Bishop Schneider is well known for his defense of the traditional form of receiving Holy Communion (kneeling, on the tongue) in Catholic liturgy. This is the theme of his book Dominus est - It Is the Lord: Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion (ISBN 978-0977884612), originally published in Italian, which has since been translated for example into English, German, and Estonian. Most probably he has had an influence on the fact that Pope Benedict XVI has started to give Holy Communion in the traditional manner in all Papal Masses since 2008.