Posted on 05/13/2011 8:27:14 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican told Catholic bishops around the world on Friday they had to obey a papal order allowing priests to say the old-style Latin mass for traditionalist Catholics, whether they liked it or not.
The Vatican issued an "instruction" to bishops as a follow-up to a 2007 papal decree authorizing the wider adoption of the Latin Mass, which was in universal use before the 1962-1965 Vatican Council introduced masses in local languages.
...The five-page instruction from the Vatican's doctrinal department, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, made it clear that the pope wants bishops to follow his orders.
...While couched in polite, institutional language, the instruction said local parishes had to insert a Latin mass into their liturgical schedules if tradionalist faithful wanted it.
...A Vatican official said recently that only a third of the world's bishops responded to a Vatican questionnaire and that prejudice against the old mass was "still widespread."
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HOORAY!
Benedict the Great.
I remember we used to call it “High Mass”.
Does that ring a bell with anyone?
>>Latin mass without translation is speaking in tongues and strictly FORBIDDEN. <<
I don’t see how that follows. “Speaking in Tongues” is a (frequently misunderstood) reference to gifts from God (teaching is one of the greatest).
If you are talking about the Church’s objection to “Charismatic” movements (which are appalling), that is an entirely different matter.
Or you were joking and I missed it...
Nonsense.
A. He heard it was going to be a High Mass.
That's what passed as 3rd grade Catholic School humor in the early 60's.
Does that ring a bell with anyone?
Yes. Our parish does one every first and third Sunday of the month:
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
>>That’s what passed as 3rd grade Catholic School humor in the early 60’s.<<
I think that was where we got to say “D@mn” and “H3ll” without getting in trouble.
God Bless Pope Benedict XVI.
That statement simply DOES NOT reflect reality.
Please pray for your trapped bretheran on the remote island chain of Hawaii. American-bred priests have come from the disaster known as Menlo Park Seminary for the past 40 years. A Latin Mass to them? They think it was stopped somewhere along 1362 (and a hearty good riddance!) And the foreign priests from the Philippines are poorly trained in liturgy, let alone Latin and Gregorian. We are trapped unlike you folks on the Mainland who can drive somewhere. But how magnificent is our 83 year old Papa, writing books for us and giving us the treasure of the ages in Moto Proprio.
The translation of every word is in a book anyone can buy.
Wrong.
Latin Mass is not High Mass, which is a more ceremonial form of Mass.
High and low Masses can be in Latin.
Interesting I hope things improve. Not really much better in many more rural areas of the mainland, distant from big cities (of course, big cities tend to have both the best and the worst of things).
That makes sense.
I have to assume they merged the 2 in my particular parish. But I was young then.
Oh thank you for my best laugh of the day so far. Where in the world did you find such a clever joke? Is it your own?
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