Pope Francis on Friday banned
the celebration of Mass in Latin and according to rites
predating the Second Vatican Council from parish churches across
the Catholic world.
Latin Masses where the priest stands towards the altar rather
than towards the faithful will henceforth be banned in those
churches, the pope said in a Motu Proprio order.
Francis wrote to the world's Catholic bishops saying the
situation with old-style, pre Vatican II rites "pains and
concerns me".
He said the "pastoral intentions of my predecessors, aimed at a
desire for unity, were often gravely flouted".
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