[Qiviut]

Fish, I am not Catholic; however, I saw what the Pope did the other day, banning traditional Latin Mass. I am struggling to understand why he would do this - from what I’ve read, those masses are the ones with the best attendance. Are the priests/parishioners going to have to go to secret “catacomb” masses to have them in Latin?

[Fishtalk]

QV...I have been reading posts about this and frankly I was confused.

So the pope for some godawful reason banned masses in Latin?

Why? Who are they hurting?

In my church they have one mass a week in Latin. It is well attended....the participants love them.

This pope....I swear he’s a Communist.

[Bernard]

Think of the Latin Mass (actually Tridentine) as the traditional liturgy. This was the standard version in the Catholic Church from the year 813 to 1964. After the 2nd Vatican Council, the church went to celebrating Mass in the vernacular, or the local language.

(Personal opinion follows) - Francis is trying to eliminate the celebration of the Tridentine Mass sort of the same way democrat governors want to keep COVID restrictions in place, in order to satisfy a need to be in charge. There may be a legitimate reason for this, or maybe Francis has been in Rome too long and has started channeling Benito Mussolini.