[Alberta's Child]

Even if this is true it isn't as big a deal as it might appear because priests are still "employed" by the local ordinary. Any priest who celebrates a Latin mass in Los Angeles, for example, is going to find himself out of a job.

[Desdemona]

From the tenor of the article, one gets the idea that priests may not have to go through the archbishop. THat will literally put the two side by side. It would be interesting to see what happens.

Something's up. These rumors didn't start themselves.

[american colleen]

And just how many of the faithful are going to hear about this if it indeed comes to pass?

Catholics who frequent internet religion forums will know, but [the vast majority of] Catholics who attend Mass once a week will never hear about this from the pulpit unless the priest is an orthodox [vast minority, far as I can tell from my bird's eye view] priest.

Never heard about "Mercy Sunday" or the new encyclical on the Eucharist in my parish. It was detailed in the diocesan newspaper, but honestly, how many Catholics read those?

It will be interesting to see (if this passes) how the secular press plays a part in spreading the word.

[Conservative til I die]

Another thing to consider is how many priests will want to celebrate the Tridentine? Not saying they won't, but like you said, granting a universaul indult may not mean that all of a sudden we're going back to pre-1962 here.

[ninenot]

Tell you what. Send them to Milwaukee, and we will send our "refuseniks" out to you in LA.

We are going to need priests up here REAL soon--as Abp Dolan will shortly encounter his first "job action" by the wonks Rembert Weakland trained and ordained.