Sorry, this article has it wrong. Under the new directive, no one has to ask permission of the bishop, and the Latin Mass was not abolished. (those are the two biggies I’ve spotted, haven’t read the whole article yet.)
Can't help thinking: what ELSE did the writer get wrong? Two major factual errors in a story tells me the reporter is lazy and doesn't think.
Yeah, this is a poorly-researched article. The whole point of the motu proprio is to remove the requirement of priests to first get the permission of his bishop to celebrate in Latin. And apparently these journalists were in a cave when JP II's funeral Mass was celebrated in Latin - pretty strange for a rite that's been "abolished".
Yes, the American media is spinning this the way they want......against the Catholic Church.
Anything else new out there?