The Traditional Latin Mass Movement and the Unity of the Church.

Pope Francis' recently imposed restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass need to be understood in relation to the emergence of a Traditional Latin Mass movement, that movement's antagonism toward the liturgical and ecclesial reforms of the Second Vatican Council, and important points of consistency in the efforts of various popes to safeguard the unity of the church. Those in the movement often offer valid points of critique, but in our present age of polarization they have become ever more an extremist group. They are encouraged to give up their devotion to a now antiquated form of worship, drop their oppositional attitudes, and function as an open-minded conservative movement of reform with the larger Catholic Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]