TLM in my country

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😃 I am so so so happy I decided I have to share my happiness with you people!

Eventhough Croatia is a 90%Catholic country, so far there have been no options for people to attend TLM. None. We don’t have any traditional orders nor priests who serve the TLM.
It’s very sad, but our priests serve the Novus Ordo solemnly, so we didn’t have to witness any liturgical abuses seen in Western Europe and the USA like clown masses etc.

But, a few months ago some young people from my diocese decided they should write to our Archbishop to ask him for TLM in Zagreb. After some correspondence with our bishop and Ecclesia Dei, our bishop decided he would approve!
So he named a priest that would serve the TLM on Sundays and days of feast in one chapel in Zagreb, starting from February! This is such a news for us!! Hopefully this decision will make other bishops in our country to think about it as well!!!

Please pray for this cause! :signofcross:
 
I thought Croatia belonged to the East and therefore more Eastern Catholic/Orthodox than Roman Catholic. A quick Wikipedia search proved me wrong.

This news is good for you guys.
 
This is good news :), even though, as [post=7364174]reported[/post] in this forum a month or so ago, it was only done because the PCED forced the bishop’s hand :(. But even so, it only affects Zagreb. I still feel sorry for the people of Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, etc, who will remain deprived. 😦
 
I’m Croatian too and super excited about this. Next time I visit home I plan to go to Zagreb especially for this. I really hope it will attract many people and there will be more TLMs elebrated in the near future.
 
I thought Croatia belonged to the East and therefore more Eastern Catholic/Orthodox than Roman Catholic. A quick Wikipedia search proved me wrong.
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The bulk of Croatia has always been Latin Rite. To my knowledge, the only Byzantine diocese in Croatia is that of Križevci, which dates at least from the second half of the 18th century. I believe it comes under the Ruthenian Church.
 
In Croatia we call Eastern Catholics Greek Catholics. We call their church in Zagreb Greek Catholic Church.
Their roots are from 16th century Orthodox who came to union with the pope.
 
This is great! I’ll pray for this movement to be a success and that other parts of Croatia will soon have opportunities for the TLM to be celebrated.
 
Let God bless you, and have joy in the traditional form of the Mass.
 
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