[JoeFromSidney]

Unfortunately, in the Cincinnati Archdiocese, our beloved Archbishop has decreed that no priest may offer the Tridentine Mass in Latin unless he first passes a test in Latin. The Archbishop has appointed a committee of three priests to adminster the test, none of whom has ever shown any past interest in the Tridentine Mass.

It is my guess that Julius Caesar would have had a tough time passing the test.

I had expected that "the word" would quitely go out that any priest who said a Latin Mass could forget about promotion and a bigger parish. This is even smoother than I had anticipated. After all, who can object to being sure that the Mass is said properly?

[livius]

no priest may offer the Tridentine Mass in Latin unless he first passes a test in Latin.

That's a pretty common technique (also used by my bishop, for example), and obviously one that they all agreed on at the USCCB meeting on this issue just around the time the MP came out. Their sudden concern for good Latin and correct performance of the Mass is incredibly touching.

[NYer]

Unfortunately, in the Cincinnati Archdiocese, our beloved Archbishop has decreed that no priest may offer the Tridentine Mass in Latin unless he first passes a test in Latin.

Wow ... that's going to extremes. But we all saw this coming and need to continue the pursuit through fasting and prayer for our bishops. God's will be done.