A few 'updates' on that Bertone story. They aren't really updates, but differing translations of Bertone's statements about the Motu Proprio. Translations which are even more telling.
From Catholic News Service: "As for the document granting wider latitude for celebration of the Tridentine rite, Cardinal Bertone said that "one shouldn't have to wait long to see it published." The cardinal said the pope was "personally interested in making this happen" and that the pontiff had prepared an accompanying letter explaining the move and expressing the hope for a serene reception by the church."
From Associated Press (by way of Catholic World News, in turn by way of The Guardian): "Bertone also said the faithful ``won't have to wait long'' for the eagerly awaited document relaxing restrictions on the use of the 16th century Tridentine Mass - the rite that was celebrated before the liturgical reforms of the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council."
Finally, from Catholic News Agency, a longer story on the matter:
Vatican City, Jun 4, 2007 / 10:50 am (CNA).- In an interview published this Sunday by the Italian Catholic daily “Avvenire”, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, announced that the Motu Propio authorizing the universal celebration of the Mass of St. Pius V—known as the Tridentine Mass—will be made public “soon.”
During the interview, Cardinal Bertone, said the Motu Propio that would be signed by Pope Benedict XVI would authorize any priest to celebrate the Tridentine Mass without the need for prior approval by the local bishop.
The Vatican secretary of State said Catholics “will not have to wait long” for the publication of the Motu Propio, adding that the Pope “has written an accompanying letter that explains the reasons for the decision and why he hopes the authorization will be calmly accepted.”
Cardinal Bertone did not say whether the Motu Propio would open the possibility for the return to communion with the Rome of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, founded by French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who was excommunicated by the Vatican on June 30, 1988 after ordaining four bishops without the Pope’s consent.
The cardinal also said the Pope’s letter to Catholics in China would also be published soon, and that it has “already been approved by the Pope and is being translated into various languages.
Monday, June 04, 2007
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