Welcome to the CCEL - Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Guide to Early Church Documents. Gregorian Chant Home Page. On the World Wide Web "in omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terrae verba eorum" Psalmus 18:5 [RSV 19:4] The Return of the Tridentine Mass On July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued the Apostolic Letter motu proprio Summorum Pontificum , which permits most priests to celebrate the Roman Missal of 1962 (the last edition of the Tridentine Mass issued before Vatican II) without obtaining special permission.
The pope also made it much easier for lay people to attend such a Mass if they wish. Theology, Church, Culture.