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Article: THE TRIDENTINE rite no mass appeal.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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By Steven G. Vegh
The Virginian-Pilot
Pope Benedict XVI gave a thumbs-up last July to wider use of the Latin Mass, but a year later the old rite is still hard to find in the Richmond Diocese, which includes Hampton Roads.
In fact, none of the diocese's more than 150 parishes has added the Tridentine rite to its worship schedules, Catherine Combier-Donovan, of the diocese's Office of Worship, said recently.
"There's been a bit of interest expressed" among parishioners, "but not a great deal." The diocese is talking with Lynchburg-area congregants interested in adding the Latin Mass to local worship, she said.
Only St. Benedict ...