CCC 1184

The chair (cathedra) of the bishop or the priest "should express his office of presiding over the assembly and of directing prayer."⁶³ GIRM 271GIRM — General Instruction of the Roman Missal. The lectern (ambo): "The dignity of the Word of God requires the church to have a suitable place for announcing his message so that the attention of the people may be easily directed to that place during the liturgy of the Word."⁶⁴ GIRM 272GIRM — General Instruction of the Roman Missal.