It wasn’t so hard after all

This priest went along with parishioners who wanted an old-style Latin mass, analyzing his elitism in the process.

As a promoter of the widest range of pluralism within the church, how could I refuse to deal with an approved liturgical form? As a pastor who has tried to respond to people alienated by the perceived rigid conservatism of the church, how could I walk away from people alienated by priests like myself—progressive, “low church” pastors who have no ear for traditional piety?

He tells about it in “My Second First Mass: On presiding at a Latin liturgy” in the latest America.

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