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  • Let loyal Catholics pray in Latin: On the latest edict from Rome

    08/03/2021 9:45:31 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 18 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | August 2, 2021 | Kenneth J. Wolfe
    Let loyal Catholics pray in Latin: On the latest edict from RomeIn a stunning rebuke of his predecessors, Pope Francis recently enacted numerous new restrictions on priests offering the traditional Latin Mass — the centuries-old form of the Roman Catholic liturgy that was effectively replaced following the 1960s Second Vatican Council and subsequently revived as an option by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Almost no Vatican watchers thought Francis, a long-time critic of those who attend the Latin Mass, would issue such a strong papal document while Benedict remains alive. After all, the 94-year-old Pope emeritus, who in...