REVIVED LATIN MASS RITES A WRONG: Seems that what is old is new again.

Vatican: We may drop revived prayer offensive to Jews

ROME - A prayer in the recently revived Latin Mass that has drawn protests from Jewish groups could be dropped from the rite, the Vatican's No. 2 official said Wednesday.

"The problem can be resolved," Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, told a news conference.

Earlier this month, Pope Benedict XVI removed restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass, reviving a rite that was all but swept away by the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

Jewish organizations expressed dismay that the rite retains a prayer on Good Friday calling for the conversions of the Jews.

But don't worry--the Vatican is on it!

Bertone did not elaborate on possible changes, but the pope asked all bishops to report back to the Vatican in three years on their experiences in using the revived rite, and suggested changes could be made. [Emphasis added]

Update: Raymond Arroyo writes in an article for The Wall Street Journal that many--including in the Vatican--were opposed to the decree that brought back the old Latin Mass for a number of reasons, though the offense to Jews is not mentioned.

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