It's entirely possible the Vatican thought they weren't going to be called on it. The previous ultimatum they issued, which was for the priests to celebrate the new uniform compromise liturgy on a particular day, the priests complied with. If they're not getting an accurate read in Italy regarding what people are thinking in India, via t…
It's entirely possible the Vatican thought they weren't going to be called on it. The previous ultimatum they issued, which was for the priests to celebrate the new uniform compromise liturgy on a particular day, the priests complied with. If they're not getting an accurate read in Italy regarding what people are thinking in India, via the two or three people going between both, they could come to virtually any conclusion.
I wonder if they could have gotten away with requiring every priest to offer at least one uniform compromise liturgy every Sunday, and the rest either entirely ad orientum or entirely ad populum or official compromise. Probably would have defeated the purpose though...
It's entirely possible the Vatican thought they weren't going to be called on it. The previous ultimatum they issued, which was for the priests to celebrate the new uniform compromise liturgy on a particular day, the priests complied with. If they're not getting an accurate read in Italy regarding what people are thinking in India, via the two or three people going between both, they could come to virtually any conclusion.
I wonder if they could have gotten away with requiring every priest to offer at least one uniform compromise liturgy every Sunday, and the rest either entirely ad orientum or entirely ad populum or official compromise. Probably would have defeated the purpose though...