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'Traditionis custodes' and unhelpful observations

Analysis

JD Flynn
Jul 29, 2021
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It has been nearly two weeks since Pope Francis promulgated Traditionis custodes, a legal document that dramatically remade the rules governing the Extraordinary Form of the Mass — which, according to at least some interpretations, probably ought not be called that anymore.

Naming conventions aside — and rest assured, liturgists and canonists are robustl…

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