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  • Pope set to bring back Latin Mass that divided the Church

    10/10/2006 5:35:42 PM PDT · by Petrosius · 290 replies · 4,020+ views
    The Times Online ^ | October 11, 2006 | Ruth Gledhill
    THE Pope is taking steps to revive the ancient tradition of the Latin Tridentine Mass in Catholic churches worldwide, according to sources in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI is understood to have signed a universal indult — or permission — for priests to celebrate again the Mass used throughout the Church for nearly 1,500 years. The indult could be published in the next few weeks, sources told The Times. Use of the Tridentine Mass, parts of which date from the time of St Gregory in the 6th century and which takes its name from the 16th-century Council of Trent, was restricted...