Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Latin mass a looming headache for Catholic parishes
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor
Reuters
Sunday, July 8, 2007

PARIS (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's decision to promote the old Latin mass is a dream come true for delighted Roman Catholic traditionalists and a looming headache for the harried priests now expected to celebrate it.

By issuing his decree on Saturday, Benedict aimed to end a 40-year "culture war" between the overwhelming majority of his 1.1-billion strong Church and a small minority that never accepted the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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