Tridentine Latin Mass Document Library

Since 1984, several documents have been issued, or commentaries provided, which reveal the evolving liberalization of the Classic Roman Rite, the Traditional Latin Mass, to the liturgy of the Church. Compiled here are the principal documents pertaining to the liberalization. They are provided as a convenient resource of accurate information for those interested in this matter.


*Quattour ab hinc* *Annos*	*Ecclesia* *Dei Adflicta*	*Card. Ratzinger's* *1988 Comments to* *the Bishops of Chile*
*Card. Mayer's 1990 Letter* *to Bishops of U.S.*	Card. Ratzinger's 1997 comments "We are surely on the wrong path . . ."	*1990 Papal Address* *"I receive you with joy"*
Card. Ratzinger's 1998 address "I encourage you not to lose patience"	Dom Gerard's 1998 Address "Let the war of rites cease"	1998 Papal Address "I greet you cordially, my dear pilgrims"
THE RETURN OF LATIN from Inside the Vatican, December 1998	PROTOCOL 1411/99	Card. Castrillon-Hoyos' Homily 24 May 2003
SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM	SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM Explanatory Letter	OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MASS

Last revised August 4, 2007