I have just read a disturbing story in this weeks Tablet it appears that the Vatican is hell-bent on taking us back to the middle-ages, what next burning heretics?
When the new rules on the Tridentine Mass were issued, we were told that this was just for those few people who wanted it, now it is to be forced on every Parish, whether wanted or not. In addition all new priests will be taught it. Of course, the next step will be to make every Mass like this.
The Vatican is sticking two fingers up to the laity and telling them to get back in the pews - to turn up, pay up and shut up. Of course, contrary to what they think, this will simply hasten the death of the Church in the Europe. It will also discourage vocations to the priesthood (this latest news has certainly ended any thought I might have had of following such a vocation).
I suspect I will not be alone in feeling betrayed by the Vatican; this is not the Church I grew up in. If they go through with this, I fear that I will no longer have a place in the Catholic Church, and I doubt that I will be alone.
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