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I introduced the question as follows: “Your Holiness, in the last years of his life, my husband was much concerned about an ethical question, namely, whether it is ever legitimate to prohibit a holy tradition. Should not formal prohibitions be limited to what is evil or harmful? The Tridentine Mass has been a precious heritage for centuries, said by all priests until a few years ago. One thing was to introduce a new, valid liturgy, quite another was to prohibit one that all the fathers of Vatican II had prayed during the council.”

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[Brian Griffin]

It is unrealistic to expect all future priests to learn Latin.

However, many parishioners find Latin mass to be comforting.

The Catholic Church should try to continue to offer Latin mass.