Latin is an invaluable treasure to the Catholic Church. It is far from a ‘dead’ language
There is no necessary connection between the use of a learned language and a 'dead' devotional life.
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Articles tagged Latin
Vatican: Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica must be in Italian, not Latin
Latin will only be permitted in the ‘fixed parts’ of the Mass, the ‘Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Pater and Agnus.’
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Bishop removes parish priest for causing ‘division’ by bringing back incense, bells, chant
The priest was bringing back traditional liturgical customs as a way of bringing young people back into the Church – and it was working.
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What Vatican II said—and didn’t say—about the liturgy
Today's the 55th anniversary of the promulgation of Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.
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Why Latin is the correct and fitting language of the Roman Catholic liturgy
'Latin is a crucial part of Catholic Tradition—not alongside it, but within it.'
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