Worshippers attend a traditional Latin Mass July 18 at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. The parish, located in the Diocese of Brooklyn, celebrates a traditional Latin Mass on Sundays and five other days of the week. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
St. Paul, Minnesota Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said July 16 that, for now, parishes that celebrate Mass in the extraordinary form also known as the traditional Latin Mass or Tridentine Mass should stick to the status quo.
Hebda has formed a task force to review Pope Francis new law to place greater oversight on the use of that form of the Mass.
Status quo—for now: On Latin Mass, some bishops grant temporary permission while studying Pope Francis decree
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Pope Francis restricts celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in new decree
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