[MarkBsnr]

I will have to take your word for it. My experience has been a little different. I watch Catholic Mass on EWTN, both daily and Sunday as well as papal and other hierarcichal Masses (for informational purposes) and they never offer the Chalice to the faithful.

Interesting. I have not noticed.

For all the hoopla over the Novus Ordo Mass, I have actually seen the Cup offered to the faithful in a daily Mass in the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, but the wine was white!

Huh? What kind of diocese is this?

The Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) which has been instituted by Pope St. Gregory I (the Great) certainly never offered the Chalice to the faithful (only the clergy) since its inception at the end of the 6th century, until 1967, when the Novus Odro was implemented as the "ordinary" Mass.

This is certainly beyond my experience. Do you have a link to its history?

[kosta50]

Do you have a link to its history?

I checked the Catholic Encyclopedia ("Communion under both kinds") which says that the 12th century is when bread-only reception was instituted in the West, but variant practices existed prior to that in all of Christendom.