[sinkspur]

Is that sort of popular demand truly the right basis for resolving such a question?

What's there to "resolve"? The Pope has said that the Novus Ordo is normative.

[Snuffington]

What's there to "resolve"? The Pope has said that the Novus Ordo is normative.

As long as we're both in agreement that your comment about the relative popularity of the Novus Ordo versus the traditional Mass is irrelevant, I don't think we have anything to resolve.

[dadwags]

"The Novus Ordo is normative"

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My understanding is, that the Tridentine Mass is very strict,as to rubrics, whereas the NO has allowance for any combination of vernacular and Latin that best suits the congregational situation . Check out the Mass on EWTN . It is Novus Ordo with lots of Latin and a bit if Greek .
In my Parish, they always sing the Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei.(during Lent and Advent) Then the cantor chants the Communion Verse in Latin .