Rorate Caeli

Summorum well received in the Netherlands



Mr. Jack Oostveen, former president of the International Federation Una Voce, reports from the Netherlands:

The Dutch Bishops have not only decided to publish a book containing the translated text of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, the letter of Pope Benedictus XVI to the Bishops, and a positive statement of the Dutch Episcopal Conference with the text of the Traditional Missale Romanum (Latin-Dutch Ordinary), but even seminarians will learn to celebrate both the ordinary and the extraordinary Roman Rite at Dutch seminaries, as reported by Radio Vaticana (German).

Congratulations to all those who have been fighting for the Traditional Mass in the extremely harsh ecclesiastical and social environment of the Netherlands! We pray that Pope Benedict may choose a solidly orthodox and obedient man as the next Archbishop of Utrecht.

In the picture: first page of the impressive book published by the National Committee for the Liturgy of the Dutch Episcopal Conference (Source: Juventutem).