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Despised Reforms. For Lefebvre and his followers, the new Mass promulgated by Pope Paul in 1969 is a symbol of the changes embodied in the reforms of the Second Vatican Council-reforms that they despise. Among other objections, Lefebvre contends that the use of vernacular languages instead of Latin has broken down Catholic unity. In addition to the Mass, Lefebvre demands a return to the "true Bible," the Latin Vulgate of St. Jerome, instead of dangerous "ecumenical" versions. He excoriates progressive interpretations of church doctrine. "If I had done earlier what they teach priests in seminaries...
...rite takes its name from the Latin Tridentum, for Trent, Italy, site of the 16th century counterreformation church council that authorized a newly uniform Mass ritual. It is the Tridentine rite that is forbidden, not Latin. The original version of the new rite, from which all vernacular versions are translated, is, in fact, in Latin...
Died. Johnny Mercer, 66, onetime mellow-voiced blues crooner, four-time Oscar-winning lyricist; after a long illness and brain surgery; in Bel Air, Calif. As a lyricist, Mercer had a knack for turning the vernacular into such enduring pop songs as Jeepers Creepers, Lazybones, That Old Black Magic and Moon River...
...R.and R."−rest and recreation−is a term that has slipped into the vernacular from military usage. There is a certain aptness in using the term to describe the New York City writing stint that TIME Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager is undertaking as part of a home leave. Though still hard at work, Prager is taking a well-deserved break from 14 relentless months of observing first-hand the Middle East's most savage internecine conflict. Says Prager: "Beirut was always the place where one took a plane to cover a story somewhere else. The change...
What ails U.S. Catholicism? Attendance at Mass, private prayer, contributions and most other measures of members' commitment have been skidding for years. One common explanation: the changes in the church since the start of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, including putting the Mass into the vernacular and allowing meat eating on Friday, have confused and alienated the Catholic community...