Top Vatican cardinal addresses St. Louis liturgy conference

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By Tim Townsend
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
11/12/2006

Cardinal Francis Arinze, one of the most popular and powerful Vatican officials to visit St. Louis since Pope John Paul II’s 1999 visit, told more than 250 people at the Chase Park Plaza Saturday morning that Latin should be used more frequently in the Roman Catholic liturgy.

The Latin language now, he said “is in the ecclesiastical refrigerator … Mass today should be in Latin from time to time.”…

In an hourlong, often humorous, address that received several standing ovations, Arinze suggested that, in order to give Catholics options, large parishes offer the Mass in Latin at least once a week, and in smaller, rural parishes, at least once a month. (Homilies, he said, should always be in the faithful’s native language.) Latin “suits a church that is universal. It has a stability modern languages don’t have,”…(more)
 
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By Tim Townsend
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
11/12/2006

Cardinal Francis Arinze, one of the most popular and powerful Vatican officials to visit St. Louis since Pope John Paul II’s 1999 visit, told more than 250 people at the Chase Park Plaza Saturday morning that Latin should be used more frequently in the Roman Catholic liturgy.

The Latin language now, he said “is in the ecclesiastical refrigerator … Mass today should be in Latin from time to time.”…

In an hourlong, often humorous, address that received several standing ovations, Arinze suggested that, in order to give Catholics options, large parishes offer the Mass in Latin at least once a week, and in smaller, rural parishes, at least once a month. (Homilies, he said, should always be in the faithful’s native language.) Latin “suits a church that is universal. It has a stability modern languages don’t have,”…(more)

I can just imagine the reaction from some of the more modern enlightened types to this one. Whoo whee. Encouraging Latin Masses. 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

What will happen next???
 
He’s been on a road trip. Looks like prior to visiting St. Louis he spent some time speaking to the French bishops. From what I can understand he was much more well received in St. Louis!
He was also here in Detroit on September 30. I did not get to go since I was packing for vacation but it sounds like, from the France accounts and what I heard on the radio when he was here in Detroit, he is giving the same type of speech wherever he goes. Now if we can get it implemented.
 
He was also here in Detroit on September 30. I did not get to go since I was packing for vacation but it sounds like, from the France accounts and what I heard on the radio when he was here in Detroit, he is giving the same type of speech wherever he goes. Now if we can get it implemented.
Hopefully he will be our next Pope.
 
Hopefully he will be our next Pope.
Pax tecum!

That would be neat, but he’s only a couple years younger than Benedict, so I don’t know that that will necessarily happen.

In Christ,
Rand
 
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