Monday, July 09, 2007

Latin Mass - don't expect immediate changes in St. Louis

Catholics already can attend one of nine traditional Latin Masses weekly at St. Francis de Sales in the city. Adding the traditional Latin Mass at parishes that want it would take time.

"It requires a priest able to celebrate it and people who are able to respond," the Rev. Eugene Morris, a theology professor at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. "It’s not something you can shoot up overnight. So we’re not expecting a radical change."
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St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, a big supporter of traditional Latin Mass, was out of town Saturday and unavailable for comment. On June 27, Burke was one of a small group of bishops who met privately with Benedict about the plan.
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St. Francis de Sales, the official home of the old Latin Mass in the St. Louis archdiocese, has an average Sunday attendance of 800 to 1,000 people, making it one of the country’s biggest.
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