Rich Leonardi has a report from a Rome operative that all regularly scheduled Masses at St. Peter’s in Rome are now in Latin, except for the readings.

Confirmation? Context?

Here’s the Mass schedule at St. Peter’s from the website of Santa Susanna, the American, Paulist-run parish in Rome, not yet updated. Note what’s on top: all Masses in Italian, unless otherwise noted.

I admit, that never made any sense to me – and struck me as almost…parochial. Masses in St. Peter’s in Italian? Say, whose church is this anyway???

(There are lots of other Masses going on at St. Peter’s aside from these – early morning is the best time to go. Not that I ever did it, but Michael did, almost every morning – no tourists to speak of, just priests from all over the world coming in to offer Mass in the various chapels. It’s quite a sight, and quite a system, apparently. One of the daily Masses he attended was offered by Cardinal Ruini, whom he saw a few minutes later, praying at John Paul II’s tomb.)

and….Fr. Z asks for our prayers. He says there is "good news" coming.

Update on original post: Rich has a more detailed missive from his Rome operative. It is quite interesting and dates the changes to April. Read in this post or at Ten Reasons.

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