[genefromjersey]

I just happened to notice this line:

“Does the Mass of Pius V help foster in the worshipper a sense of their own priesthood (per baptism)...”

Priesthood via baptism ? Isn’t that pretty much a Mormon idea ?

[maryz]

I don't think it's so much that the idea is new to Catholicism as that the emphasis has shifted and the interpretation has become, well, muddled. From CWN:

While many Catholics today speak freely about the "priesthood of all believers," the Pope is careful to emphasize that the ministerial priesthood is a very special calling. The teachings of Vatican II, he observes, make a clear distinction "between the priesthood of the People of God, common to all the faithful, and the hierarchical or ministerial priesthood." That difference, he continues, is a difference "in essence and not only in degree."

Distinctions tend to float right by the modern ear, leaving no impression.