As we revealed yesterday, it seems that the new director of the Vatican Publishing House (Libreria Editrice Vaticana-LEV), Don Giuseppe Costa, SDB, did not really know what he was saying when he declared, 18 days ago, in an answer to the question, "have you reprinted the Missal of 1962?"
"We have not reprinted anything, only the motu proprio. The eventual reprints depend on the episcopal conferences. If these do not demand it, we reprint it, but if there no such demand, we do not reprint it; no demands have arrived so far."
The series "Monumenta Liturgica Piana", at the care of Manlio Sodi, SDB, and Alessandro Toniolo, started with this year's volume, the Missale Romanum (1962) - surprised, Don Giuseppe? The Pontificale Romanum (Editio typica 1961-1962) is in the process of being printed. The Breviarium Romanum (1962), in one volume (Totum), will probably be published in 2008, and the Rituale Romanum (1952), probably in 2009.
Exactly as La Croix had reported three days after the publication of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum...
Exactly as La Croix had reported three days after the publication of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum...
