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To: Alex Murphy
I'm sorry, but Rev. Thistlethwaite is completely without a clue.

The Latin Mass was developed during one of the most reactionary periods in the history of the Catholic Church, the “Counter-Reformation”.

Wrong (and thus detrimental to the rest of her argument). The Mass affirmed by Quo Primum in 1570 is the Mass of St. Gregory the Great, and it has existed (though maybe not exactly as it was in 1570) since his time some 700 years prior.

Today the re-introduction of the Latin Mass signals to me that far from becoming open to the kinds of changes needed to protect children from abuse, the Catholic Church is once again circling the wagons, rejecting necessary reforms and consolidating its power in the hierarchy.

What? The Latin Mass liberalization shows consolidating power in the hierarchy? That statement doesn't make much sense at all, especially considering that many bishops and cardinals are very unhappy about the Motu Proprio. Besides, the link she's making is hardly clear (at least I'm not seeing it). The "changes needed" have nothing to do with the rubric that is used in the Mass.

9 posted on 07/18/2007 10:03:27 AM PDT by GCC Catholic (Sour grapes make terrible whine.)
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To: GCC Catholic
the re-introduction of the Latin Mass signals that the Catholic Church as a whole is moving in a reactionary direction, becoming more closed rather than more open.

Thuthan is just upthet that the Church is trying to get the gays away from the boys.

14 posted on 07/18/2007 10:21:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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