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The Pope hopes to foster the unity of the Church by his decision, but it’s unlikely to happen immediately in the wake of the Holy Father’s clampdown on celebration of the extraordinary form of the Mass.
In the motu proprio, issued July 16, the Pope made sweeping changes to his predecessor Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962.
Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses what inspired him to celebrate the extraordinary form of the Mass on June 11.
The fourth annual conference to celebrate the document was held June 13 and centered on the theme 'A Treasure for the Whole Church.'
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The archdiocese will merge nearly a third of its 368 parishes, but the traditionalist Church of the Holy Innocents will remain open.
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