The Vatican on Saturday warned conservative Roman Catholics who have balked at Pope Francis' decision to restrict the old traditionalist Latin Mass that they were sowing division and engaging in 'sterile polemics'.
Pope Francis leaves after holding an ecumenical prayer with migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo MangiapaneVATICAN CITY, Dec 18 - The Vatican on Saturday warned conservative Roman Catholics who have balked at Pope Francis' decision to restrict the old traditionalist Latin Mass that they were sowing division and engaging in "sterile polemics".
"As pastors we must not lend ourselves to sterile polemics, capable only of creating division, in which the ritual itself is often exploited by ideological viewpoints," Archbishop Arthur Roche, head of the department, wrote in an introductory letter to the responses to 11 questions. Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society in Britain said in a tweet that the document "will have serious negative consequences" and drive Catholics who want to remain in unity with their bishop to join extremist groups.
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