Quotable Quote 20

The secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Archbishop Albert Ranjith, in an interview with I-Media said the Church needs to avoid the extremes of every priest or bishop doing as he wants and being closed in the past. Referring to liturgical abuses, His Grace feared that unless they were ended "people will attend the Tridentine Mass, and our churches will be empty."

For a man whose work is the liturgy he seems to have forgotten the Tridentine Mass is the property, or rather patrimony, of the whole Catholic Church and not just a few apostolates scattered across the globe. He also has forgotten the Tridentine Mass has been an important focal point for those discovering or returning to the Catholic Church. Further it has truly lived up to being "the Mass of all Ages" especially among Catholic youth without having to adapt to contemporary culture. Finally the Tridentine Mass has provided the faithful with a real and distinct Catholic identity, free from Protestantism.