The following is excerpted from a story on Newsblaze.com:

Pope Benedict XVI does not want the faithful receiving Communion in their hand nor does he want them standing to receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. According to Vatican liturgist, Monsignor Guido Marini, the pope is trying to set the stage for the whole church as to the proper norm for receiving Communion for which reason communicants at his papal Masses are now asked to kneel and receive on the tongue.

I can’t imagine this news will be looked upon favorably by the diocese. If true, they will have to admit that the practice of Communion in the hand has been an exception (indult) to the universal law of the Church. The norm is and has been Communion on the tongue. If the Vatican revokes this indult, the United States, Canada, and Mexico will have to return to the standard practice of Communion on the tongue.