Pope Set to Ease Latin Mass Restrictions
The Associated Press
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON
October 11, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI has decided to loosen restrictions on use of the old Latin Mass, making a major concession to ultraconservatives who split with the Vatican to protest liberalizing reforms, a Vatican official said Wednesday.

The pope's intent is to 'help overcome the schism and help bring (the ultraconservatives) back to the Church,' said the official, who asked that his name not be used because the papal document has not yet been released.

It was not immediately clear when the pope will make his decision public, but the Vatican official said it was expected soon. The Times of London, in a report Wednesday, said the pope had already signed the order and it could be published in the next few weeks. the rest