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Article: Latin Mass: two-thirds of Catholics have no opinion.(IN THE BEGINNING)(Tridentine Mass )
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 4, 2009
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WASHINGTON * Nearly two-thirds of U.S. Catholics surveyed said they have no opinion on the increased availability of the Tridentine Mass since Pope Benedict XVI made it easier for parishes to offer the traditional liturgy two years ago.
Overall, 63 percent of Catholics held a neutral opinion about the availability of the Tridentine Mass, according to findings released Aug. 24 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, a research center based at Georgetown University in Washington.
Of the survey's 1,007 Catholic respondents, 25 percent favored having the traditional Mass offered more widely and 12 percent opposed increased availability of the ...