Broadening access to Tridentine Mass not just speculation anymore

Broadening access to Tridentine Mass not just speculation anymore

Ecclesia Dei commission discusses papal document

At a December 12 meeting, the Ecclesia Dei commission discussed a papal document that will broaden access to the traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez confirmed after the Tuesday-morning session. The Chilean cardinal said that he expects Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) to release the document in the near future.

Cardinal Medina Estevez, the former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, is a member of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, which was set up in 1988 to supervise Vatican relations with traditionalist Catholics. He confirmed that the group’s December 12 meeting was dedicated entirely to a discussion of a papal initiative that will allow more liberal use of the Tridentine rite.

Even the most intractable skeptic has to admit that this is no longer a rumor. It’s now just a question of when it will be released and for what exactly it will give permission.

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