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Article: Latin Mass could expand in Diocese of Buffalo: FOCUS: CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2007
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Byline: Jay Tokasz
Aug. 16--For most area Catholics, the Latin Mass either is a hazy memory or a footnote in church history.
But next month, the ancient rite, set aside nearly 40 years ago in favor of a new, vastly different Mass, will be welcomed back in area churches -- thanks to a recent apostolic letter from Pope Benedict XVI.
The letter is unlikely to change the way most Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo experience their liturgies. Still, traditionalists were thrilled by the July announcement.
"It's lifted a stigma. It's almost like being freed," said Al Huntz, president of the local chapter of Una Voce, an international ...