Daily Archives: 17 June 2006

The recent decision by the Roman Catholic Church to retranslate the American English version of the Latin Mass so that it is closer to the original Latin has brought about a variety of responses from ‘About time,’ to ‘Never, ever’. Yet, one of the most interesting responses I have heard to this decision was not directed to the nature of the change but to the nature of the church making the change. This response was, “I don’t want them to make the change because we are the church of today, not the church of 200 years ago.” Continue reading →