[maryz]

What is a black mass?

I don't know much about it (just more than I wish I did), but it is a "mass" celebrated to honor Satan, with the crucifix upside down, desecration of the Host, some kind of distortion of the words and other obscenities.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

But, how is the Catholic church to combat a Pagan practice? The mainstream denominations do not condone the occult.

What exactly is the church's new position regarding Black Mass, compared to the old? Or is this the first time the issue has been addressed?