P. L. Rodari says that reports that the clarification document may "water down" the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum are, according to his verifications, "completely deprived of foundation". The document is "ready" and is being "translated", and the publication should take place "before Easter".
Maybe. Maybe not. We should all be praying that the clarification document, which we have been expecting for almost four years, be an instrument for the implementation of the motu proprio, not of its denial. Just a few words may lead from a document of liberation to a document of "Ecclesia-Dei-style ghettoization", from a "right" to a "privilege" - with all the consequences that may entail. As a note, notice that, had we been expecting the official translations of the motu proprio as a condition for its publication, it would never have seen the light of day - except, perhaps, in Hungary... The game is not over until the signing of the final draft and publication of the document: the enemy is extremely smart and never sleeps. Let us wait and see...
