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in several churches in rome, it was physically impossible, even before the twentieth-century liturgical reforms, for the priest to celebrate mass facing away from the people, because of the presence, immediately in front of the altar, of the "confession" (), an area sunk below floor level to enable people to come close to the tomb of the saint buried beneath the altar.
o missal romano revisto nào impõe a celebração da missa "de frente para o povo" ("versus populum"), mas só recomenda possibilitá-la, dizendo: "onde for possível, o altar principal deve ser construído afastado da parede, de modo a permitir andar em volta dele e celebrar a missa de frente para o povo.