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Cosmic Charlie

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I don't know if this is the direction you wanted to go in but:

Its pretty apparent that JPII (God love him) is not running the show day to day anymore. When I read about things like this I have to beleive Cardinal Ratzinger now has his hand on the wheel most of time. JPII was just never this heavy handed.
 
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Cosmic Charlie said:
Its pretty apparent that JPII (God love him) is not running the show day to day anymore. When I read about things like this I have to beleive Cardinal Ratzinger now has his hand on the wheel most of time. JPII was just never this heavy handed.

Actually, I think Ratzinger is supportive of the Tridentine Mass. I don't think, though I could be wrong, that the Fraternity had any intention of considering the vernacular Mass invalid or put it down, only that they had a preference to be exclusive to the Latin rite and for this was shot down. Its either do it all or not at all it seems.

I certainly don't see that the Pope had anything to do with this.
 
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Radagast said:
Hey guys, isn't this "news" from 1999 a little stale?

The FSSP still exists, and is still saying the Tridentine mass, isn't it?

-- Radagast
As far as I know the FSSP seminary is at capacity( a rare thing these days) and still exclusively celebrates the Latin Mass. Any way you look at this it is a good thing.
 
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