if i were Catholic
i would be attending a latin mass
just cuz
Pope Francis accused some leaders of the US Catholic Church of “backwardness,” saying they have abandoned Christian doctrines in favor of political ideologies.“Doing this, you lose the true tradition and you turn to ideologies to have support. In other words, ideologies replace faith,” the pope said during a private meeting with a Jesuit order in Lisbon earlier in August.
The transcripts from that meeting were just made public Monday, revealing the 86-year-old pope’s unfiltered opinion about a rift growing between some US religious leaders and the Vatican over his initiatives to modernize the Catholic Church.
Francis’ comments came after a Jesuit described encountering a number of Catholics and bishops who were critical of his papacy and the Vatican during a recent year-long stay in the US.
If this Pope yells, doesn’t anyone listen? Does anyone care?
Francis’ comments came after a Jesuit described
And therein lies the problem.
Ignore and avoid ANYTHING a “Jesuit described”.
The fake pope is a Jesuit.
Latin is the Universal Language of the Church...so if I go to Ireland, Moscow, China, Brazil...I should be able to attend a Latin Mass. Have the local language on the page facing...not a big deal....but to get rid of the Latin?? No reason to...
I am not a Catholic.
But I have attended a Latin Rite Mass and it was one of the most beautiful religious experiences I’ve ever had. I’m happy for the Catholics who refuse to give up the beauty of their faith.
Our diocese gave the “trads” the smallest, least ornate, least well-equipped with a church hall/school, most run-down, and most “out of the way” Church for those practicing the Latin Rite.
Maybe I’m too political and cynical, or maybe the Bishop wanted to revive this tiny church and knew the traditionalists would achieve that. I don’t know.
Of course, that parish is packed to the gills on Sundays (if you don’t arrive early, you will have to sit/stand in the vestibule), has a beautiful choir and music program and is filled with young people and families.
I live in a large midwestern city; and I am a member of a traditional Latin Mass parish. Total Sunday attendance at two Masses is 600; Sunday collection is approx. $7000. MANY young families with young children. We are starting to think about building an elementary school.
All ‘popes’ elected by the College of Cardinals subsequent to Vatican II are null and void. The last legal pope was Pope Pius XII. The entire Vatican II fiasco negates the current Vatican and its inhabitants as well as all ‘catholic’ churches that follow Vatican II edicts.
There are quite a few Latin chapels spread about the United States, Canada and South America; unfortunately, they are few and far.
If Pope and FBI are against it, then it must be the real deal.
The nearest Tridentine Latin Mass is about an hour away from us, a similar distance as the Byzantine liturgy. Personal preference, but I will attend the Eastern Rite, which is every bit as traditionalist as the Tridentine, when I go that far.
My local rural parish has a solid, young priest who celebrates the Novus Ordo with many of the prayers in Latin and ad orientum. It is a beautiful mass that attracts lots of young families.