[AnAmericanMother]

I thought of something else (after I hit 'post', of course):

The old English Catholic Latin service (pre-Henry VIII) differed in some respects from the old (Tridentine) Latin Rite. It was called the Sarum Rite (or Use).

Pope St. Pius V said in Quo Primum that any rite with 200 years' regular usage could be presented to Rome for approval. The Sarum Rite was used for centuries - from about 663 until suppressed by Edward VI (though briefly revived by Queen Mary).

It would be a Very Good Thing if Benedict XVI saw fit to approve a revival of the Sarum Rite.

[CTrent1564]

AmericanMother:

Correct [see my earlier post 62], had England not went into schism from Rome, the Sarum Rite would have been reaffirmed as a legitimate Rite of the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent [1537-1563] since it dates back to the early 13th century as being the adapted Roman Rite at the Cathedral of Salisbury before spreading to the rest of Wales and England, and parts of Ireland as well.

The Sarum Rite was imposed on the Cathedral of Cantebury in 1543 by the English Crown and the Church England “english prayer books” were translated from it.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Wiki says that Sarum is Latin for Salisbury, the city of origin of the Rite.