Coming soon: Benedict XVI's
pastoral letter for Ireland
and 3-year-mark Instructions
on 'Summorum Pontificum'
by Ignacio Ingrao
Adapted and translated from
the current issue of
Issue No. 10, 2010
The Pope's much-awaited pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland is expected to be published on March 6.
As made known earlier, Benedict XVI had a draft of the letter which he asked the Irish bishops to review for their suggestions when he met with them at the Vatican on February 15-16.
It is expected that the Pope will be very severe about the problem of sex offenses against minors by the clergy, but he will also call on the Irish faithful to stand united and firm in the faith despite the scandals, which the Church is seeking to deal with to do justice to the victims and place the responsibility on the offenders, including their superiors who covered up for them.
Also expected soon are Instructions from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei on the interpretation and application of
Summorum Pontificum approaching the three-year mark of Benedict XVI's liberalization of the traditional Mass.
Many traditionalists continue to denounce the obstructionism of their bishops against the celebration of the Mass designated by Benedict XVI as the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. And disputes and questions continue as to the proper interpretation of some provisions of the Motu Proprio.
The new Instructions are expected to clear up all such questions.
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