Pope Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio liberalising the Classical Roman Rite according to the Roman Missal of 1962, was released on 7 July 2007.
The text of the Holy Father's explanatory letter to Bishops is here http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070707_lettera-vescovi_en.html
And the unofficial English translation of the offical Latin version of the Motu Proprio is available courtesy of Rorate Caeli http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/ here:
http://newcatholic.googlepages.com/summorum-latin-english-reg.pdf
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IT COULDN'T COME SOON ENOUGH AND WITH THE MOTU PROPRIO SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM THERE IS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES A RENEWAL OF INTEREST IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ALL THINGS CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN. CHURCHES, ORATORIES, MONASTERIES, ABBEYS AND CHAPELS OFFERING THE CLASSIC (TRIDENTINE LITURGY) ARE MOST LITERALLY PACKED TO THE RAFTERS AND THE PREPONDERANCE OF CONGREGANTS ARE BETWEEN 14-40 YEARS OLD.AFTER 8 YEARS A LAPSED CATHOLIC I AM RETURNING TO AT LEAST WEEKLY ATTENDANCE AT MASS AND MORE IF MY SCHEDULE PERMITS. AND I'VE HEARD THE SAME FROM MORE THAN JUST A FEW OTHER LAPSED CATHOLIC FRIENDS.IT IS AWESOME THE (ANCIENT LITURGY) BUT THE EXTERNALS ARE NOT WHAT GETS TO ME, IT'S THE PROFOUND LOVE AND RESPECT AND HOLINESS THAT PERMEATS THIS DIVINE LITURGY. EVEN HAD A FEW ORTHODOX FRIENDS SAY IT WAS ABOUT TIME WE LATIN CATHOLICS RETURNED TO OUR ROOTS. OF COURSE ALL THANKS AND DEEP GRATITUDE TO HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH, IT WAS A CERTITUED HE WAS GUIDED BY THE HAD OF G-D. GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN AUSTRALIA AND IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE AN ENORMOUS RENEWAL OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE LAND DOWN UNDER----SHALOM JOHN
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