[welfareworker]

Unfortunately Doc Johnson doesn't have a clue.

You live in a parish, and you go to its church.” Every place in California is already part of a parish, which has its own church.

Canon 1248 allows Catholics to attend wherever the Mass is said in a Catholic rite.

Gibson probably remembers only the Latin Mass that wasn’t finalized until 1962.

The last revision of the Latin missal was published in 1962. Hardly the same as saying the traditional Mass wasn't finalized in 1962.

mandating simplification of the liturgy and the use of the local vernacular languages instead of Latin everywhere.

The Vatican council didn't mandate the vernacular in any way shape or form. I don't know where he got this.

And with a little effort, he says, “you can get a Latin Mass celebrated regularly at your proper parish,

Not likely, many bishops have barred it from their dioceses, and the number of staff who actually know how to say traditional mass is pretty small.

Doc Johnson is clueless, sounds like his PHD was purchased from the back of a matchbook and his associate status with the Canon Law Society is similar to the associate status of the janitors at Walmart.

[Salvation]

**Not likely, many bishops have barred it from their dioceses, and the number of staff who actually know how to say traditional mass is pretty small.**

Where are you getting this information? And speaking in generalities, too? MANY bishops??

I can speak for this diocese and there are several parishes where I could attend a Latin Mass. I choose not to.

[Fury]

The last revision of the Latin missal was published in 1962. Hardly the same as saying the traditional Mass wasn't finalized in 1962.

Speaking of this, what Latin Missal are folks using? Is the 1962 version acceptable?