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Eugene

(62,646 posts)
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 06:12 PM Jul 2021

Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass

Source: Associated Press

Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass

By NICOLE WINFIELD
July 16, 2021

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis cracked down Friday on the spread of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI’s signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics who immediately decried it as an attack on them and the ancient liturgy.

Francis reimposed restrictions on celebrating the Latin Mass that Benedict relaxed in 2007, and went further to limit its use. The pontiff said he was taking action because Benedict’s reform had become a source of division in the church and been exploited by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church and its liturgy.

Critics said they had never before witnessed a pope so thoroughly reversing his predecessor. That the reversal concerned something so fundamental as the liturgy, while Benedict is still alive and living in the Vatican as a retired pope, only amplified the extraordinary nature of Francis’ move, which will surely result in more right-wing hostility directed at him.

Francis, 84, issued a new law requiring individual bishops to approve celebrations of the old Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, and requiring newly ordained priests to receive explicit permission to celebrate it from their bishops, in consultation with the Vatican.

Under the new law, bishops must also determine if the current groups of faithful attached to the old Mass accept Vatican II, which allowed for Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular rather than Latin. These groups cannot use regular churches; instead, bishops must find alternate locations for them without creating new parishes.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/latin-mass-pope-francis-restrictions-benedict-6f50b9bc219d423f99267fddcdf23cf6
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Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2021 OP
Kudos, Pope Frances. hlthe2b Jul 2021 #1
Really, he's not TlalocW Jul 2021 #6
Yeah, fuck Benedict. SpankMe Jul 2021 #2
Would there be anything to be said for another mass, Father ? OnDoutside Jul 2021 #3
Help me out here. So the divisions in The Chruch are all due to Pope Benedict XVI and not abqtommy Jul 2021 #4
I know now I'll sleep better at night.... AZ8theist Jul 2021 #5

hlthe2b

(106,329 posts)
1. Kudos, Pope Frances.
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 06:22 PM
Jul 2021

He's got a long way to go to bring sanity to the Vatican and Catholicism worldwide, but at least he's making some inroads.



TlalocW

(15,624 posts)
6. Really, he's not
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 07:07 PM
Jul 2021

Yeah, he gets good press, and he's super cuddly compared to the past guy, but he hasn't made any real reform, and the church is still doing its best to hide its abusive priests.

TlalocW

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
4. Help me out here. So the divisions in The Chruch are all due to Pope Benedict XVI and not
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 06:42 PM
Jul 2021

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