Apparently they never give up. Some bishops want “to see the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite explicitly suppressed, or subject to further restrictions,” says Una Voce in a statement released on July 4th. These advocates for the older use of the Mass apparently think those bishops might get what they want. Those bishops shouldn’t want that, and they most definitely shouldn’t get it. To restrict — to continue to restrict and discourage — the Extraordinary Form would be a pastoral and evangelistic failure. To do anything other than encourage it use and let it expand would subvert the Church’s work in the world. And it would be pointlessly cruel as well, to faithful Catholics who deserve the Church's solicitude.
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Free the Latin Mass, for the good of the Church and the people who need it
apparently they never give up. some bishops want “to see the extraordinary form of the roman rite explicitly suppressed, or subject to furth...
David Mills

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