tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post7756775388470427363..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Weigel on The Latin MassDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-53640765516956224192008-06-22T23:09:00.000-05:002008-06-22T23:09:00.000-05:00A large number of Latin Catholics who were attache...A large number of Latin Catholics who were attached to the "new form of Mass" (Weigel's phrase)have left the Church.<BR/><BR/>A large number of Eastern Catholics have not left the Church.<BR/><BR/>Catholics who have remained attached to the TLM have not left the Church.<BR/><BR/>Catholic communities attached to the TLM have prospered.<BR/><BR/>However, a large number of Catholics who were attached to the "new form of Mass" have left the Church.<BR/><BR/>Weekly attendance at the "new form of Mass" has fallen to just 15 to 20 percent of Catholics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-79049712529706020742008-06-21T13:45:00.000-05:002008-06-21T13:45:00.000-05:00Umnnnnhhhh...it may be more accurate to say that a...Umnnnnhhhh...it may be more accurate to say that a large number of Catholics left the Church, not just the N.O. Mass.<BR/><BR/>But Weigel's 'have welcomed' line is silly. Catholics were trained to believe that Bishops and priests were inerrant.<BR/><BR/>That didn't work out so well, did it?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-28934700454944628172008-06-21T12:39:00.000-05:002008-06-21T12:39:00.000-05:00George Weigel insisted that the "overwhelming majo...George Weigel insisted that the "overwhelming majority of Catholics throughout the world have welcomed the new form of the mass that became normative."<BR/><BR/>That simply is not true. <BR/><BR/>The majority of Catholics walked away from the new Mass years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com