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Vatican answers the dubia on 'Traditionis custodes' - Here’s what it means

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Dec 18, 2021
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The Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship issued on Saturday a set of clarifications to the pope’s Traditionis custodes, a July document which created new restrictions on the “Extraordinary Form” of the Mass, which uses the liturgical books promulgated before Vatican Council II.

An altar set for the celebration of the Mass according to the Extraordi…

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