Mayan altar on the floor of a church Photo:(Seminario Conciliar De San Cristóbal/Facebook)

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has “with the authority of the Pope, on November 8 of this year, granted the long-awaited recognition" of the "Mayan rite" with ritual dance, female incensors, and lay leadership of the Mass.