The vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined pope francis’ stated reason for restricting the old latin mass were only part of the evidence he consulted before cracking down on the spread of the ancient liturgy in 2021. Rome (ap) — the publication of the documents this week revived the debate in the catholic church over the latin mass, suggesting that whoever leaked them aimed to put pressure on pope leo xiv to. A vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on pope francis’ rationale for restricting the latin mass.
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The latin mass debate is once again stirring intense conversation within the catholic church, following the leak of internal vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on the rationale pope francis gave for restricting the traditional latin mass in 2021
Vatican spokesman matteo bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online this week by a vatican reporter.
