Benedict XVI favours Latin rite, so let’s give the faithful a choice

IN 1997, in a book called Salt of the Earth, the new Pope wrote: “I am of the opinion that the old rite should be granted much more generously to all those who desire it.

It’s impossible to grasp what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that.

“A community that suddenly declares that what, until now, was its holiest and highest possession is strictly forbidden, and makes the longing for it seem downright indecent, calls its very self into question.”