dated March 22, 2002 (Prot. 1382/01/L), the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments granted an indult whereby, for grave pastoral reasons, the diocesan Bishop may grant to priest celebrants the faculty to permit extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion to assist with the purification of sacred vessels after the distribution of Communion at Mass. This faculty dispenses from the norm of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia for a period of three years.
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On June 9, 2006 in an audience with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI this indult was not extended. The Conference of Bishops was informed of this by a letter from Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, dated October 12, 2006 (Prot, n. 468/05/L).
So at least in the United States, EMHCs may not purify the sacred vessels, even with the their bishop’s permission, because the local bishop does not have the authority to make that particular change to the liturgy (which is why the bishops had to request an indult in the first place).