La Croix: No Document in Preparation against the Roman Mass

Loup Besmond de Senneville reports on La-Croix.com (July 1) that according to "several sources" there is no document in preparation against the Mass of the Roman Rite.

Such rumors were first spread by the usually well-informed blog Rorate-Caeli.blogspot.com on June 17. They are said to have come from one official in the Dicastery for Divine Worship.

The rumors initially spoke of a total "prohibition" of the Roman Rite, then of an exception for institutes dedicated to the Roman Rite.

La-Croix.com responds: "No such document is currently being prepared by the Dicastery for Divine Worship."

"It's all just talk," said a senior Vatican official. The same official denounced the rumors as "fantasy".

Another source said the rumors were completely unfounded.

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