Main altar of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

ID: 395 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Creator: Guilhem Vellut ~ Date: 12/17/2016
This file appears in: Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis: Understanding the Drama of the Church, Royalty, and Power in France
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A photo of the main altar of the church. This altar is a later addition, meant to adhere to the modern liturgical reforms instituted in the Catholic liturgy under Pope Paul VI, which instruct that mass should be celebrated versus populum, that is, facing the people. The church's traditional altar - dating from the 19th century - is still visible in the background. 

This file appears in: Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis: Understanding the Drama of the Church, Royalty, and Power in France