[miele man]

I am greatly saddened to read this. I pray Archbp. Dolan changes his mind.

[yldstrk]

we’ve got 3 in Kansas City

[RitaOK]

Just how dumbed down must the great Holy Sacrifice of the Mass go, to please the Catholic Church in the West? What will ever be enough?

Only when the Church is no longer counter cultural will it be enough, until she ceases to be a “peculiar people”.

If ever “less is more”, then this is one more chief example of defiance against centuries of tradition and the killing of ever remembering it.

A disaster.

[irishjuggler]

Very sad, and I hope that this parish is saved. However, I would caution against using a term like 'extinction,' which implies that it is within the power of Cardinal Dolan or his ilk to permanently kill off the traditional Latin Mass. He can't. Oh, of course, Dolan could rid New York of the traditional Mass for a few months, or even a few years, but somehow, some way, the Mass will be back sooner or later. It's a light that cannot be extinguished.

[Cry if I Wanna]

I am not a Catholic, but I have great respect for the many Catholics who seem to be represented on FR. I would just say that a church is made up of people. The building is important but can (and someday must be) replaced. Try and save the building - yes. But carry on with or without it driven by your faith.

[Alex Murphy]

....what makes Holy Innocents truly unique is that it is the last Catholic church in the city to offer the mass in Latin. The Latin, or Tridentine, Mass has been performed since the 6th century....the very thing that makes this place so extraordinary is also the thing putting it in danger. Despite the artistic, cultural, and financial strengths of Holy Innocents the church was recommended for closure in April as part of New York’s “Making All Things New” initiative (a title one parishioner called “Orwellian”) to consolidate superfluous church spaces. The reasons cited for the potential closure were that the church is not considered by the advisory board to be “an active, vibrant community of faith,” according to a letter from Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York....

PFL

[piusv]

Onward Modernist Soldiers!!