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Some Texts on the Latin Mass

Profession of Faith The oath that was recited by all converts (1565)
Quo Primum The text of the document found at the beginning of the Tridentine Altar Missal (1570)

Oath against Modernism The text of the required profession before Major Orders (1910)
A novelist predicts The English author Evelyn Waugh on the New Holy Week (1962)
A philosopher opines Dietrich Von Hildebrand on the Latin Mass (1966)
Ottaviani intervention Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci raise some questions about the New Mass of Paul VI (1969)

Catechism on the Mass A Beautiful explanation of the Traditional Mass by one of the Holiest Priests I have ever met

Members of The Church Hierarchy Consistently Admit Our Right to the Latin Mass

Paul VI on the Church Crisis Excerpts from Addresses clearly acknowledging a crisis in the Church (1968 >)
Paul VI on New Mass #1 Startling admissions two weeks before the New Mass was introduced ! (1969)
Paul VI on New Mass #2 One week before the New Mass - more revelations (1969)
"Agatha Christie" Indult An "ecumenical" letter from England stirs Paul VI to action (1971)
The "Smoke of Satan" speech The Address that said it all. (1972)
Papal Visit #1 Archbishop Lefevbre's visit to Paul VI at Castel-gandolfo (1976)
Cardinal Benelli on the Mass Papal Secretary's response lets the "cat out of the bag" ! (1976)
Papal Visit #2 Archbishop Lefebvre's visit to John Paul II (1978)
"Heresies abound" Pope John Paul II & the Vatican also acknowledge the Church Crisis (1980 > 2004)
Quattuor Abhinc Annos 1984 The Original "Indult" issued as a circular letter to the World's bishops (1984)
Mass obligation at Latin Mass Silvio Cardinal Oddi explains Tridentine Mass fulfills Sunday Mass Obligation (1984)
"I was one of the Cardinals" Cardinal Stickler reveals Tridentine Mass was never suppressed - other Cardinals agree ! (1986)
Ecclesia Dei 1988 John Paul II's motu proprio permitting the celebration of the Traditional liturgy (1988)
Allocution Sept 1990 John Paul II's allocution to the Abbot and monks of Le Barroux (1990)

Letter to the American Bishops The Ecclesia Dei Commission on the application of the provisions of the Motu Proprio (1991)

Fatima Secret & Church Crisis Silvio Cardinal Oddi on the Third Secret and the Mess in the Church (1991)

Address to the LMS of UK Alfons Cardinal Stickler and his defense of the Tridentine Mass (1992)
Msgr Klaus Gamber weighs in An expert liturgist defends traditionalists' right to keep the Old Mass and Sacraments (1993)
Preface to Klaus Gamber's Book An abridged version of the preface written by Cardinal Ratzinger to Gamber's Books (1993) 
Address in New York Cardinal Stickler compares the New and Old Mass Rites (1995)
Allocution Oct 26, 1998 John Paul II's allocution on the tenth annivesary of Ecclesia Dei (1998)
Conference in Rome (1) Joseph Ratzinger on Ecclesia Dei (1998)
Conference in Rome (2) Dom Gerard Calvet OSB - on the co-existence of the two rites (1998)
"The New Missal shocked me" Cardinal Ratzinger's revealing memoirs and his reaction to the new Mass (1998)
Letter to the FSSP Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos to the Fraternity of St Peter (2000)
Praise for the Latin Mass 2001 John Paul II praises the "Magnificent Prayers" of the Tridentine Missal (2001)
Wider use of Latin 2002 John Paul II's encouragement of the use of Latin in the Liturgy (2002)
Pope Celebrates Latin Mass Under reported event that should have taken the Traditional Movement by Storm (2002)
"Old Mass not abrogated" Jorge Arturo Augustin Cardinal Medina Estévez on the Tridentine Mass (2004)
Letter to a Theologian Cardinal Ratzinger supports measured re-introduction of the Old Rite (2004)
"Before the ruins" Cardinal Ratzinger's sorrow over the destruction of the Liturgy (2004)
Praise for Cardinal Ottaviani Alfons Cardinal Stickler in a letter admits the "New Mass is a disaster" (2004)

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