[steve86]

Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has argued that the change towards Versus populum has had a number of unforeseen and largely negative effects. First of all, he says “it was a serious rupture with the Church’s ancient tradition. Secondly, it can give the appearance that the priest and the people were engaged in a conversation about God, rather than the worship of God. Thirdly, it places an inordinate importance on the personality of the celebrant by placing him on a kind of liturgical stage”.[12]

-Wiki

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I agree with that, especially the “conversing about God” part. Instead of us all worshipping God together, the priest becomes the center of attention.

Pope Benedict, when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, said that this was the worst post-conciliatory mistake, or something to that effect.

[RobbyS]

Right. Formerly, we saw the back of the priest and where there was no sermon, you barely saw his face. Of course, I liked the dialogue mass where the congregation was in effect the choir.