Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Objection from a Strange Corner: French Oppose Return to Latin

Today CWN reported that a group of French Bishops and priests have issued a statement to the Holy Father requesting that the so-called "soon to be announced" motu proprio (a position soley that of the Holy Father) restoring the Latin Mass.
"Infocatholo, the news agency sponsored by the French bishops' conference, reports that the papal document has been edited and is ready for release. But the bishops' news agency says that there is strong opposition to the proposed move within the Roman Curia." (CWN)

Furthermore, the Bishops have stated their opinion that the return to the Latin Tridentine Mass would divide what should not be divided. "The adoption of a policy allowing free use of either the Tridentine liturgy or the post-conciliar Novus Ordo, Infocatho said, would divide the Church, because "Eucharistic bi-ritualism in the Latin Catholic Church contradicts what the Eucharist signifies." (CWN)

Could anyone want to be Pope?