Can the Vatican Ban the Latin Mass? Catechism Says “No”

Instead, perennial Catholic catechesis maintains that we must respectfully comply with the commands of all legitimate superiors in the family, state, and Church unlessthey are inducements to sin. While the explanations and examples of what qualifies as a sinful command provide a fascinating study in the catechetical tradition (something beyond the scope of this article), we may sum them up neatly: any order that undermines or contradicts right reason, natural or positive divine law, or the received doctrine, morals, and rites of the Church must not be obeyed.3

So striking are the assertions of some old catechisms on this score that today’s less-informed Catholic may find them a bit jarring. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/can-the-vatican-ban-the-latin-mass-catechism-says-no

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  1. But Paul VI banned the Latin Mass and has been canonized. Why should we give much respect to the Church authorities anymore?

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