On banning the Tridentine liturgy, and selling the Edsel, By Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, April 14, 2021

We’ve been hearing the claims for years now: “The Tridentine rite is unattractive.” “Young people are turned off by the old Latin Mass.” “Nobody wants it.”

Gee, is that why liberal Catholics are so anxious to ban the old rite?

Try this: Drop in on a local car dealer’s showroom, and ask the boss whether he’d like Congress to outlaw sales of the Edsel. He’ll laugh, of course. Why? If he were worried about competition from the Edsel, maybe he’d be tempted to endorse a Congressional ban. But he’s not worried about competition, because the truth is that nobody wants to buy an Edsel. Nobody ever wanted to buy an Edsel. …

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