The Vatican yesterday warned conservative Roman Catholics who have balked at Pope Francis' decision to restrict the old traditional Latin Mass that they were sowing division and engaging in "sterile polemics," the Reuters website reports today (December 19, 2021).
The Vatican department overseeing sacraments and liturgy issued a directive in response to bishops' requests for clarification following a document in July in which Francis overturned decisions by his two predecessors and tightened access to the Mass.
Since July some conservatives, including bishops, have openly defied the pope, resulting in the latest chapter of what some have dubbed the Church's "liturgy wars."
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