GARY — Bishop Joseph Perry’s whispers of Latin echoed across the stretch of the sanctuary at Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary on Monday — accompanied by the small-yet-commanding choir in the balcony at the rear.
Since Pope Benedict XVI permitted all Catholic priests 10 years ago the ability to recite the Latin Mass without special approval, a once-forgotten tradition has steadily reemerged in churches across the world.
Monday’s Latin Mass, however, is reportedly the first spoken in the halls of the Tyler Street cathedral in a half century, according to Donald Taylor, Monday’s master of ceremonies and a member of the NWI Latin Mass Community.
